The Archive · 1939

Testing Soviet Intentions

Chungking, June 90, the "ronlier between "Outer More Commenting on the incidents ton cli and_"Manchouluo, "the, "any here, the """Hankcow S ilerala aper in English language publi

clares that Japan's intentions' under: Lying these incidents "were "ate evident, a Japan's foremost sim was at the moment to oust the. British "from hina, the "hankow aero maine Adopt, "ltlmate measures "agetert ans," Japan "dared not. nowa Britain as Tong as"sho way not sure of Soviet Russia's neutrality, The ale rads on Outer Mongolian territory. the paper continues "we aged in order to test Soviet huss auitide. Russia was being provoked fo as to furnish her with the necess fry pretext for" starting an. armed conaiet with Japancvit that" be her intention"

Thus from the reaction of Soviet Russia to the frontier incidents Japan, the paper declares, hoped. to earn the mind of the Soviet Govern-Ment and to be able to gauge the altitude" the Soviet Union would 'Adopt in the case of an armed cone Niet between Japan and' Britain. Trans-Ocean,

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