PROTEST FROM TOKIO
ARREST OF JAPANESE SINGAPORE INCIDENT TOKIO, Sept. 23. The Associated Press reports that the Foreign Office announced that it had directed the Consul-general at Singapore to protest strongly against the arrest of the six Japanese.. He is to demand their immediate release, one being a member of the consular staff.
The Domei Agency called the Britich action in making the arrests a "national affront," and connected the incident with the proposals to give the United States fleet facilities at Singapore.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24412, 25 September 1940, Page 8
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83PROTEST FROM TOKIO Otago Daily Times, Issue 24412, 25 September 1940, Page 8
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