Reported Overtures To Russia
SINGAPORE BASE Talk Of A Possible Attack
(Ry Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.)
Received October 4, 7 p.m. < LONDON, October 3. Rome radio states that Japan is making an effort to settle her differences with Russia. The Japanese Ambassador in Moscow has been invested witli “the necessary powers .to enable him to solve outstanding Russian-Japanese problems. Inspired Italian comment asserts that Japan is attempting to place herself in the best possible strategic position against Singapore, in case of British hostility forcing Japan to attack the base. It is asserted that Japan is doing her utmost to extend her influence to Thailand in order to prepare for economic and spiritual penetration of the Dutch East Indies.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 9, 5 October 1940, Page 11
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