The Archive · 1938

Soviet Version of Clash

Moscow, July 29.

Giving the Soviet version of the latest border incident on the Russo-

Manchoukuan frontier, already reported by the Japanese, the official news agency, Tass, announces this evening; "A detachment of Japanese and Manchoukuan soldiers attempted today to occupy a hill situated two kilometers (about 1% miles) north of Changkaofeng. Soviet frontier guards drove: them back. There were dead and wounded reported on both sides. The Soviet Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo has received instructions to protest to the Japanese Government against this new incursion into Soviet territory."—Havas.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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