Chungking, May 1.
Chinese quarters here generally resrve comment on the Soviet decision suspending the transit of war materials through the Soviet Union, pending further clarification of the Seeision, 'The Influentia! daily "Ta Kung Pao" says: "many countries are fected' by the decision " including Japan and China, but China suffers far less than Japan. After the conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese neu: tality pact, what concerns China most is the question whether Soviet Russia will permit the transit of European war materials lo Japan via the Soviet Union.
"We believe that the new Soviet decision applies to Japan. The Soviet-Japanese trade negotiations still progressing but it ie not Known whether the negotiations will touch this point, therefore we reserve our comment, but we are confident that Soviet Russia will special treatment to Japa
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