The Archive · 1939

Japan-Soviet Relations

Moscow, July 7.

Soviet-Japanese relations continue normal despite the continual clashes on the Outer Mongolian-Manchouktuo Borders, was particularly remarked that uring their last conference, the Jap-nese Ambassador,, Mr." Shigenori 'Togo, and, Foreign' Vice-Commissar Lozovsky discussed only the protonged dispute between "Soviet trade unions and Japahese coal and all firms established on Saghalien Island, 'The dispute centres about recent judgments" delivered "by Soviet courts when Japanese' firms were fined 630,000 roubles for violations of contract, signed with Soviet trade unions. 'This dealt with the quantity and quality of goods that the Japanese concerns had to furnish' their Russian workers.

The Japanese Government wishes to have the fines reduced, although would admit that some of the Soviet "grievances "were founded.—

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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