Turning to Soviet-Japanese relations, Gen. Abe stated that his Government was seeking to bring about a peaceful situation between the two nations by seeking a successive solution of pending issues.
He cited the organization of a joint border commission for defining the frontier between Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia, adding that he hoped that it would be followed by the organization of another joint border commission to settle the frontier issues between Manchoukuo and the Soviet Union, The Japanese Government, the Prime Minister revealed, was seizing this occasion to seek an amicable settlement of the questions involving the fisheries problem and the North Saghalien oil concession issue.
Under her enunciated policy of nonintervention in the European conflict, General Abe declared, Japan was watching the world situation vigilantly from a free position, being untrammelled by a policy of strengthening the anti-Comintern Pact or a "southward advance" policy which placed her on the defensive in the north or vice versa.
The Japanese Government, the Prime Minister stated, was extending assistance to the proposed new Central Government of China so as to make it "worthy of Japan's recognition."
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