According to Kokutsu, negotiations to forestall such a situation are now under way in Manchuli between Me-Kiyoji Usaml, chief of the passenger traMe section of the General Direction of Manchoukuo State Railways, and a representative of the Molotof Railway Administration. Mr. V._V. Smirnoff, Soviet Consul at Manchuli, was also reported to be participating in the conversations, while Manchou-
Kuo was being officially represented by Mr. Tsuda, Vice-Consul in Chita, Molotov Railway employees Manchuli have been "secretly in= structed" {0 prepare to leave the town by May 1, while work is under way at Station 84, in Soviet terri tory, {0 enable trains to turn back from this point, Kokulsu added.
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