The naval spokesman was subjected to a barrage of questions at the press interview. Asked to comment on reported disclosures that the United States Navy has under consideration plans for two 50,000- ton "super-warships, Rear-Admiral Noda, recalled that the American plans for construction of super-dread-naughts had. been reported several times, "Speaking personally," he' said, "it is not impossible and the news itself is interesting. The reported American plans possibly are open to much discussion and criticism in the spirit of disarmament, especially in the light of Japan's disarmament formula based on the principle of non-menace and non-aggression."
Questioned again concerning the technical possibilities of building 18,000-ton super-cruisers armed with mine twelve-inch guns and capable of developing 40 knots, Rear-Admral Noda answered that he was not' expert in naval building, therefore he preferred to refrain from comment.
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