State, yesterday implied at hi press conference that if an im from the Japanese Government were received asking that either he or Prefident Roosevelt visit Japan it would be rejected.
He said that the. United States had not received any sud" formal invitation und implied that it would be rejected if and when it arrived.
Side-stepping an inquiry regarding reports that the Japanese Embassy had advised the State Department that grave consequences probably would follow further U.S. restrictions against oil exports to Japan, he said that he was "not very aware" when asked when ther he was aware of these rumours, Mr. -Hull, however, revealed that the U.S. Government had revoked all licenses for shipment of serap rubber to Japan and Japanese occupied areas in China.
He said that this action was requested by defence officials and taken on the basis of advices indicating that much of the exported rubber was being trans-shipped to Germany to meet the shortage there.
The Secretary of State discredited rumours of Japanese negotiations to lease islands off southern Chile for
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