At the Japanese press conference]
terday afternoon, spokesmen said that the British and Japanese forces mutually had agreed to withdraw and that the withdrawal of either was not contingent on the other moving off first. It was further stated by a spokesman that the Japanese military, the "SMP. cooperating, had wanted to make additional search of certain premises, prior to their withdrawal, and_the Spokesman understood that the search was being completed, while he spoke s=which was about 520 p.m.
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