Env in Britain: "Very Fruitful Talk"
London, Feb, 25.
R. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, yesterday told Mr.
Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Ambassador to London, that Japan had no grounds on which to base offers for mediation of the European conflict, reliable sources said they understood.
Mr. Churchill wa said to have informed Mr. Shigemitsu that if Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, had intended to suggest Japanese mediation in Europe, Britain failed to see on what grounds the offer was based.
"The alleged Japanese offer was said to have been conveyed last week, on Mr. Matsuoka's behalf, {o Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, by Mr. Shigemitsu.
Mr. Matsuoka subsequently denied any Japanese intentions of offering to mediate the European conflict and said his note had been misunderstood.
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