Tokyo, June 5.
Manchoukuo border tension burst into the spotlight again today as dispatches reported a new battle near Changlingtze, north of' Changkaofeng, and the massing of 400 Soviet aeroplanes in the Nomonhan area, Twenty Soviet soldiers invaded Manchoukuo territory on Saturday and in 'a clash with Japanese and Manchoukuo forces the Soviets suffered 16 casualties, including six killed, according to press dispatches from Hunchun and other border points.
This clash took place north of Chankaofeng, scene of bitter fighting between Soviet and Japanese troops in August, 1038, Soviet regulars crossed the border on June 1 and hoisted flags in Manchoukuo territory about eight kilometres south-west of Changlingtze, apparently for survey purposes, a cording to the dispatches.
Japanese border patrols removed the flags, whereupon 20 Soviet soldiers crossed the border at 11.50 o'clock in the morning of June 3 and a battle ensued.—Domei,
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