THE FAR EAST
TROOPS CONCENTRATING RUSSIA STRENGTHENING DEFENCES FORTS BEING BUILT (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) Shanghai, October 25. Alarming reports of troop movements continue to reach here through foreign travellers in Siberia, indicating that the Soviet is steadily massing on the Soviet-Manchukuo borders, while Manchukuo and Japanese troops are gradually concentrating at Mukden, Changchun and Harbin. Officials maintain that these are merely preparing to launch an offensive against bandits. It is also reported that the Soviet is speeding up the construction of heavy defence works along the border, where fortifications have been erected on, the northern bank of the Heilungkiang river for a distance of 30 miles both sides of Blagovyeshchensk. Forts are being built at three points.
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Southland Times, Issue 22156, 26 October 1933, Page 7
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121THE FAR EAST Southland Times, Issue 22156, 26 October 1933, Page 7
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