The Japanese and the Manchoukuo governments immediately filed pi tests with {he Soviet authorities a airist this "invasion of Manchoukuo waters," the communique added.
The number of casualties and other details regarding the.clash were unavailable here this evening.
According to border experts, the vessels involved were believed to be armoured light draft launches armed with machine-guns and light cannon.
Official Moscow dispatches reaching the Japanese Foreign Office to-day said that the Soviet Government had agreed to restore the status quo ante on the Bolshoi and Senmuha islands by withdrawing Soviet troops entrenched there since June 22. Soviet troops concentrations nearby would also be dispersed. M. Litvinov, a Gaimusho spokesman revealed to-day, also expressed his Government's wish that the Tokyo authorities would take steps for the alleviation of the tense situation along the border river and the Japanese Government regarded M. Litvinov's reply as satisfactory and intended to take steps as desired by Moscow.
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