Moscow, Aug. 23.
On August 22, the Ambassador of the USSR. to Japan, M. Constantin Yurenev, sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. K. Hirota, the {following note:
"Nineteen Soviet citizens employed by the Chinese Eastern Railway, mostly its leading officials, were Jarrested on the eastern line' of the CER. on August 13 and 14. 'Those arrests actually deprived the eastern Vine of its leading staff, creating extreme difficulties for further work fof the railway which, despite all Jdimeulties caused by' the local thorities, and notwithstanding the absence of necessary protection, has continued to function only thanks to hherole efforts of the railway em-lovees, and mainly Soviet citizens.
"In order to justify these lawless Jand groundless arrests of Soviet employees, nonsensical accusations are being fabricated, alleging that they organized attacks on Japanese military missions and bandit attacks fon trains, that they organized train-wrecks, carried out robberies, murders, and kidnappings of railway employees and members of their families, ete "Such apparently unfounded _acjcusations are being officially sup-Ported by the Japanese Ministry of War and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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