SINISTER TACTICS
SOVIET IN MANCHURIA WHAT A RAID REVEALED. ' FLAGRANT FORGERY. ' ' (Australian Press Association.) (Received 11.40 a.m.) SHANGHAI, June 10. >An international issue is likely to result from a raid on the 'Soviet Consulate in Harbin, with the arrest of 40 persons, including the Consul-Gen-eral,. and seizure of documents. A Japanese message reliably reports the discovery among the seized documents of things likely to destroy Russia’s! good faith in Japan and America, instancing a quantity of Japanese official notepaper, a duplicate of the American Consulate’s seal and forged American notes. It is alleged that these were used in forging passports and in Breaking and renewing the seals on official correspondence in transit on the Chinese Eastern railway, effecting communications between. Communists, ,
The Soviet Consul denies knowledge of the articles, alleging that they were placed among the seized documents foi the purpose of discrediting the Consulate.
The Nanking Government announced today its determination to suppress Soviet influence throughout China.
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Northern Advocate, 11 June 1929, Page 5
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