CHUNGKING BOMBING
STRONG AMERICAN PROTEST TO JAPAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) TOKIO. June 16. Without awaiting for an appointment, Mr Grew (American Ambassador) sent Mr Matsuoka an emphatic protest against the bombing of the Chungking Embassy. The Note was endorsed “urgent” for immediate attention. The Domei News Agency explains that the authorities concerned have asked for a correction of Mr Suetsugu's assertion to Mr Reid that once the United States entered the war Japan too must be prepared to enter the war. Japanese planes heavily bombed Chungking. They damaged the United States gunboat Tutuila and wrecked the American military attache’s office. BRITISH PROTEST. DAMAGE TO EMBASSY. (Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) TOKIO. June 16. The British Ambassador (Sir R. Craigie) visited Mr Ohashi (Assistant Foreign Minister) on Saturday to protest against the damage done to the British Embassy building during an earlier raid on Chungking Sir R. Craigie pointed out that markings on the roof identified the building.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1941, Page 6
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