Tokyo, June 22. TE Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, yesterday notified foreign diplomatic representatives of the start of fresh military operations at Swatow.
It is understood from Japanese sources that the notification announced that the operations were "nothing more than an extension of purely military activity, for the purpose of destroying important bases of operations used by the Chiang Kai-shek regime.
Mr, Arita is understood to have assured the foreign diplomatic representatives that the policy pursued by the Japanese Government in respecting the rights and interests of third Powers in China remained unchanged; and that the best efforts would be exerted in the present operations towards the prevention of any damage to them.
Mr. Arita, in his Note, expressed the hope that foreign Governments, as well as the foreign authorities in China, would fully understand the policy of the Japanese Government, and pay special attention to the prevention of all possibility of untoward incidents.
He also asked for ce-operation with the Japanese forces in preventing damage to foreign interests, or at least in minimizing such damage.
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