Suva Not Bombed

IT was claimed by Tokio Radio, on December 11, that on Wednesday, December 9, Jap planes bombed Suva (Fiji) port and aerodrome, sank two United States destroyers and set fire to another.

Another Tokio report claimed that Japanese planes had violently attacked industrial plants and armament works at Noumea (New Caledonia), causing ex plosions and fires. The Japs claimed that an American transport, two sailing boats and several cutters were hit. The date of the attack was not given.

An announcement from Suva, late on December 11, declared that the Jap report was untrue.