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Berlin and Emphatic Lie Given to' Japanese' Reports; "No Information" in Tokyo London, Nov. 20.
British authorities' yesterday categorically denied Japanese press rdports of a' secret military pact between the United States, Great Britain and Thailand, The reports, which were given much prominence in the Tokyo vernacular press; were branded as- "completely unfounded," by authorities.
Publication of such reports, authorities said, "prompts one to watch developments more closely."
Japanese allegations of an Anglo-American-Thai pact locked like kite flying to British authorities who declared that such activities arouse "speculation as to why the Japanese are kite flying."
Official: circles alluded' scornfully to alleged Japanese efforts to make it appear that Britain and the United States are trying to embroil Thailand with French Indo-China in order to embarrass Vichy, Authorities dismissed' as untrue reports to that effect—United Press,
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