Tokyo, Dec. 10, The Foreign Omice today instructed Mr, Shigenori Togo, Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, to press the Soviet Government to conclude a. fishery convention and also tu lodge a vigor rous protest against alleged oppress sion of Japanese ai) concessionnaires in North Saghalien by local Soviet authorities Failure to keep promises which were officially made through diplomatic channels was declared to have been manifested in the recent attitude of the Soviet authorities toward Japanese oil concessions. They gave the impression that they were "trying systematically to obstruct Japanese operations, in the oil fields conceded to the Japanese, by resorting to un-Feasonable and unwarranted measures," the statement said—Domei Soviets Retort on
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