ONE MILLION TROOPS
JAP. FORGES ON MANGHURIAN BORDER
(Rec. 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, July 5. Following reports that the Japanese had sent fresh divisions to the Siberian frontier the British United Press Moscow correspondent says the Japanese Ambassador, Baron Sato, conferred with M. Molotov for over an hour.
It is confirmed in Washington that the Japanese forces on the Manchurian border do not total more than 1,000,000. It is believed that General Yamashita, the conqueror of Malaya, is in command of the Japanese armies.
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Evening Star, Issue 24909, 6 July 1943, Page 3
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