Nanking, Sept. 18.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs despatched a telegram to-day to Minister Chiang Tso-ping. instructing him to request the Soviet Government's plenipotentiary representative to resume preliminary discussions of the Sino-Soviet dispute pending the arrival at Berlin of Minister Chu Shao-yang when formal negotiations will be opened. The order adds. that, in the event of the Soviet Government agreeing to. the above request,. the question' of a joint declaration should then be first discussed and the text thereof immediately released for publica" tion upon approval by the National and the Soviet Governments, According to a spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Minister Chiang Te0-ping's last report from Geneva, dated the ith instant, states that the Soviet Ambassador to Berlin still, insists upon the appointment of the Soviet Manager and. Assistant Manager for the Chinese Eastern Railway prior to. the opening of negotiations, On the other hand, the National Government holds that. inasmuch: as three Soviet Directors of the Rail: way Administration have returned incident, i¢ has now become physically impossible even to summon: a meeting. of the Board of Directors for the purpose of making the ap-_ ments. demanded "by Moscow.
Chang.
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