According to the latest reports received, the situation in Inner Mongolia is generally normal. Certain changes in the administration of Chahar province and in the disposition of the Chinese troops there have recently formed a subject of discussion between the Japanese and Chinese military authorities in North China; and it is believed that a settlement of these questions is in sight. I have no recent information regarding the present political situation in Outer Mongolia. As regards the last part of the question, my hon. and gallant Friend will be aware that conditions in Inner Mongolia are quite distinct from those which prevail in Outer Mongolia, and that the former area is, to a much greater extent than the latter, under the influence of the Nanking Government. There are divergences of opinion among the leaders in both areas, and I should prefer not to draw any general inference of the nature indicated by my hon. and gallant Friend.