JAPAN'S REQUIREMENTS
WASHINGTON, 3St.li December. Without making binding commitments the Japanese delegation to the Naval Conference signified that Japan was willing to accept twelve 10,000----ton cruisers as near 60 as 70 per cent, of the American large cruiser strength for which Japan theoretically contends. ' The- allocation of twelve such cruisers to Japan would be satisfactory to the United States, and it was authoritatively reported was also acceptable to Britain. Moreover, Japan apparently was ready to reduce 'the request to a total of ten big cruisers if the United States and Britain reduced their quotas of that class proportionately. It is authoritatively reported that before the departure of the Japanese delegation for London on Saturday, Messrs. Wakatsuki and-Takarabe hope to have outlined an American-Japanese "understanding" in the event of Philippine independence being granted.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 149, 20 December 1929, Page 11
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132JAPAN'S REQUIREMENTS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 149, 20 December 1929, Page 11
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