Mr, Eden said that on (November 1, the British, American, French and German Consuls-General in Shanghai, in response to joint representations on the subject of free access by their nationals to their properties in Japanese-occupied portions of the Settlement, were told that all restraints would be withdrawn as soon as possible, His latest information showed, however, that British merchants in Shanghai had not yet regained free access to their warehouses and other property in Hongkew and Yangtszepoo. He understood that the Japanese military authorities said these districts were not yet safe, Representations consequently, Mr, Eden added, had been made to the Japanese Government on the subject, and they would be renewed. The matter was already being pressed on the local Japanese authorities in Shanghai, Mr, Philip Noel-Baker, Labour member for Derby, asked if "we are to understand that the Japanese military are in occupation of Shanghai and that we have made no protests whatever,"
Mr, Eden replied that Mr, Noel-Baker was not to understand that,
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