CRITICAL PHASE
WASHINGTON TALKS WISH TO REACH TRUCE ECONOMIC CONFLICT (Reed. Nov. 25, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 23. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that Japanese-American conversations have reached a critical phase. Both sides have indicated willingness to reach a truce in the long-range economic and strategic wax’ and both sides have made suggestions about the terms on which they are prepared to reach a limited agreement. Because of the delicacy of the situation it is impossible to discuss the terms, but it can be said that both sides are confident that, so long as the balance of power remains about the same as it is in Europe, there will be no spread of war to the Pacific. The Washington correspondent of the Associated Press of America says that the special Japanese envoy, Mr. Kurusu, and the Ambassador, Admiral Nomura, held a long conference in the early hours with aides at the Japanese Embassy following Saturday night’s meeting with the American Seci’etary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, and later despatched a lengthy coded cablegram to Tokio. The correspondent states that Mr. Hull is meeting Admiral Nomura and Mr. Kurusu again early in the week.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 25 November 1941, Page 5
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