Vichy, June 21.
The United States Embassy today prepared to close the last two American Consulates in occupied France, at Paris and Bordeaux, and to re-patria the 25 consular officials.
The Consulates at Lo Havre, Strasbourg. Lille, Cherbourg and Brest were closed during the' retreat a year ago. The German order does not affect American Consulates at Lyons, Marseilles and Nice in unoccupied France.
There is dual authority between the French Government and German occupation "authorities in occupied France, hence the United States can not protest the order closing those Consulates. After the" Consujates have been closed, there will be about 400 Americans in occupied France who will be without Embassy or Consular protection, They have refused frequent suggestions by the State Department to return home.—United Press.
Tokyo, June 21.
At a luncheon given by the Chief of the Navy General Staff, Admiral Osami Negano, and Navy Minister, Admiral Koshird Oikawa, for Mr. Wang Ching-wei at the Navy Club, Admiral Oikawa bluntly declared.
"The Imperial Navy faces the alarming situation in Bast Asia with full, confidence in its ability to discharge successfully its important mission to safeguard the stability and development of East Asia."
Am. Oikawa also pledged the Japanese Navy's full cooperation with new China and thanked Mr. Wang is sympathetic understanding of mission as well as the vital necessity for cooperation between Japan and China—Domei,
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