Moscow, May 13.
Soviet authorities to-day denied that steps are being taken towards rapprochement with the Manchukuo Government as charged by Nanking.
the official organ of the Party, says in a leading article to-day that the charge is unfounded and asserts that it is intend-Jed to conceal the real reason for the. failure of the Nanking Government to resume diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
The newspaper then makes the startling charge that formal resumption has not been arranged be-use Nanking "is unable to act without the permission of one of the does, not nay says is directing
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