In a protest radioed to Ulan Bator in the absence of diplomatic or consular relations, the Manchoukuo Government this afternoon threatened to resort to retaliatory action "should these unlawful activities continue." The protest, the Bureau of Foreign Affairs of the Manchoukuo Government said in a communique issued tonight, drew attention to the "continued Outer Mongolian provocative actions in spite of repeated protests by Manchoukuo, A similar warning of possible retaliation was served upon the Soviet consular authorities in Harbin today by Mr. Nobusada Shimomura, Manchoukuo Foreign Affairs Commissioner there, The note, the Manchoukuo Government revealed, drew attention to the assistance extended both in the air and on land to Outer Mongolian forces by the Soviet Army in the border conflict in the Nomonhan area.
"On July 16, the bombing of Fularki, which differs radically with the border affair, was carried out," the note was said to have pointed out stressing that that "the responsibility for any situation arising from this state of affairs shall rest solely with the Soviet Union—Domel.
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