Shanghai, May 10.
'A. report on the re-occupation of Nantungchow, an important town on the north bank of the Yangtze, by the Chinese was denied by a Japane ese military spokesman here yesterday, The report was circulated abroad by a leading foreign news agency, and also letters received from residents in the city, dated April 26.
'OMeial Japanese' reports received here from Nantungchow on May 8, the spokesman said, indicated that Japanese troops in the town are engaged in "mopping up" operations east of Nantungchow.
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