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U.S.A. VERSION REFUSAL OF PERMIT TALK OF HOSTAGES. iElec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assnr) (Reed. Aug. 19, 3 p.m.) WASHINGTON Aug. 18. Following a conference in Tokio between the American Ambassador, Mr. ,J. C. Grew, and the Japanese Foreign Minister, Admiral Toyada, the Japanese Foreign Office protested against insinuations that Americans were being held in Japan as hostages. The Japanese Foreign Office alleges that Washington misrepresented Japan’s position regarding the refusal of permission for the liner President Coolidge to call at a Japanese port to pick up 100 Americans. The Japanese Foreign Office will make a statement giving explanations shortly. Speaking in Washington, the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, stated that Japan had not given a satisfactory explanation of the refusal to permit Americans to depart from Japan.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20639, 20 August 1941, Page 9
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132JAPANESE PEEVED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20639, 20 August 1941, Page 9
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