Strain on the strife-ridden Manchoukuo-Soviet border remained unabated tonight as Japanese and Manchurian military authorities awaited a reply to the protests fled by Tokyo fand Changchun regarding the alleged legal occupation of Changkaofeng by Soviet forces.
Hunchun dispatch today quoted Japanese military authorities as_asserting that Japanese troops would be compelled to take action should the Soviet forces continue to build defence works in the invaded area.
Soviet soldiers are erecting fortiications in territory which it claims indisputably, belongs to Manchoukuo—United Press.
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