Tokyo, Mar, 4.
A press report stating that 20,000 regular Chinese troops had moved into Burma recently to strengthen the British defences there in accordance with a secret Anglo-Chinese military agreement, was- formally: denied by Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador, in a recent interview with Mr, Chuichi Ohashi, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Koh Ishii, deputy spokesman of the Information Board, announced at the regular foreign press conference today.
After categorically denying the press report, the British Ambassador assured the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs that there was no plan for the entry of Chinese troops into Burma, added the deputy spokesman, who also observed that the press r port had not been confirmed by oficial information—Reuter,
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