Tokyo, June 18.
OPE that the Nine-Power Pact would be revised "in keeping with the realities of the Far East," was expressed by Gen. Kazushige- Ugaki, Foreign Minister, during an interview with foreign correspondents stationed in Tokyo yesterday. The new Foreign Minister pointed out that the treaty had been signed sixteen yea) ago, while its "important provisions" had been violated by the Chinese. Should a revision of the pact be undertaken, it would have to be made in consultation with the arious Powers interested in the Far East, Gen. Ugaki said.
"Where there is smoke there must be Ugaki fire," Gen. replied when questioned regarding press reports of French assis ance to China.
"The French authorities should know whether or not the press reports on that subject are true," he stated.
The Foreign Minister noted that in spite of official French denials, the press continued to print reports of such aid.
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