TOKIO'S INTENTION
ATTACK ON BURMA ROAD
LONDON, December 1
The Tokio correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain said authoritative quarters there stated that Japan's desires to continue the Washington r^scussions for at least a fortnight. That she is not prepared, however, to abandon her southward expansion was declared by Lieut.-General Saburo Ando, when addressing a rally celebrating the anniversary of Japan's formal recognition of the Nanking regime.
He predicted that Japan will try to cut the Burma Road and move into the Netherlands East Indies. General Ando said that as Holland was completely occupied by the Germans, the Netherlands East Indies will be "summarily treated" as soon as Japan decides to move in that area.
A message from Manila says it is authoritatively disclosed that the Burma Road soon will be defended from Japanese air attack by an ailAmerican unit composed of American planes flown by American pilots.
All the personnel is officially listed as members of the Chinese air force, though the majority of the men are former regular members of the United States Army and Navy.
It has been announced in Tokio that Lieut.-General Ando, who is a military aviation expert, has been appointed a member of the War Council
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1941, Page 7
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