London, Dec. 29.
Reports that Sir Robert Craigie, the British, Ambassador to Japan, has informed Mr. Koki Hirota, the Japan-ete Foreign Minister, that Japan's reply to the British' Note on the Ladybird Incident Is unsatisfactory, are authoritatively described aay as incorrect, No instructions in the matter have been sent to Sir Robert Craigie.
'The reports have possibly arisen from confusion with the statement Issued by the Japanese military. thorities regarding the Ladybird me eident. In this statement, it is under~ stood, the British Ambassador may have' raised an objection to certain
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