Of far more importance to Japan present than. developing Une natural resources of Outer' Mongolia selling Japanese products to" the inhabitants' of this nomadic. empire.
the establishment of Japanese influence for strategic purposes. A lance at the map. will show how Important control of the northern regions of Outer Mongolia would be fo. Japan in the event of hostilities with' Russia.
By making their way up the valley "of the Kerulen" River. which flows from a region less than 200 miles cast of Uraa towards the Outer Mongolian-Manctoukuo border, a Japanese force would soon have! Urga. capital of "Soviet Mongolia, which strategically dominates "the beltie-neck—south of Lake Batkal—Im their hands.
'From here it would be a simple matter to penetrate into Soviet territory and take control of the Lake Baikal region. which would mean cutting off the Trans-Siberian Railway at this point. If the Russian front 'Should' collapse here, the Japanese would not need to worry about the 200,000 Ttussian troops and 600 Russian aeroplanes now' mobilized along the' Soviel-Manchoukuo border.
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