The Archive · 1937

Japanese Reject Protest

No Nationals in Raid on the Soviet Consulate

Moscow, Aug. 3.

The Soviet Charge d'Aftalres Tokyo, M. J. Deitehman, has been Instructed to protest against the raid fon the Soviet Consulate in Tientsin Sunday, He has been requested to de the immediate arrest of the alleged assailants and the return of the pro= erty seized together with compensa ion.

The Soviet Government holds the Japanese Government responsible for the: incident "because tientsin under Japanese occupation."

According 10 reports from Tientsin, 4 group of persons, including White Russians, raided the Soviet Consulate in Tientsin on Sunday and removed the safe, which contained archives and other documents, A house-boy, who hid in the grounds of the Con: sulate, said the Intruders used a lorry to exrry their loot away. The Consulate was unguarded and uns occupied at the time—Reuter,

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