Mr. Koki Hirota, Japanese Fore n Minister, Says Exchange Control Unlikely in Occupied Area; Third-Power Trade Interesi Protected N an exclusive interview granted to Reuter's Chief Corr dent in Japan, Mr. Kol Hirota, Min: r for Foreign A! expounded his views concerning various political problems in which British interests in the Far East are involved, frankly replying to the questions put to him.
Mr. Hirota declined to commit himself on the question whether Japan is likely to denounce the Nine-Power Pact in the near future and emphasized that the maintenance of the Open Door in China is a fundamental polic; of the Japanese Government.
He declared that the differential revision of tariffs by the "Provisional Government" of North China was unavoidable and indispens ble but he saw no immediate likelihood of an exchange control law being enacted in the Japahese-occupied areas in China. ominous Query on
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