Tokyo, Mar. 12.
Subject to Emperor Hirohito's approval a China Council and a Chinese Affairs Bureau' will be Yormally inaugurated here on May decided to establish an intelligence department to be attached to the commission.
Mr, Yueh Kai-hsien, former diplomatic commissioner in Charh: expected to head this department. It is to consist of eight members, the director and seven assistants.
News will be given out between three and five o'clock every after-
Peiping, Mar, 12.
Foreign missionaries in Puchow and Yungcheng, in southern Shansi, are all safe despite the recent has tilities in that region, according to official Japanese reports received here. AW missionaries in south Shansi are believed to have s vived the hostilities safely, They include many Britons, Americans, The Government is expected soon ask the Diet for Y.800,000 re-noon.—Reuter Swedes and Norwegians.—Reuter, ed for the organization of the Bureau. Headed by the Premier, the Council will formulate fundamental China policies, Its member-hip will include Ministers of War, Navy, Finance, Foreign Affairs and A hint to possibly several other members of the Cabinet, The Bureau, which will carry out that policies proposed by the Coun-will be headed a high-ranking official appointed by the Emperor, Directly responsible to ihe Premier, the Bureau may possibly be headed for the time being by the Minister of War or Navy. The Director-General of the Bureau will automatically serve as Secretary-General of the Council, Staffed By experts in ya fields, the Bureau will be divided into political economic and cultural sections.—Domei.
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