The Archive · 1940

No Cause for Apprehension

Tokyo, Sept. 6.

The spokesman for the Foreign Office, Mr. Yakichiro Suma, told the press today that "there is no cause for apprehension" regarding the Indo-China situation, as Franco-Japanese negotiations there are being carried out through "a peaceful and orderly procedure" "mie "pokeSHiaH said he" had no knowledge of foreign reports that Japanese troops had landed at Hanoi. Negotiations are proceeding at Hanoi, Mr. Suma said. Major-General Issaku Nishihara, head of the Japanese mission in Indo-China, has been authorized by Tokyo to continue negotiations with French authorities there he said—United Press. p British Envoy Sees Cordell Hull Washington, Sept. 6.

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, held a conference yesterday with Lord Lothian, British Ambassador, and Mr. Richard G. Casey, Australian Ambassador, in the State Department following Mr. Hull's reaffirm motion of present United States opposition to changes in the status quo in Indo-China—Domei.

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