The Archive · 1940

Address on Jessfield Road

The spokesman was asked whether he know of an address on Jessfield. Road where the headquarters of ter~ Forism was reported to be located and countered by asking whether the not know where 16 Jessfield Road was located. The questioner follow-fed up by pointing out that the localty was not yet but would soon be under the control of the Japanese forees.

Atter reiterating that it was necessary owing to Japanese military requirements for the Seltlement to be defended by Japanese forces, which could not be done owing to actuality ies, the interpreter of the spokesman explained that what the spokesman implied was that the Japanese hoped to be given the defence of the Set~ tlement. Realization of the hope he explained, was a separate question.

"Are the Japanese authorities satis-fed with the status quo of the French

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