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RUMOURS OF ATTACK ON SINGAPORE STATEMENT BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. INTENTIONS ENTIRELY PEACEFUL. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) TOKIO. April 15. Mr Ishii said today that he was authorised by the Government absolutely and flatly to deny that Japan intended to send an army or naval forces against or to Singapore. Mr Ishii’s statement was made because of widely circulated rumours in Tokio that Japan intended to make an aggressive military and naval move against Singapore. Mr Ishii added that the Premier, Prince Konoye, had already stated that Japan’s southward intentions are clearly entirely peaceful and economic. Mr Ishii made a direct reference to the rumours, which he said were entirely groundless and the propaganda of warmongers. Mr Ishii's denial is remarkable, because the Japanese Government seldom recognises rumours of this kind.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1941, Page 5
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136FLATLY DENIED Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 April 1941, Page 5
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