Selection of Japanese Overseas Minister Seen Tokyo, July. 31.
Formal appointment of a full-time Minister of Overseas Affairs appeared near at hand with the revelation by authoritative sources that Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, who holds the post now concurrently with the Foreign Affairs portfolio, has decided to recommend a full-time minister to the Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye.
Mr. Matsuoka, observers here declared, fully realizes the necessity of having a full-time minister in view of the growing importance of colonial administration. It was also stated that Mr. Matsuoka is pressed by diplomatic business which requires his full at-
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