Tokyo, Sept. 22.
Spurred by the organization of a joint committee to prepare for the merger of the "Provisional" and "Reformed" Governments in China, the five Ministers of Japan's "inner Cabinet" yesterday plunged into a series of exhaustive discussions which are expected to result in the formation of the long-heralded China Affairs Bureau in a short time.
Details of the plan for establishing the China Affairs Bureau arè expected to be worked out after two or three more sessions of the Inner Cabinet, The powerful new organ of the government will be headed by the Premier, Prince Ayamaro Konoye who will be assisted by the Foreign Minister, Gen, Kazushige Ugaki, it was reported in authoritative quarters, The bureau will be given broad powers to deal with China affairs.
Organization of the Joint committee by the two governments in China was regarded by observers here as a precursor to the union of the two administrations in the near future into a new central government of Chiria.—Domel.
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