Little faith in the current Javanese-American conversations in Washineton, was expressed by Mr. Hallett Abend, former "New York Times" correspondent at Shanghai, who is at Dresent visiting the Netherlands East Thdies. in an interview with the press here today.
"Mr. Abend, who is on a tour of the Philinnines, Manila and Austrolin for the "Readers Digest." added: "What can one expect as long as the United States ie obiied to keep her fleet in the Pacifr and Britain to keep an army in Malaya? And as soon as the Tinited States moves her fleet to the Atlantic and Britain withdraws her army from Malaya. Janan will seize the opportunity and strike quickly."
U.S. Holds Key The National Broadcasting Company representative, the well-known commentator Dr. John S. Young. who recently visited Japan. is now also in Batavia, where he intends to stay three weeks.
He said that the Japanese-American discussions in Washington would be resumed after the Japanese Minister, Mrz Wakasuci, returned to Washing- able ton from Tokyo.
He believed that Mr. Joseph Grew. American Ambassador in Tokyo, and Admiral Nomura, Japanese Ambassador in Washington, were the right mop in the right places.
The United States, he added. "holds the key to the whole Far Eastern situation, and only has to show and use it."—Reuter.
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