Mar, 12.
Ignoring Moscow's threats of retallatory action, the Hakodate Procurators' Office yesterday indicted the master of the Soviet s. Kuznetstroy, on charges of steering his ship into the Tsugruga fortified zone, The 2,926-ton vessel entered the forbidden waters off southern Hok-kido on February 19, Detained by Hakodate gendarmes, the captain said entered the zone because of a severe snow storm.
The procurators took action despite an official notification served on the Gaimusho by M, Mlachel Slavutsky, Soviet Ambassador, that reprisals are being considered,
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