Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-06-10 | Page 2 | Russia, Japan Sign Pact to End Border Row

Russia Russa Japan Sign Pact To End Border Row MOSCOW June 10 AP Signing AP-Signing Signing of an agreement with Japan apan defining the Outer Mongolian boundary subject of a dispute which produced several years of sporadic fighting lighting left Russia free Monday to concentrate her attention on the le complex European situation Announcement of the signing of the he agreement coincided with the resumption of normal diplomatic relations with It Italy ly anc and the departure departure de- de arture of o of new British and Fren French French French- ambassadors for foi Moscow l No indication of the location of the he frontiers over which Japanese and nd Russian troops fought severa several bloody loody battles last year was given in n the brief fOJ foreign eign office statement statement statement state state- ment in which the settlement was disclosed Signing of the agreement was confirmed by the for foreign ign office in Tokyo okyo but it likewise was silent on the he line of demarcation Six months of irregular diplomatic diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic relations with Italy were ended by the announcement that Soviet oviet Ambassador Nicolai Gorel- Gorel chin was on his way back to Rome and that Italian Ambassador Rosso was as returning to Moscow The communist party organ Pravda commenting on the possible possible ble le entry of the United States into the he European war said that such sucha a move would produce a serious serious menace to American possessions in n the Pacific Pravda said that United States participation in the war would Inevitably inevitably in mean the concentration of f the whole navy in the Atlantic and nd said Japanese imperialism will ill not fail to enjoy such a favorable favorable favor- favor able ble opportunity for strengthening its ts position in the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines