Mr. hill also rejected Mr. Matsuok: suggestions tHát British moves in the Pacific were designed to encircle Japan, reliable sources said.
The Prime Minister explained that British precautions fu the Pacific were purely defensive in character.
Earlier yesterday an authoritative statement was issued here saying that Britain always makes clear its views regarding tha danger of Japanese southward expansion.
The statement was issued while Mr. Churchill conferred with Mr. Shigemitsu and recalled various Ahglo-Japanese talks both in London and Tokyo.
The British "always make clear their view concerning dangers of Japan's southward expansion, the statement said. It explained that Britain's concern was expressed both in talks between Mr. Anthony Eden,
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