Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, the Japanese Ambassador in London, conferred with Viscount Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, and Mr. R. A. Butler, Foreign Under-Secretary, twice yesterday, during one of which it believed he handed the Foreign Secretary a Note amplifying Japan's objecs to the extension of British contraband control to German exports.
The export blockade went into operation at midnight last night, It was believed the Japanese Ai bassador had requested an carly British reply and emphasized the urgency, pointing out that Japanese vessels are in Netherlands ports wai ing to load German goods for transportation to Japan.
Officials were reticent concerning the talks, but surmised that they als^ dealt with the Tientsin-North China situation, "generally including "Japan's familiar demand" for the surrender of the Chinese silver stored in Tientsin banks.—United Press.
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