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Grey River Argus, 22 May 1941, Page 10

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AUCKLAND, May IT.

“As far as China is concerned the crisis is over and the danger of being crushed by Japan has passed away. Japan is attempting to withdraw from the war quickly with the least possible loss of prestige,” said Dr. T. Z. Koo, travelling secretary of the World Student Christian federation, who arrived by the Monterey to tour the Dominion. Dr. Koo said the Chinese people were grateful for the credit of £10,000,000 granted to them by the United States Government. The money would be used for heavy munitions which were needed urgently. “The refusal of the Soviet to allow munitions to be transported across Russia for the use of the belligerents will not affect the delivery of war materials from America,”'Dr. Koo said, adding that most of It was received over the Burma Road. Russia was supplying a limited amount of war materials to Chiang Kaishek mostly aeroplanes.

MR FRASER’S QUERY

LONDON, May 19.

New Zealanders returned from Greece with their tails up, Mr Fraser told the British United Press Cairo correspondent. Mr Fraser added: They are thoroughly convinced they can wipe out the Germans if the odds are more or less equal. The decision to send an expeditionary force to Greece was absolutely right. Asked whether the situation in the Pacific had improved, he replied that if he knew what happened when Matsuoka and Hitler met, he could answer that question.