The Archive · 1941

Advice to Moscow

The "Times and Advertiser" said that "Moscow should steer clear of any committment of this entangling character."

The "Hochi/ asserting that Japan lifeline was in the southern regions but that the northern zones cannot be neglected, said that the "ABED anti-Japanese encirclement front is closing in on us and with the Moscow conference as the turning point the Soviet and American combination is threatening to plunge Siberia and the Far East into a storm." ed a statement of Gen. Yanagawa The "Yomiuri" prominently feature

which he was quoted as having made last night at Okayama while en route to Shikoku. Gen. Yanagawa was quoted as having said that the Japanese people should be calm and that they place absolute faith in the Government under the present pressing international conditions "when the Germans are resorting to large-scale tactics in an effort to capture Moscow, while on the other hand secret manoeuvres of countries hostile to Japan forming the ABED front have become more intense."—United Press.

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