Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-11-13 | Page 1 | Moscow Denies Air Attack in Japan

MOSCOW DENIES AIR ATTACK ATTACK ON JAPAN Brands Reports Aircraft Were Sh Shot t Down as Untrue Br fly Unite Press Prest MOSCOW Nov 13 13 Reports Reports from usually reliable sources that Japanese army airplanes flying over Russian Siberia had been shot down were denied denied de de- de nied officially at the foreign office to to- day The reports said also that two Japanese Jap Jap- a anese esc auxiliary warships had been sunk by f fire ie re from the Russian coast guard This r report ort also was denied Officials f suggested that tha t the reports might have been started to foster ill feeling between Russia and Japan Russia charged that nine Japanese military planes flew over soviet terri tern tory ory near the frontier Nov 3 It was in connection with this his alleged flight denied absolutely by jy that Japan that the reports of firing on Japanese planes originated Russia officially protested the alleged alleged alleged al al- al- al I flight and subsequently Premier Molotov announced that any violations of the soviet frontiers would be repulsed by bythe the Red army TOKIO Nov 13 UP UP Officials of the foreign office and naval and military spokesmen denied today reports reports re reo re- re ports that Japanese airplanes had been seen fired upon by Russian troops or that any Japanese naval ships had been involved in Incidents with the Russian coast guard It was denied entirely that Japanese planes even h had d flown lown over soviet territory