He deprecated, however, any hasty action which would result only in an increase of friction and antagonism, though, he said, the ultimate progress of human civilization lay in the deliverance lof the coloured races.
Questioned whether China, in carrying out long-term hostilities, depen get, not only on the Soviet Union, but also on Great Britain, through Hongkong, Adminel Suetsug replied:
"Regarded from the Japanese point of view, it only spells untold misfortune for China if she persists in so-called long-term hostilities, hoping against hope."
As for Japan, he added, she could mot permit China to continue resistance ad infinitum. Therefore, she
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