Shanghai, Oct, 7 Two Japanese photographers alleged to be employees of the "Tairiku Shimbun," local Japanese-language Gaily, unceremoniously burst into the offices of the Fleet News Agency on the third floor of 160 Avenue Edward VI shortly after 5.18. p.m. yesterday and took @ number of flashlight pie-tures. Their atlompts to run away, however, failed and a foreign em: ployee of the agency informed a police constable on duty In. front of the building, who in turn telephoned to Central Police Station. A. party police attended and took the two Japanese photographers to the station together with a Chinese translator employed by the agency.
'The two phologeaphers are alleged to have said that they had received instructions. from their employers. to take pictures of the offices of the news agency and that they understood that the necessary permission had been obtained by' their employers.
While officials of the nows agency frst insisted that the films should be returned, they desisted and. the two Japaasse photographers were released: shortly afterwards.
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