Moscow, Aug. 30.
The Soviet Union today sent a strong protest and warning to Rumania regarding "provocations" by Rumanian troops along the new Rumanian-Soviet frontier.
The protest was handed to, the Rumanian Ambassador to Moscow, M. Grigore Gafencu, by the Vi Commissar of Foreign Affairs, M. V. G. Dekanozov. It warned that further attacks on Russian troops would "not be tolerated."
The protest said that Soviet frontier guards in several instances were compelled to return the fire of Rumanian troops. It alleged that several violations on the Soviet frontier by Rumanian military aircraft had occurred.
The USSR. places on Rumania entire responsibility for the possible consequences of these incidents, the protest said.
The official Tass news agency the Vice-Commissar of Foreign Affairs, M. Dekanozov, handed the Rumanian Ambassador to Moscow, M. Gafencu, a note protesting the provocative actions of Rumanian troops on the Soviet-Rumanian frontier.
"The note emphasized that the repetition of firing on Soviet frontier troops by Rumanian troops, in reply to which Soviet frontier guards were in some cases compelled to return fire, could not be tolerated.
"On August 29 M. Dekanozov handed M, Gafencu another protest against new hostile actions by Rumanian frontier detachments and army units on the Soviet frontier, as well as against a number of cases of violation of the Soviet frontier by Rumanian military aircraft.
"The note stated although it was true the Soviet side had not yet suffered any casualties, should casualties occur the matter would take a today - stated that. "On August. 19!.grave turn."—United Press,
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