“CHINA INCIDENT A FIASCO”
JAPS KNEW THAT IN 1941 KONOYE SAYS CABINET OFFERED U.S. TO WITHDRAW Recd. 9.50 p.m. Tokio, Dec. 21. Prince Konoye’s memoirs reveal that the Japanese Cabinet, with full Army and Navy support, agreed, in May, 1941. to accede to American demands lor wither v.al from China. The memoirs com. .11 ample evidence of Japan’s conviction that the China adventure was a complete fiasco, disastrously weakening the empire. Cabinet’s decision to withdraw from China was conditional upon noth sides refraining from making public the peace conditions, lest Japan lose too much face. Japan agreed to the following terms:— Firstly, Chinese independence. Secondly, withdrawal of Japanese forces. Thirdly, non-annexation of Chinese territory. Fourthly, no reparations. Fifthly, restoration of an open-door policy. Sixthly, amalgamation of Chiang Kai-shek’s and Wang Chiang Wei’s Government. Seventhly, Japanese mass migration to China. Eightly, recognition of Manchuria.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 302, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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