Tokyo, Oct. 31.
Mr. Soyomatsu Kato, Japanese Minister-at-large, is'soon leaving Tokyo for Shanghai, according to the "Nichi Nichi", with a view to negotiate with Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, H.M.
Ambassador to China and Mr.
C. E. Gauss, Consul-General for the United States in Shanghai, along general lines, supplementing parleys in Tokyo.
A Gaimusho spokesman told me today that the date for Mr. Kato's departure for Shanghai has not yet been fixed and that, even when he comes to Shanghai, specific negotiations with the United States and Great Britain are unlikely, though occasional and opportune discussions would take place from time to time, which, he pointed out, is quite natural.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kato is remaining in Tokyo for the purpose of vital Sino-Japanese consultations, particularly with regard to the formation of the new, Nanking government by Mr. Wang Ching-wel. In referring to the new Nanking Government, the Gaimusho Spokesman fold me that, while Japan would support it, the question of formally recognizing it is a matter for the future, Japanese Fire on
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