The Archive · 1940

Peace Talks Are Going

"Smoothly"

Tokyo, Aug. 1

The spokesman for the Foreign Mice, Mr. Yakichiro Suma, told the press today that negotiations between General Nobuyuki Abe, special Japanese envoy to. Nanking, Wang Ching-wei, leader of the Nanking" Government, "are proceeding very smoothly."

Responding to questions of whether Mr. Wang was dissatisfied by Japan's peace terms, Mr. Suma replied, "We expect that the negotiations will be concluded in the not distant future."

Mr. Suma said that besides th arms traffic to Chungking, other mat-{ers are involved in the Japanese negotiations with Indo-China thorities, He declined to say what these other matters are, however—United Press.

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