The Archive · 1941

N.E.I. Has No Choice

Tokyo, Feb. 3.

The Netherlands East Indies must Jean Pabst, last week conferred with [become a part of Japan's new order e Japanese Foreign Office regarding in Ea: ther they want to Japan's proposal to include theier not, aper "Asahi" said Netherlands East Indies in Japan's today. dream of a "new order in East A: The paper predicted that the Japan was learned today. ese Government would reject any ac-Gen. Pabst conferred with the Vice Dutch Government in Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr, which amounted to a refusal Chuichi Ohashi, on January 31 after proposal the Japanese Foreign Minister," Mr. s in Japan's Yosuke Matsuoka, had announced Japan's plan to include the NEI. in The paper commented an reports Japan's "sphere of ce-prosperity from London alleging that the Dutch Details of the talk between Gen.|Government had instructed its Pabst and Mr. Ohashi were not dis- Minister in Tokyo to reject the Japan-closed today but Japanese reports|ese proposal for including the NEI. from London said that Gen. Pabst|in Japan's dream of a "new order in had been instructed by the Dutch East Asia."—United Press.

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