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Japanese Troops There Peiping, Oct. 23. ESPATCHES from Harbin indicate that the Nomonhan truce negotiations between Russia and Japan have reached deadlock principally owing to Soviet efforts 16 drive a hard bargain following their victory which preceded the truce of September 15. It is stated that Russia has already secured some concessions from Japan, like the closing of one anti-Soviet organization in Harbin' and the re-opening of various Soviet agencies there which have been closed for some time.
One hitch which has arisen is over the venue of the meeting of the border demarcation commission, the Russians insisting on Manchuli" and the Japanese on Harbin.
"the latest foreign military estimates are that at least 350,000 Japanese troops are-in Manchuria at present, and it is noteworthy that the 50,000 Japanese soldiers withdrawn from North China in August have not yet
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