des de that bs led, a ions that the long-pen asheries question between Japan and the U.S.S.R. will be discussed in earnest became more apparent today with the receipt by the Japanese Foreign Office yesterday of notification from the Japanese Embassy at Moscow that the Soviet Foreign Commissar, Mr. Viacheslav M. Molotov, had promised to make determined efforts to open negotiations in the near future for the conclusion of a new Soviet-Japanese fisheries pact.
The Soviet Foreign Commissar's promise was conveyed to the Japanese Ambassador at Moscow, Mr. Shigenori Togo. Mr. Togo on Monday called on the Foreign Commissar, M. Molotov and requested the Soviet Government to prepare a draft pact which might be used as a basis of discussions.
It was recalled that the Japanese Government, at the beginning of the year, presented to the Soviet Government a draft accord as a preparatory step to the conclusion of a long-term fisheries agreement, Since that time the Tokyo Government had been asking for a Soviet draft pact, Diplomatic observers here, meanwhile, predicted that negotiations on other problems pending between the two Governments soon will be opened.
Tt Was added that negotiations on the Soviet-Japanese trade agreement, which have been conducted since January, will assume definite shape as Mr. Togo and Mr. Anastas Mikoyan, Foreign Trade Commissar, are expected to discuss concrete terms shortly—Domei,
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