Tokyo, May 10.
In its evening edition, the "Nichi-Nichi Shimbun" gave prominence to a Shanghai despatch reporting that military experts of Britain, the United States, and Chungking, were dye to open a conference on May 12 at Singapore, in order to discuss a definite defence line in the South Pacific, The "Nichi-Nichi" said that the participants in the conference will include—Brigadier-General Henry of the United States Air Force in the Philippines, Lt.-Col. William Meyer, United States Military Attache at Chungking; Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-
Popham, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in the Far East; Major-eneral Dewing, Chief Staff Officer; Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor of Malaya; General Pai Chung-hsi, Chief of Staff of the Chungking armies General Shung Chan; and General Lin Wei-wen, who recently arrived lat Singapore from Chungking.
Quoting competent observers, the *Nichi-Nichi" Shanghai correspondent said the agenda of the conference probably would include the following:
Formulation of a plan for joint tion of all arms of the demo-forces in the Far East, Assistance to be extended to Chungking's air force by the United States air arm. Wartime mobilization of manpower in unoccupied China, Exchange of information among the British, American and Chungking commands. Clarification of Chungking's attitude toward Germany and Italy. Evacuation of British and American nationals from the Far East, measures dealing with Italian and German residents in unoccupied China, as well as in British and i—Domei Bolivia Requests Higher Wolfram Price
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