Tokyo Expresses Faith in Soviet Observance Of-Armistice; Moscow Says Truce Broken Tokyo, Aug. 15. FTPHE Japanese War Office spokesman revealed this afternoon that there were signs that the Soviet were preparing to reduce the strength of their forces in the Changkaofeng area, "although there was no agreement which required step."
Asked what guarantee Japan had that the Soviet would not occupy the territory from which the Japanese troops had with~ drawn, the spokesman replied: "We have faith in the Soviet fully to observe the conditions of the Armistice."
'AL the game time, the War Omee has issued a communique giving the Japanese casualties during the border Aghting as 158 killed and 740 wounded, These figures differ somewhat from those officially announced on August 9, as "Japanese casualties up to 6 pam. on August 6 were 70 killed and 180 wounded, with an additional 260 dead and wounded since then."
The Japanese troops in the Chang-kaifeng arca are at the moment all stationed west of the Tumen River, it is. authoritatively learned.
It ig stated by the Wor Office that! the troops withdrew voluntarily,—in order to minimize the possibility of further ineidents—Reuter,
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