REJECTED BY SOVIET
Sakhalin Island Protest MOSCOW, July 18. The Soviet returned without consideration a Japanese Note which was delivered on July 16 regarding oil and coal concessions on Sakhalin Island and to which an answer was demanded by today. Mr. Lozovsky, assistant Foreign Commissar, said that the Note was unacceptable, as it contained threats and was in the nature of an ultimatum. Japan protested to Moscow against the alleged oppression of oil and coal companies in the northern part of Sakhalin Island, which (a Tokio message declared), a Russian Law Court fined large sums, in default confiscation of property, owing to their failure to supply workers with necessary goods, the transport of which the Japanese alleged the Soviet had hampered. ILLEGALITY CLAIM (Received July 19, 11.50 p.m.) TOKIO, July 19. The Foreign Office spokesman said that Japan did not recognize the validity of the fine imposed by the Soviet authorities or the Sakhalin Coal Company. Russia was evidently trying to undermine Japan’s legitimate interests. He was unable to indicate Japan’s next move.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 250, 20 July 1939, Page 9
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