We have received a report from our Minister at the Hague, Mr. Itaro Ishii, to the following effect:
Minister Ishii called on the Netherlands Foreign Minister, Mr. van Kleffens, on the 16th of April and explained to the latter the attitude of the Japanese Government with regard to the question of the Netherlands East Indies. The Netherlands Foreign Minister expressed the Netherlands Government's appreciation of the Japanese Govern-
ment's attitude and at the same time stated that the Netherlands Government had not sought nor would seek in the future any country's protection of the Netherlands East Indies, and that the Netherlands Government were determined to refuse any offer of protection or intervention of any kind which might be made by any country.
The Netherlands Minister at Tokyo, General J. C. Pabst, called on the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, today and confirmed the above report of Minister Ishii.