Tokyo, May 3.
A. formal proposal of "immediate resumption of negotiations for the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway to Manchoukuo was made to-day by M, Yurenev, the Soviet Ambassador, who visited' Mr. K. Hirota and requested the good offices of the Foreign Minister in the matter.
M. Yureney informed Mr. Hirota that! he had received the reply of the Moscow Government to the latest Manchoukuo proposal and that would therefore like to resume conversations at an early date.
The Foreign Minister promised that the proposal would be conveyed to the "Manchoukuo Government at once—United Press.
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