Tokyo, July 31, The Foreign OMee tonight instruc.
Mr. Mamori Shigemitsu, the Japanese Ambassador in Moscou, ty protest to the Soviet in counseles with this morning's clash at Chang kaifeng, on the Soviet-Manchoukin border.
Today's developments on the ber der have created a profound sensation in Tokyo, where it is admitted, that the situation ts very ugly.
felt that any attempt by the Sovid to reoccupy the disputed territory wrested from the Japanese will pre cipitate in @ far more serious cla which it may not be possible ts Japanese circles, however, ellen that tactical conalderations will ure vent the Soviet from taking ada on a large scale in the Changkaofeay area, where they are liable to cut off on a narrow strip of lard with the sea at their backs. Tie Japanese appear to be standing pal leaving the next step to the Suvin,
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