§ Mr. Manderasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any reply has been received to the request made by Sir Robert Craigie to the Japanese Foreign Minister in Tokyo for definite information as to the future trend of Japanese foreign policy; and if he has any statement to make with reference to the situation at Shanghai and other places in the Far East consequent on the withdrawal of British Forces?
§ Mr. ButlerI am not aware that any direct request in the sense indicated has recently been made by His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo. But the hon. Member will doubtless have seen from the Press the general statement of policy which was issued by the Japanese Government on 1st August. I have no statement to make on the second part of the Question.