The Archive · 1941

Drive Said Due

Chungking, Feb. 11.

Plans of an imminent Japanese move in her southward expansion programme are now in the hands of the Chinese Government, according to report given prominence in. this morning's Chinese newspapers here.

The plans are revealed after a careful study by the Chinese High Command of papers and documents recovered from the wreckage of a Japanese aeroplane shot down on February 5 by a Chinese mobile Unit near Chungshan, South of Canton, when Admiral Baron Osumi wa killed in the crash, The Chinese military, however, refuse to divulge details of the papers and documents which were brought up to Chungking from the Kwangtung front for study by experts—Reuter.

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