There had been several cases when Japanese forces had been subjected te fire from vessels fying third party flags, the spokesman went on, when questioned in connection with the opping and searching of the French Aramis. "He added that a protest had. been received from the French authorities and a reply had been sent which was similar to the views pressed at the press conference on May 29.
emphasis on the possibility of Japan-The hho continued, placed jose. inspections of a veszel's status with the exception of vessels whose sarus was clearly determined 0 be used for lary purposes by' the Chinese. When informed that the status of the Aramis had been made as clear as it was possible (0 do s0, the spokesman replied, "Regardless of the size of the ship if it is considered suspicious its status will "be ted. Ships familiar to this however, probably will not be stopped again."
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