The Archive · 1938

Important Parley on Hostilities

Tokyo Headquarters to Talk Over Future Policy Tokyo, Jan. 5.

Shaping new policies to deal with the swiftly changing situation in China, brought about by the rapid advance of Japanese troops in Shantung Province, government and the Imperial General Headquarters will hold an important joint conference in about ten days to put them into operation.

Measures to cope with the attitude of the National Government favouring lengthy hostilities are expected to be discussed. r Making arrangements for {he parley, Mr. Akina Kazami, Secretary-general of the Cabinet, called on admiral Nobumasa Suestsugu, Home Minister; Mr. Koki Hirota, Foreign Minister, and Lieut.-Gen. Hayao Tada, Assistant; Chief of the Military General Staff—Domei.

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