Washington, Jan. 21.
United States officials today welcomed the assurances of the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, that Japan does not intend to close the "Open Door" in China, but were frankly skeptical of the sincerity of the statement because of increasingly {numerous complaints from American businessmen in China detailing alleged Japanese discriminations against American commercial activities in Occupied areas of China.
Washington officials again pointed to the example of Manchoukuo and Japan's former assurances regarding her policy toward third Powers in Manchoukuo, which at the time were almost identical to the current utterences of the Japanese Foreign Minister.—United Press.
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