London, June 12.
"According to information in the hands of Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, Hainan' Island is only partially occupied, while there appears to have been no actual military occupation of the Spratley group of Islands by the Japanese."
This statement was made in the House of Commons today by Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, th reply to a question put by Mr. Wilfred Roberts, Labour Member for Northern Cumberland.
He added that the Government was keeping in close and constant touch with the French Government in the Reuter. matter—Reuter.
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