His reply, according to the spokesman, was that American good offices would be acceptable on the condition that the United States fully understood the new order in East Asia.
Any peace effort in this part of the world, the spokesman declared, must be based on the actual situation now prevailing in the Far East, Maj.-Gen, Suzuki on this point had apparently been misquoted by the American correspondent, the spokesman said.
Questioned about America's loan to China, the spokesman said that any loan granted to the Chungking Government by a foreign Power would be regarded by the Japanese Government with serious concern even if the loan did not directly help Chungking's military strength.
A foreign loan to Chungking in any form, the spokesman added, would certainly strengthen the political position of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek—Domei,
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