Hesinking, Sept. 17.
Authoritative quarters here streng ously reject the suggestion that the armistice bringing the hostilities in the Nomonhan area to a close will followed by another agreement between Manchoukuo, Japan and Russia. The general belief here is that the armistice concerns only the "Nomonhan Ineident™ and is most unlikely (0 lead to a wider rapprochement, especially in view of the known titude of watchful waiting adopted all along by the Kwantung Army. Reuter.
Troops Were Being Reinforced London, Sept. 17.
Japan's concern over the Mongolian situation before the signing of the Moscow truce agreement is indicated by a delayed dispatch from Peiping, stating that according to foreign observers at Shanhaikuan, 13 Japanese troop trains recently passed through there en route from North China to Manchoukuo within one day, It is estimated that the trains carried 10,000 men, most of whom are believed to have been withdrawn from Shansi, the southern half of which the Japanese appear to be abandoning.
Military observers report that numbers of Japanese bombers have flown north, indicating that the Japanese air forees on the border were being: reinforced from North China—Reuter.
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