Show Tol Tokyo yo Berlin Say a Naval ova Units nits Collaborate in Two Oceans LONDON Sept 25 UP Japan UP-Japan Japan and Germany Friday issued parallel emphasizing the close collaboration of the axis naval fleets in the Atlantic and the Indian oceans The axis were re regarded regarded re here as primarily a propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda gesture Th They y asserted that Japanese submarines now are operating in inthe inthe inthe the Atlantic in cooperation with German U-boats U and that German naval units are arc cooperating with the Japanese in the Indian ocean Japan came through first in obviously obviously obviously ob ob- ob- ob prearranged announce announce- ments Imperial headquarters at Tokyo said Part of the Japanese naval forces are collaborating with axis naval units in the Atlantic ocean One Japanese submarine operating operating operating ing in the Atlantic was recently refitted at a certain German naval base and returned to the theater of operations These operations parallel operations of the German navy in the Indian ocean This is most significant as representing joint naval operations against enemies enemies enemies en en- of the axis A few hours later the German high command repeated the Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese and added This is of basic importance from the viewpoint vie of operations The said specifically that the Japanese warships were submarines It said German naval units had collaborated with the Japanese in inthe inthe inthe the Indian ocean Reliable British informants said it was possible Japanese submarines submarines submarines rines were operating in the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic but there were certainly no surface there They emphasized emphasized em em- it was of no importance if Japan had submarines in the Atlantic since it had submarines capable of making the journey from home bases |