The naval spokesman was subjected to a barrage of questions at the press interview, "Asked to comment.
reported disclosures that the: United States Navy has. under consideration plans for two 50,000. fon. "super-warships," Rear-Admiral Nod, recalled that' the American plans for construction of super-dreadjbaughis had' been reported several times.
"Speaking personally, not impossible and the news li self Interesting. The reported Ameri-gan plans possibly are open to much iseussion and criticism in the spirit of disarmament, especially In the fight 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 nine (welvesinch 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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