Nanking Report Branded as a Fabrication Charges that the Japanese naval air force intended to bomb the Soviet Embassy in Nanking, contained in a Tass report published in Shanghai on Sunday. were refuted by a Japanese naval spokesman- yesterday.
The allegations, he pointed out, were based upon the markings alleged to have been found on a map seized from a Japanese officer captured following a raid on Nanking. "This map, the Tass report said, was shown by Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Chinese Foreign Minister, to foreign diplomats. Marked on it, according to the dispatch, were the Soviet Embassy, the residence of Dr. H. H. Kung, Chinese Minister of Finance, and other alleged objectives.
"This was obviously a fabrication prepared by the Chinese with ulterior motive the spokesman said, "The objectives of the Japanese X" air force are not embassies or the residences of high Chinese officials. We aim at military. establishments and bases of military operations,"
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