Tokyo, June 21.
Aroused by alleged Soviet pressure upon their crews and ships, members of the Association of Japanese Fishery Interests in northern waters, known as the Rosuikumiai, will hold an emergency meeting here tomorrow.
This action follows a meeting held here yesterday between Dr. Sukehide Kabayama, president of the Association, and M. Constantin Smetanin, Sóviet Charge d'Affaires, when Dr. Kabayawa complained against alleged unlawful Soviet pressure against Japanese fishery operations in northern waters.
These complaints included a refusal by the Soviet authorities to issue a visa to a Japanese depot ship to enter Russian waters, Soviet refusals to allow Japanese workers and fishermen access to a Japanese-leased fishing lot and other alleged unreasonable interference in Japanese fishery enterprises.
Dr. Kabayawa's pleas for a change in the Soviet attitude were reportedly received coldly by'M. Smetanin.—Domei.
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