t June 27.
"The British and Fre ments, through their Amb: Tokyo, have made it clear to the Japanese Government that they regard any occupation of Hainan Island by Japanese forces as calculated to give rise to undesirable complications," declared Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question in the "House of Commons today.
The subject was raised by Captain Alan Graham, Conservative member for the Wirral division of Cheshire, who asked if the Prime Minister would assure the French Government that they had the British Government's active assistance in any measures they might consider necessary in order to restrain Japanese armed forces from endangering the security of French Indo-China by the occupation of Hainan or adjacent islets.
"Should any complications unfortunately rise," Mr. Butler added, "the British and French Governments would doubtless afford each other such support as appears warranted by the circumstances," Reuter.
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