London, May 9.
The British Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, and the Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, held a long conversation here recently in which both candidly aired their many grievances, it was learned today.
Britain fully informed Japan of the background of the present status of Anglo-Soviet negotiations and now hopes that Japan will reciprocate by telling Britain what is passing and what is contemplated in Japan's political and military exchanges of opi ion with Germany and Italy, it was learned.
Mr. Shigemitsu, it is understood, bitterly complained against British support of Nationalist China, claiming that the Chungking Government actually is under the influence of Soviet Russia.
He intimated that the cessation of Britain's pro-Chinese attitude might clear the ground for an improvement in Anglo-Japanese relations.
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