The Archive · 1938

New Manchoukuo-Soviet Border Clashes Reported in Tokyo

Amicable Settlement Expected Despite Fresh Incidents; News Overshadowed by China War

Tokyo, July 26. FRESH incident, in which further Soviet violation of the Manchoukuo border was alleged to have occurred, was reported in Japanese dispatches today.

The reports followed shortly after receipt of the news in Tokyo of the safe return of the two messengers who were sent to the Soviet border by the Japanese authorities, on July 18, with a note requesting the withdrawal of the Soviet troops from the Changkaofeng area.

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