JAPANESE NAVY
SIZE OF BATTLESHIPS ANGLO-AMERICAN QUERY (Received February 3, 10.55 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 8 Japan is to bu asked immediately to state definitely whether she intends to build battleships of over 35,000 tons This step, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Mail, was decided upon yesterday by the British and American Governments after Mr. Hcrschell Johnson, United States Charge d'Affaires in London, had seen the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden. If Japan prevaricates or admits thai she is building such ships Britain and America will alter their pending programmes accordingly.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22954, 4 February 1938, Page 9
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