The Archive · 1938

New Protest Over Border Shooting

Soviet Troops Accused Of — Firing on Manchus

Changchun, Nov. 9.

A protest has been lodged by the Manchoukuo Government in iconnection with a new shooting incident near the Soviet border, it was disclosed here today.

Several Soviet soldiers of a border patrol crossed the boundary northeast of Hungchun in north-eastern Manchoukuo and fired on a Manchoukuo border patrol in the vicinity of Mari on Monday, according to a message received here.

Mr. Nobusada Shimomura, Foreign Affairs Commissioner for North Manchuria stationed in Harbin, was instructed to file a protest with the acting Soviet Consul-General in Harbin.—Domei.

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