THE JAPANESE NAVY
PREPARED FOR EVENTUALITIES (Rec. 7 p.m.) TOKIO, May 27. The Spokesman for the Ministry, Captain Hideo Hiraidi, stated that the Imperial Navy was always prepared to meet any eventuality. Two hundred warships were engaged on the China coast, and more than 300 additional warships and 4000 planes were stationed in the Pacific ready at a moment's notice to defend Japan against any combination of enemies. He added that the United States was now preparing to convoy merchantmen, so naturally she risked entering the war, Japan's action was clearly delined in the Tripartite Pact.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24619, 29 May 1941, Page 8
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