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231 -3 - Ass.Press: Today in Portugal the licensing system for export comes into force. Reuter from Cairo: The Egyptian government decided to replace the Italian judges of the mixed courts in Egypt with Egyptian judges Reuter: The king of Afghanistan received the new Egyptian messenger in Kabul. The ambassador also visited the prime minister and the war minister. Reuter from Sidney: The leader of the Labour Party denied the rumors onach he refused to participate in the national government or the war council. A week ago the Labour party declared that it wanted to support the government's work and contribute to the strengthening of the war measures. The Prime Minister of New South Wales spoke in Sidney yesterday and said that the creation of one national government was an absolute necessity. - New York: The State Department reports that the government has decided to hit a lot of military aircraft that Sweden gave in the United States last year in Auftreg. It is said that in connection with this the Swedish government has protested. Jn the reply note explained Hull that the Ynteresses of the national defense prompt the government to refuse permission to export war material to Sweden. The statement further states that the US has tried to buy these planes from the Swedish government, but without success. Therefore, the government has decided to seize the planes. United Press: Roosevelt has created a new commission that can demand private companies, which primarily government. United Press: A representative of the American Marine Ministry informs that the Panama Pacific Line has sold the Marine Ministry 5 ships that will be used as auxiliary ships. In addition, the Marine Department negotiates with the said company on the purchase of 5 more ships. Daily Telegraf reports from Rangoon that a large number of Chinese workers were drawn together from strategically important points of the Burmese road in order to increase the consequences of the Japanese bombings. The number of workers is so large that the government does not have to fear that the congestion caused by the bombings will last longer than 12 - 24 hours. Jn Tschungking arrived the French ambassador of the government of Vichy. - Bucharest-Romanian. The Italian newspapers publish the text of an explanation of the logic of Antonescu for Jtalia. Antonescu emphasizes in this declaration the close ties and cooperation of the two countries, which can now be disturbed by much more. He thanked him for the honour that Mussolini and his people had received through the invitation to Rome. Jn Bucharest was signed yesterday the German-Romanian Umdiedlungsaglage concerning the Germans of South Bukovina and Dobruja. At a subsequent reception the importance of this treaty was appreciated. -4-