Washington, June 1 High diplomats here privately com. mented today that they were surprised by the action of M. Viacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, in summoning the Supreme Soviet and.publicly airing the Anglo-Russian bargaining difficulties when the negotiations were in an intermediate Stage.
They speculated that he had done this partly for a domestic purpose in order to make the alliance appear to the Russian masses in the light that Britain was finally joining the Russian camp by meeting Soviet demand:
The diplomats paid close attention to the Soviet Foreign Commissar's references to Japan because of the reported border incidents.
They considered M. Molotov reflected the traditional Far Eastern "tough talk" policies, although they attached increased importance to the declarations at present as Russia believes herself to feel reasonably secure in the west. There is also a growing conviction in Russia that Japan has her hands full with the Chinese campaign.
The Soviet Union, however, would most likely heavily increase her aid to China rather than seek open hostilities with Japan, they believed.
Meanwhile, other sources believed the border incidents to be simply the complication of a series of clashes between armies on the spot and far removed from their capitals. The clashes probably do not reflect any change in the policy of either Moscow or Tokyo. although they are -worthy of close attention because they might serve as possible pretexts for action should either side decide that the propitious moment has arrived, they said.—United Press,
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