Japs Withdraw From Hong Kong Border
Received Monday, 9.20 p.m. HONG KONG, Dec. 31. After four months’ occupation the Japanese to-day completed their withdrawal from Chinese territory bordering Hong Kong. The withdrawal was prompted, according to an official Japanese announcement, "out of friendliness towards Britain." The troops aro believed to be strengthening the force and pushing northward from Canton against tho main Chinese body in Kwangtung,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 1, 2 January 1940, Page 7
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