JAPANESE POLICY.
CHANGE FORESHADOWED. Received August 23, 1.20 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 22. The Japanese Embassy has denied knowledge of a Tokio diplomatic purge. The spokesman said: "So tar as London is concerned, the report is.quite untrue and merely speculation J would says the recalls of Ambassadors herald a change in Japanese iomgn P °A Tokio message says a statement to the Press declared: "Japanese diplomacy is entering, a'new era }f ™* those able will be promoted from .the ranks. Appointments will nop be confined to Foreign Office officials; even uewspapermen arc eligible. The diplomats' euccessors will be named within a week." See "Southward Drive."— Page 7
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 227, 23 August 1940, Page 8
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