Moscow, Sept. 14.
The Soviet Government, according to an official announcement here, has notified the Japanese Government that the Soviet Union will refuse to recognize the credentials of the Japanese Consuls at Odessa and Novosibirsk after Wednescay and that the Japanese Consulates in these Cities will consequently be closed by ihe Soviet Government this week.
Their closure was decided because Japan has no commercial interests in these two cities, The agreement concluded by Japan and the Soviet Union in 1926 provided that each country should maintain the same number of Consulates in the other country.—Trans-Ocean,
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