One Japanese soldier was killed today when a small Japanese patrol lashed with a Soviet patrol on the northern Korea border,—United Press.
Moscow, June 19. lkicording to reports received from fabavorsk three armed trespassers, were observed on the southern sec: tion of the Soviet-Manchoukuo front-Jer by a Soviet frontier guard patrol fon June 48. 'The three' men' had penetrated 100 metres into the territory of the USSR.
The Soviet guards twice called to the trespassers to halt. The trespassers, who afterwards were found fo e "Japanese policemen, not only did not stop but opened fire upon he frontier guards. As a result of the skirmish, one of the trespassers was killed and two others fled to Manchurian territory. The killed Person proved to be a police affeer.
According to information received by Tass, the Commissariat of Forjelgn Aftirs has lodged a protest with the Japanese Embassy in Moscow in connection with this incident. Jwhile the Soviet Consul-General. in Harbin has been instructed to lodge, protest with the Manchoukuo Gov:
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