Present plans call for the direct evacuation of Americans from the Far East to the United States, or at least as far as Hawaii.
The speed with which the State Department opened negotiations with shipping company executives to send additional ships to the Far East impressed observers here as indicating the extent of official concern over the safety of Americans in the Orient, Observers pointed out that the State Department is not empowered to order Americans to evacuate from the Orient, but it was believed the State Department's actions of the past week emphasized the urgent necessity for Americans, particularly women and children, to leave the Far East by the first available facilities.—United Press.
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