'The Manchoukuo Government, he added, did not propose to make' any further suggestions to the Soviet Government regarding a more exact delimitation of the 3,700 kilometr= border, where the "ravages of time have removed the many of the border marks fixed 70 years ago, while the changes which occurred in border rivers, particularly the appearance of new islands in the Amur River, have provided cause for other disputes.
The Premier recalled that the Manchoukuo Government on two occasions had proposed the formation of a com mission to examine the entire boundary question refused the offer. but the Soviet had Since the battle hho continued, the Man-proposal welcomed the Japanese colonization schemes in Manchoukuo which were opening up new and hitherto uncultivated areas.
The Government, he added, also welcomed agricultural labour' from China—Reuter.
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