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ANGLO-SOVIET

COOPERATION

THE CHINA MAIL SEPTEMBER 27, 1941.

MILITARY

IRAN

IN

Relations Leave Nothing To Be Desired

A FEEBLE JAPANESE ANSWER

The Japanese military spokesman in Peiping was questioned about the

Complete Liaison Established

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH

disappearance of Mrs. AND RUSSIAN FORCES IN IRAN HAS NOT Denzil Clarke, Japanese BEEN-MARRED BY THE LEAST FRICTION; born wife of the Press At- COMPLETE LIAISON HAS BEEN ESTABLISH- Embassy who has been ED AND BOTH PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL missing since last Satur-RELATIONS LEAVE NOTHING TO BE DESIR- day.

ED.

tache at the British

All he could say was that the Japanese military gendarmerie

assisted by Chinese

Coincident with this statement, made in and the Japanese Consular Police, London yesterday, which contrasts with Ger- have been unable to discover the man propaganda declaring that serious The spokesman said that the friction has arisen between the two armies, Japanese Embassy had no vlew

slightest clue to her whereabouts.

ance.

about the cause of the disappear comes an account published in the Moscow-

Some quarters suggest that newspaper “Pravda” of the meeting of Soviet Mrs. Clarke may have been and British troops in Teheran on Tuesday.

taken to Tienteln by train' as Japanese, in contrast to Chinese, do not need a permit to buy a ticket.

But, if so, it is obvious that this could hardly have escaped the notice and knowledge of the police. Reuter.

V

NO CHANGE IN

LIBYA

The report tells how after the Soviet and British troops were ranged on opposite sides of the parade square, where they were inspected by representatives of the two commands. and had marched past in review, they engaged after the parade in animated conversa- tion.

A General Headquarters com- "The Red Army men found out munique issued in Cairo yesterday about the life of the British sol- states "Libya: No change in the dier, the army regime, uniforms situation."Reuter.

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Only The Beginning

"After lunch, which took place in a cordial and friendly atmos- phere, a concert was given. For the first time the British saw the Red Army's song and dance en- semble, listening with 'rapt atten- tion to a cantata on Stalin.

"Uzbek, Ukrainian and especial- ly Red Army dances were greet- ed with warm applause.

"After the concert the Govlet and British officers and men parted with cordial handshakes, Brigadier-General. Tlarks, "one of the British staff officõrd, bay. ing he hoped the Joint action of the two armies In Iran would only be the beginning of wider action against Hitlerism." .

The Soviet troops in the parade include infantry, cavalry and tank men, while the British troops included-sturdy - Indian - mountain. infantry, motorised artillery, cavalrymen and other arms quar- tered in the suburbs of Teheran. -Reuter.

BRITAIN'S NEWEST IN ACTION

Fighter Command air- craft yesterday afternoon attacked four enemy minesweepers and two A.A. ships off Dunkirk, states an Air Ministry communique.

STOP PRESS

SPOTLIGHT ON LENINGRAD

(Continued from Pago -1) and for this reason they do not Both the A.A. ships were dam- want their right, flank menaced. aged and two minesweepers set by a large size Russian Tobruk.

It would seem that the threat Other fighter aircraft on offen-to-Murmansk has not proved sive patrol sanie a small-, enemy

particularly successful. Indeed, patrol: ship of Cherbourg,uncficial reports say they have

None of the British aircraft is had a setback in this area. missing,

on fire.

The RAF fightor forces con- alstòd~of mixed squadrona the latest 12-gun and four- -cannon Hurricanes..

“Annihilation".

Still Imminent

The German High Command After two attacks from the reports from the Fuchrer a head- stern to the bows, - two of the quarters, according to the Gor minesweepers were soon blazing man official news agency, that furiously and a sheet of red tame the annihilation of the remain- followed an explosion in the bows ing forces encircled cast of Klev of one of the AA ships Reuter is imminent

The number of prisoners has

War

d in the meantime risen to 074,000. The prefix "pecial!! to talegrama le An immenso quantity: uned by the Sunday" Herald" and material has been Mahina Malty to indicate now which Reuter (a\atriotly-copyright unter"" {lo""provi» kalonui, of tha: Telecommunications ON dinando, 1930, and may not be reprinte fod :: under any circumstanote, either wholly or in part, without prior ar rangement,

The Japanese-expeditionary. force in French Indo-China- carly yesterday morning ar rested more than 50 “Japanese and Chinese residing at Haiphong and Hanoi," says a Japanese message from Sal- gon.

It is understood that most of: these Chinese entered" Indo- China secretly just prior to the arrival of Japanese troops in southern Indo-China, adds the message.Reuter

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