And at this very moment, Field-Marshal Hermann Goering, Reich's Air Minister, is receiving and conferring with General Guiseppe Valle, Italian Air Under-Secretary, to fix terms of air ce-operation between the two ends of the axis.
Moreover, military measures are to be extended to Africa, for General von Brauschitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the Reich's Army, has assortedly already laid the foundations for common action in North Africa.
Then, too, developments are closely watched. in Albania, from where Tokyo's Version Tokyo, June 27.
Soviet and Japanese planes clashed again over Manchoukuo in the Lake Buir sector at 5 p.m, yesterday, according to Japanese reports reaching here today.
'The Japanese military reports claimed 60 Soviet and Outer Mongo-lan planes crossed the border at 5. pin, and were met by only three Japanese planes. Six of the Soviet planes were shot down' while the others were "driven out of Manchoukuo territory," the Japanese reports alleged.
Three Japanese planes, said the reports, returned to their base undamaged after the air battle with the 60 Goviet planes.
Meanwhile, neutral information: reaching here indicated the objective of the Soviet raids on Manchoukuo is a series of new Japanese aerodromes and barracks recently con= structed in the Lake Buir sector, Jess than 100 miles from the Outer Mongolian frontier.
Informed: foreign quarters reported the new Japanese aerodromes had been heavily bombed during the recent Soviet raids. Although number of Soviet planes have been shot down during the raids, the major portion of the raiders, it is understood, have succeeded in reaching and bombing their objectives on most raids.—United Press.
The Claim Mounts Marshal Pietro Badoglio returned today after a lengthy visit. Albania, formerly ruled by King Zog, now an exile, is entirely occupied by 120,000 Italian soldiers.
Meanwhile, the First Squadron of the Italian Navy is carrying out a "symbolic cruise" in the Atlantic before joining the Second Squadron, which will be leaving on July 1 for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Libyan, Albanian and Aegean waters.
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