Following conversations between the Japanese and American military authorities, an agreement whereby the identification of Japanese soldiers involved in differences with American marine sentries will be facilitated has been reached, a Japanese military spokesman said yesterday.
This followed the receipt of a communication from the American marine authorities in connection with the passage of trucks carrying Japanese armed soldiers through the American defence sector on Friday. The communication, the spokesman said, was "not in the nature of a protest."
Hitherto, the spokesman added, the information received from the American authorities when such difficulties arose was insufficient to identify the soldiers involved. "In view of the! large number of Japanese soldiers in Shanghai at present, it was extremely difficult to ascertain the identity of the men involved with only meagre information to go by," he remarked.
The spokesman declined to divulge whether or not arrangements had been made for the passage of Japanese armed men through the American defence sector. Discussions on the subject, he indicated, are still under way,
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