The Archive · 1935

New Manchu Protest 'to Moscow

Alleged Ilegal Crossing of Border by Troops Changchun, Nov. 29.

In a protest filed with the Soviet Consulate at Manchouli on Tuesday, the Manchoukuo Foreign Ottice asked for an apology from the USSR. for the alleged illegal entry into the new state of a Russian patrol along the Argun River on November 19. The note also asked for the punishment of the responsible officer and a guarantee against the recurrence at alleged that a Japanese officer in the service of Manchoukuo and 'a mounted troop were suddenly surrounded by a group of 25 Soviet soldiers while on patrol along the eastern bank of the Argun river in November 19. The Soviet officer in command is said to have insisted he was within his rights despite the protests of the Japanese who is reported to have pointed out that the Fiver constituted the border line.

Rengo.

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