The Archive · 1941

Detached Palace Prepared

Tokyo. June 16.

The Kasumigascki detached palace thas "undergone a toco-lifting treat ment in order to be ready for Mr. Wang Ching-wei.

'3Mr. Wang. who will be the Srst foreign guest to occupy the palace since the visit of the late Siamese ruler. King Prajadhipok. and his! consort in April 1982. will enjoy the jour of being a guest of the Imfamily on Tuesday and Wednes-aay.

"The Imperial Household Depart. ment. during the last fortnight. has renovated the drawing room. the re= ception hall, the dining salon on the first floor. and the State guests chamber upstairs. and has also. trimmed the eight-acre landscape garden.

inthe absence of Dr. Chu Ming yi, Nanking Ambassador to Japan. Who lett for Kobe on June 14 to greet the Yawata Maru. the Chinese Embassy' staff likewise has been busy repainting the walls fixing up the Garden and preparing the second-oer Japanese-style room which will Mr. Wang's residence during the greater portion of his stay.

Meanwhile. more than 200 Chinese students in Tokyo met yesterday at the Koishikawa Botanical Gardens to discuss plans to welcome Mr. Wang.

Among the prominent Japanese who are keenly anticipating Mr. Wang's the Japanese Ambassador to Nanking. Dr. Kumataro Honda. who last night in a radio speech reiterated is conviction that Japan's future lies in the closest ce-operation with the Wang Ching-wel Administration.

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