PEACE OVERTURES
REJECTION BY CHINA
EXPENSE OF THIRD POWERS
DISPOSAL OF BURMA
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
(Received July 30, 12.50 p.m.) HONG KONG, July 29. It is reported that China has rejected Japanese overtures for an armistice and an all-embracing | settlement at the expense of the third Powers. j The Japanese proposals which the! Chinese rejected reported to be as follows:— First: The outright cession of five provinces—Hop eh, Chahar, Shantung, Shansi, and Suiyuan. Second: Recognition of Mr. Wang Ching-wei as President of a Chinese Republic made up of the remaining provinces, plus British Burma, French Indo-China, and Thailand (Siam), in which China and Japan would share the economic opportunities. Third: The status of Manchukuo to be left in abeyance indefinitely.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 8
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120PEACE OVERTURES Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 8
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