The Archive · 1940

Washington; Oct. 12

'APAN'S attitude appears to be becoming more moderate, it is thought here, and it is generally hoped that this moderating may continue and that the tension between the two countries will be eased.

The statement by Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign ister, yesterday is thought to have been dictated by something "cold feet" in face of the very obvious American determination and equally obvious British firmness, together with some form of cooperation between London and Washington which French Journal on

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