and Chinese detachments organizeded in Chinese territory, the Foreign Commissariat has sent a statement te the German Embassy for submission to the Nanking and Mukden Governments.
The statement enumerates alleged incidents with a view to proving the} falsity of Chinese reports to the effect that Soviet troops have attacked Chinese forces. It specifies seven incidents between July 18 and August 18, of which the most serious occurred on August 10, when a Soviet border detachment was attacked near the village of Cherniaevo, with the result that five Soviet troops were killed and wounded. It also mentions two at tacks on the warship Boadbednota in the Sungart River.
The statement says that the Red Army on the Sino-Russian border crossings is the outcome of all these raids, but the Soviet Government is doing its utmost to prevent its troops crossing the frontier, even at} isolated points.
The Soviet Government, the statement concludes, considers that the Chinese Government must disarca the White Guards and prevent Chinese raids, otherwise it. hol Chinese Government responsible Reuter.
Moscow, Aug. 20.
A statement issued to-day by the Government of the U.SSR.. declared that any Soviet border crossings were for the purpose of repelling attackers and not~as acts Of aggression on the part of Soviet troors—United Press.
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