Ho expressed regret that, owing to mistakes in recognising the ob-[jects of attack, there had been an unnecessary loss of lives and proerty on a few occasions, Mr. Matsudaira summed up the Japanese attitude as regards Shanghai, as follows:
(L) If the danger of Japanese residents and the International Settlement could be removed, the Japanese forces would be prepared {to cease hostilities immediately and the expeditionary land forces would be withdrawn as the situation at Shanghai became pacified;
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