Tokyo, Aug. 18.
The Japanese Navy is not, planning to request. a change in the status of the Americsa defence sector in Shanghai at present, the spokesman for the Navy Ofiee, Rear Admiral Masa Kannzawa, told the press today.
In enswor to a questioner. who urleea Ifthe Navy would request a change In the stars of the American sector, Admiral Kanazawa said the question now under discussion is limited to the British sectors, from Which the British garrison is being Withdrawn. 'The Navy, the spokes ran said, hoped that an' amicable sel. tlement of the question of the dis position of the British defence sce tors would be reached on the spot: United Press,
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