Tokyo, Nov. 5.
Despite a communique by the Japanese Foreign Office stating that ihe interview yesterday between Mr. Joseph C. Grew, American Ambassador, and Admiral Nomura, Foreign Minister, was informal, the Japanese press today features the conversation as "the first session of a long-pending discussion for the regulation of relations between Japan and the asserts that Mr. Grew handed Admiral Nomura an aide memoirs practically identical with the nature of his speech on October 20. Summarized, it said that it was difficult for the United States Government at present to approve of the new situation in the Far East.
The American Government, the document is purported to declare, held the view that the "new order in East Asia" intended to establish a dominating position for Japan in the Far East, and its economic exclusivism was in conflict with the principles of the Open Door and equal opportunity.
The United States Government felt that its country's historic rights and interests were thereby infringed, and American public opinion was indignant at bombings and other measures against American interests in China.—Reuter.
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