Questioned regarding the s the Yugoslav vessel Tomislav, a Japanese naval spokesman at yesterday afternoon's press conference declared that the case has been "smoothly" settled.
Reiterating that the desi: of the Japanese was to prevent t read el the war to the Far East, the naval spokesman said the Japanese auth ies were "pleased" with the amicable conclusion of the affair because of Italian-Japanese friendship.
The basis of the settlement, the spokesman stated, was the purchase of the Tomislav.by the Italian at thorities
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