He made this declaration in a review of Soviet-Japanese relations, with emphasis on the fisheries issue.
"Our relations with the, Soviet Union," Mr. Arita admitted, "became extremely strained at the time of the Changkaofeng affair which, however, was settled through appropriate action Jon our part before it assumed serious Jproportions. In North Saghalien, legal interference with our conces: sion rights pertaining to oil and coal have not ceased as yet, rendering the exercise of those rights more and more Jaimeult," he declared.
"As regards the fishery question, although we continued to exert our
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