The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
Roosevelt Query Is
 Partially Answered
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the number Of Japanese troops in
 Not Made PubIIc
 The military and commercial terms Of T'okyo-viciy agreements have not always been made public, and therefore it was possible that by continued pressure Japan had been able to gain consent 10 the stations ing in 1ndo-C China of more than the 26,00O.
 The Japanese reply today dealt exclusively with the presidents ifl- quiry about Indo-C China and did not go into the other conditions for ba- sic negotiations Of .. e.-Japanese issues Imposed by Hui in c 1Ilenor- aiidufn handed to the Tokyo env0yg on November 2e.
 Huil is understood to have called for withdrawal Of Japanese forces from China and Indo~ China, as wei as Japanese abandonment Of Axis affiliatiofs and further aggressicrs ifl the Far East, iil order to clear the Way for negotiation of c peaces ful settlement Of u. e.sJapanese iss sues.
 Nomura told reporters that judg- ine from Tokyo news dispatches his government is devoting considerable study to the Hui memorandum and that the reply therefore might be delayed for several days.
 Kurusu was hopeful that the cIirs rent exploratory talks should be continued. He said ti1at no arrange fneflts were made for further meet. ingg but that the matter Was not involved in the conference today.
 On emerging from the conference with Hui, the two eflvoys were be-. sieged by reporters. kuFusu pattsd one Of the reporters on the back and remarked:
 AS your president has said, we are still friendly nations"
 It was learned from other sources that the Japanese had intended tt present the fuil answer, both te President Roosevelt afld to Hull's memorandum, if both were avaii- able ct the time Of today's meeting
 Nomura indicated 1t might De several days before the Tokyo gov. ernment completes it's study Of the Hull document. He said he based his guFfnise Oil news dispatched rather than official messages.
 We learn much mere from To- kyo dispatches in your flewspapefa than from our own small niessageS' Nomura said.
 Fer East Tension Mounts
 The meeting Of the Japanese enc voys with Hull came as tension iil the Far East mounted steadily, paF- ticulariy in Australia where the cabinet authorized the Australian army to proceed with plans foE parallel action with this nation iS1 the event of al Oriental debacle.
 Well informed sources here be. iieved the Japanese reply to Mir Roosevelt stated that Japan had nc intention of using her forces in 1ndo-China for aggressive purposes Such a negative reply is not ex- pected to satisfy this government inasinuch aS Mir. Roosevelt has asked Japan to state directly why 1t fl sending so many men to 1ndo- China.
 The president said 1t was q simple question and called for c simple aTl- swer, indicating that an indirect reply stating what the troops are not going to do would be unsatis- factory.
 Arrangements have been made for Japaln's two aYabaGsad dorg-A Admiral Kichisablro Nomura and saburc Kurusu-to present the reply to Secretary of State Cordell Hull at il 6. m. There was no indication whether the department would make 1t public immediately.
 A spokesman for the Japanese eEn- bssy said today's presentation to Hull might include general state- ment of Japanese policy in connec- ton with the memorandum on basic American principles which Hull hande to Nomura and Kurusu on November 26.
 Talks May Collapse If such a statement of policy fol- lows the line of the Japanese news agency announcement that Japan can not accept those principles, the exploratory peace" talks which have been going on here for sev- eraI months are expected to collapse.
 Their collapse might be the signal for the United States and Great Britain to put into effect a naval blockade in the Pacific which they are reported to have prepared for. if necessary. There also have been occasional unofficial dispatches from the Far East recently referring to naval conveying of American enips, and it was asusmed there would be more conveying in that ocean If the nited States--Japanese eitua- ton continues 10 deteriorate. Diplomats noted with interest the United presg dispatch from Mexic0 l f4lta, aassssfkaaa kAlA Az.