Berlin, Mar. 28.
'R. Yosuke Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, late yesterday continued political conversations with Axis leaders after a conference with Chancellor Adolf Hitler, lasting two and a half hours.
Following the conference Mr, Matsuoka had luncheon with a small intimate circle of high government officials at the private residence of Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister. Herr Ribbentrop planned to stage a large scale reception for Mr. Matsuoka in the evening. Mr. Matsuoka's reception in Berlin, so far, has surpassed and extended to other visiting foreign personalities.
Today Mr. Matsuoka was due to meet various leading German personalities he had not met so far.
The Hitler-Matsuoka place in. were Major-General Eugen Ott, German Ambassador to Tokyo, and Doctor Otto Meisner.
The Hitler Youth music corps blew a call.on their trumpets as Mr. Matsuoka appeared the gates of the Mr. Matsuoka's First Air Raid Axis political strength.
It is believed that he strove to secure Yugoslavia's signature before Mr. Matsuoka's arrival as part of a campaign to try to get Japan actively Tokyo's envoy a complete diplomatic defeat for the Democracies in south-
London, Mar, 23.
The Berlin radio went off the air at 9 pin. BS.T. (4 am. today Shanghai D.S.T. indicating the RAF. was raiding Germany for the first time since it attacked Berlin on Sunday night—United Press.
Two things have spoiled this: Russia's renewed pledge to Turkey and the Yugoslav revolt. It is believed here that. Herr Hitler urgently requires active Japanese assistance, as he cannot win the war alone and Ttaly is now more a hindrance than a help.
The "New York Times" sees Berlin Japan's own plans further risks in support of Hitler's gamble, Tt is not improbable, it adds, that Mr. Matsuoka's real purpose in going to Europe was his interview with M.
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