Strong representations against the continued detention of 56. Japanese nationals and nine fishing vessels by the Soviet authorities in the Maritime Province were fled with the Moscow Government on March 5, Included among the arrested Japanese were Miss" Yoshiko Okada, screen star, and Mr. Ryokich! Sugi-more, noted play producer, who were reported to. be on their' way Moscow under guard after their sensational dash across the snowbound Soviet-Japanese border Saghalfen in January.
Thirty-four "'Ashermen now lander detention were said in the Note filed by Mr, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, to have been, arrested after they sought shelter in Soviet territorial waters in stormy weather, Mr. Shigemitsu made the ations 24 hours after receiving the Soviet Government's demand for the immediate release of the Kuznetstroy and the fishing schooner Vympel, Failure to comply with this demand would be retaliated by the continued detention of the Japanese nationals and their vessels.
The Vympel was detained by the Japanese authorities in Yasubetsu, South. Saghallen, on a charge of having violated the Military Secrets Preservation Law.—Domel.
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