Mr, Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, refused to comment on the Tokyo report recording to which the Japanese Government had handed note deal= ug with Far Eastern questions to Bt. Soseph €. Grew, U. S. Ambassador to Japan, when questioned onthe sub-Jeet at his press conference yesterday.
"Asked whether it was possible that diplomatic relations between the {United States and Soviet Russia would broken off by Washington, Hr. Hull bargo against Russia, he said that disjeussions had not yet. taken place among the interested quarters—Havas.
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