The transfer agreement stipulates that Manchoukuo pay ¥.140,000,000 and approximately—¥.30,000,000 for retirement allowances for the Soviet employees of the CER.
The formal signing of the docu ments took place at the official resi dence of Mr, Hirota at 930 o'clock in the presence of Jo Forel Office officials and Soviet and Manchoukuo diplomats, some 30 in all The transfer pact, protocols and notes were in the English language, in accordance with an agreement reached during the earlier stages of the negotiations.
Soviet Russia was represented by M. Yurenev, MIN. Kuznetsov and Kozlovsky, while Gen, Ting Shih-yuan, -Manchoukuo "Ambassador 10 Japan, and Messrs. Chui Chia-hoshi and Wu Cheng-shen represented the new State. All of them signed the aale agreement and the final protocol concerning the transfer of the railway.
A. second protocol concerning the transfer was then signed by M. Yurenev, Gen. Ting and Me, Hirota, This was followed by the signing and exchange of the two notes whereby: Japan guarantees full payment of the purchase, the Soviet Ambassador representing Russia "and Mr, Hirota, Japan,
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