Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-04-06 | Page 2 | Japan's War Fleet Masses off Fukien

JAPANS JAPAN'S WAR FLEET MASSES OFF HONG KONG April 6 W Cen U-Cen- Cen Central News official Chinese agency reported Saturday that at least 60 Japanese warships including three aircraft carriers were concentrated concentrated con con- off the coast of and that a I province Japanese conference conference con con- ference held at Amoy apparently nUY was In preparation for scale large maneuvers around islands in the southern seas Chinese sources here added that thata a up mop campaign on Hainan island off the south China coast was being intensified preliminary to establishing a Japanese naval base there for for fors for's s southern Pacific operations