Bucharest, Aug. 29.
The Russian Foreign Commissar, "M. Viacheslav Molotov, yesterday presented the Rumanian Ambassador to Moscow, M. Grigore Gafencu, with note disavowing Moscow's responsibility for the Russo-Rumanian border incidents, in effect declaring the incidents closed as far as Moscow is Concerned, it was reliably reported here last night.
It was understood that the presentation of the Soviet note followed verbal discussions between M. Ga-fence and M. Molotov regarding the clashes between Rumanian and Russian border troops in Moldavia. The note referred to the incident as a local affair of which Moscow had had no knowledge for several days, it was hi ved.
The United Press confirmed in semi-official quarters that the incidents had already been settled by a mixed Russo-Rumanian military com-n: ission, Moscow's note was interpreted by most political observers here as more for Axis, rather than Rumanian consumption. It was felt that, in view of the talks between the German and Itclian - foreign ministers and the Rumanian and Hungarian foreign ministers at "Vienna, that Moscow was going out of her way to assure Berlin and Rome that she has no immediate intention of undertaking military action in the Balkans.—United Press.
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