At the Japanese press conference yesterday evening, when the question was raised again, budget estimates of the Kuomintang dated 1936 seized by the Japanese at General Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters at the Nanking Military Academy, were produced and it was revealed that large sums of money had been set aside for newspaper and journalistic enterprises in China and abroad.
One item of $10,000 monthly was mentioned in regard to Reuters and $43,000 for the Central News Agency and various sums for Chinese newspapers. No mention was made of "riy foreign correspondents.
Questioned with regard to the allegation that Reuter's has been receiving bribes from the Chinese Government, Mr. C. J. Chancellor, local manager for Reuter's, described the report as "absurd".
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