Gaimusho Spokesman Says He is Ignorant of. Matter Tokyo, Dec. 22 The urgency of re-opening the Hongkew and" Yangtzepoo areas. in JShanghai to merchants and residents Jor third powers is understood to have been pressed upon the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, by the British. Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, in a discussion this morning, 'The same subject was raised at the press conference to-day, when the' Foreign Office spokesman replied that he had no knowledge of the matter, He attributed the delay in re-opening
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