Harbin, Mar, 15, Mr, Matsuoka, accompanied by his staff, left here at 10,30 o'clock tonight for the border town of Manchou li en route to Berlin and Rome io confer with leaders of the Axis governments, The Foreign Minister and his party arrived here at 545 o'clock this evening from Changchun by aeroplane, They were met at the aerodrome by Mr. Kanichiro Kubota Japanese Consul-General here, and other Japanese and Manchoukuo officials, After resting at the Yamato Hotel the Matsuoka party left for Manchou li aboard the South Manchuria Railway Company's special train—Domei,
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