Moscow, July 3.
M.S.A. Lozovskw, Vice-Commiesar of Foreign Affairs, denied yesterday Berlin allegation that German troops had occupied Minsk and Riga.
M. Lozovsky pointed out that abandonment of any city because of Strategic considerations could not be considered important as long as the main forces of the Red Army were preserved.
"The Vice-Commissar told the press that the Germans would never see (Moscow except as prisoners. He declared that the U.S.S.R. could mobilize 10,000,000 more men in necessary, adding "that is why we are so calm."
He declared that the fierce struggle now under way "is only in its beginning. With each new city (taken) Germany is only getting weaker,"
He declined to discuss the statement made by Prince Fumimaro Konoye, Japanese Premier, announcing Japan's new policy pending receipt of a full official text but said that Soviet-Japanese relations, hitherto, have been based on the neutrality pact between the two na-ions, M. Lozosvky declined to discuss the Axis recognition of the Nanking Government of Mr. Wang Ching-wei.—United Press.
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