Tokyo, June 20.
Mr. Koh Ishii, Deputy Spokesman of the Cabinet Information board, today said that "United States participation in the war is ver likely."
Mr. Ishis words were in answer to questions during his regular Friday press conference. Correspondents questioned Mr. Ishii concerning his speech yesterday in which he reviewed the international situation before the Central Cooperative Council of the National Service Association, Asked concerning an alleged Wa-ashington ban on oil shipments aboard Japanese vessels Mr. Ishii said that a "inal reply to Japanese enquiries had not been received from the capital.
Mr. Ishii also said that Mr. Wang Ching-wei, President of the Nanking regime, had not met any foreign envoy during his stay thus far in Tokyo—United Press.
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