"Moscow, Apr. 18.
It is reported "from ' Ulan-Bator that the provocative report of the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri," alleging that on April 4 twenty soldiers of the Mongolian People's Republic penetrated into Inner Mongolia, occupied Bagur and abducted three Japanese residents, are categorically refuted ther The report of the newspaper that on April 4 twenty fighters of the Mongolian People's Republic allegedly aítacked a point north of Tanner and after fighting retreated, carrying nway three Japanese, is also false, According to reports received from trustworthy sources, no groups of soldiers of the Mongolian People's Republic ever crossed the border or invaded Inner Mongolia or provoked any conflicts while the reports of "Yomiuri" are nothing else, but provocational malicious invention of the Japane-Manchurian authori-
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