The Archive · 1939

Japanese General Calls

On Admiral Hart

Shanghai, Nov. 18.

Lieut.-Gen. Susumu Fujita, newlyappothted commander of the Japanese army forees in the Shanghai area, called on Admiral Thomas Charles Hart, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, on the latter's flagship the USS," Augusta at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Accompanying Lieut.-Gen. Fujita were Major-Gen. Shozo "Sakurai, chief of staff of the Shanghai Area Command; Lieut.-Col. Naoks Utsunomiya, Japanese, Army Liaison Ofer, and other Japanese amicers, Major-Gen. Sakurai later called on Rear-Admiral R. V, Holt, Commander of the British Yangtze Fiotilla, and on Rear-Admiral William "A, Glass-ford, Commander of the " United States Navy's Yangtze Flotilla, Licut. Gen. Fujita reviewed Marine guard of honour aboard the Augusta,

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