Soviet-Jap Postal Dispute
(Received 10 a.m.) MOSCOW, January 27. The Soviet Government has decided to suspend temporarily all postal relations with Japan from today. The decision affects mail in transit between Japan and ether countries, as well as direct mail between Russia and Japan. The reasons given for the decision are:—
Firstly, the protracted unlawful detention by Japanese and Manchukuan authorities of a large quantity of mail belonging to Soviet citizens. Secondly, the detention of a mail aeroplane and crew, which, after losing their way, made a forced landing in Manchukuan territory on December 19.
The Soviet, authorities complain that there has been no satisfactory answer by the Japanese to repeated Soviet addresses on the subject.
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Northern Advocate, 28 January 1938, Page 5
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