SECOND protest has been sent to Russia by the Chinese Foreign Office in connection with the recently-concluded Soviet-Outer Mongol Pact of Mutual Assistance.
The Foreign Office reiterates (says Reuter) the contention advanced in its Note of April 7 that the pact violates the Sino-Soviet Agreement of May 31, 1924, whereby Russia pledged that she would recognize Outer Mongolia as an integral part of China.
It describes as "groundless" the explanations given by Russia concerning the pact, and reiterates that in no circumstance can China recognize the treaty or in any way be bound by it.
The full text of the Note was sent to the Soviet Ambassador to China, M, Dimitri Bogomoloff, for transmission to Moscow. the full text, as given by Kuo Min, follow:
"With reference to the signing of the protocol of Mutual Assistance between the Government of the USSR, and Outer Mongolia, I had the honour to address to Your Excellency on April 7a note of protest Stating that the signing. of the protocol constituted an infringement of the sovereignty of China and a breach of the Sino-Soviet Agreement 1024, and that the Chinese Government could, under no circumstances, recognize such a Protocol.
"On April 9, I received from Your Excellency a copy of the Note addressed to. the Chinese Charge @Atfaires at Moscow by the Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs, in reply to the above-stated protest. 'The note declared that the Soviet Government confirms once more that the above-mentioned agreement (Sino-Soviet agreement of 1924), far as the USSR. is concerned,' mains in force in future.
have taken cognizance of the pledge thus again given by the government of the U.S.S.R, that it recognizes Outer Mongolia as an in-tegal part of the Republic of China and respects China's sovereignty "The pact, they added, s s0 worded tnat'svouid "China underike " any Mongolia, Soviet Russia would. be ggressive._ action inst Outer
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