Mr, Matsuoka replied that misgivings over article five of the tripartite pact were understandable, howeve the purpose of the article; "when formulated; was toward adjusting Soviet-Japanese relations Diplomacy can not be conducted only on a basis of agreement," Mr. Matsuoka said." "It must be' based fon change and developments from time to time."
Asked whether M, Viacheslav M. Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, had hinted that Japan should re: hhounee her anti"Comintern pact and what Mr. Matsuoka's attitude on the subject was, the Foreign Minister replied:
"It is easily imaginable that the act should be renounced from the viewpoint of adjusting Soviet-Japan= se relations, "However we must not ose track of the pact's importance."
Mr, Matsuoka's" words supported Mz. Ichinomiya's emphasis that the act was an important factor relative to the trend of Japanese domestic thought and also_in SinorJapanese relations—United Press, Japanese Bill to
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