Japanese semi-official sources said that the contents of the basic policies reached by the Imperial conference would take concrete form gradually in the Government's administration.
The same sources, quoting qualified observers, said they anticipated a "speedy adjustment of Japan's wartime domestic structure with the important Imperial conference policies gradually being translated into action."
The statement by Mr. Matsuoka was believed to indicate that highly important decisions were reached because the conference was held in the presence of the Emperor—the eighth such conference in the history of Japan. The seventh was held on September 19, 1940 prior to conclu. sion of the Tripartite Pact.
Major-General Eugen Ott, German Ambassador, and Sig. Mario Indelli, Italian Ambassador, called on the Foreign Minister at 2 pin. while M. Constantin Smetanin, Soviet Ambassador, visited Mr. Matsuoka at 3 pin, presumably to seek clarification' of the brief Government announcement.
The local press issued extras today announcing that the Government had reached a decision on important national policy in order to cope with the changing international situation. The Japanese newspapers, however. did not comment on the policy, confining their stories to the Government's brief statement.
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