In the course of further negotiations, M. Litvinoff declared, it would be necessary to return to this question.
Subsequently, Mr. Togo opposed the basis of the temporary agreement mentioned in the Soviet proposal of November 28, an insisted on the pro-elongation of the temporary agreement now in operation.
He added that, if it proved to be impossible to conclude a new convention, the previous convention must be renewed.
M. Litvinoff did not agree, and proposed that Mr. Togo again inform the Japanese Government that a temporary agreement could be concluded only on the basis of the Soviet statement of November 28.—Reuter.
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