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Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-08-22 | Page 2 | Tokyo Wants American Guarantee Not to Base Bombers in Russia

Type issue
Date 1941-08-22
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Tokyo Wants American Guarantee Not to Base Bombers in Russia
Type article
Date 1941-08-22
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 2
OCR Text Tokyo Wants American Gua Guarantee f Not to Base Bombers in In Russia TOKYO Aug 22 UP UP-Koh UP Koh chief government spokesman spokes spokes- man announced Friday that Ja Japan Japan Japan Ja- Ja pan wanted guarantees from the United States that it would not base American bombing planes in eastern Siberia He refused t t to amplify this statement statement statement state state- ment and there was no indication indication indica- indica tion ion whether the government intended in intended intended in- in tended to ask for specific assurances assurances assurances assur assur- ances or or had taken this indirect means of inviting them In making his statement Ishii said as he had done before that the he government was gravely concerned concerned concerned con con- over the United States sending war materials t to Russia Japan would be less concerned if i if the supplies delivered by way of the far east but he did not make it clear what Japans Japan's interest would be if the United States sent aid aid to Russia by a route oute other than than- that across the Pacific to Vladivostok Ishii compared the delivery of war materials to Vladivostok with the incident of the Japanese liner Maru which after I Ithe the American fund freezing order I turned back while en route to to San Francisco and made for home Ishii IshU did not amplify a cryptic statement or make it plain what connection there could be be between between between be- be tween ships which took supplies to Russia and the Maru The A lma Maru Maras turned back after the rich silk cargo of the Japanese liner Maru had been libeled by American hn import ort ort- ers ens with the result that it j tin loaded the cargo despite the freeze freez ing regulations Discussing the freezing regma regula Ishii said the United State States and Japan must begin routine conferences aimed at ironing out inconveniences w which Ich both side sides suffered These InconVeniences he said concerned mainly ship shin ship ping questions
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