CHINA CONFIDENT
$ OF CONTINUED RUSSIAN SUPPORT REPORTED JAPANESE PROPOSAL. PART OF MANCHURIA OFFERED TO SOVIET. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) CHUNGKING. November 26. American newspaper cor-' respondents ascertained Unit the free China Government expresses complete confidence that M. Stalin will refuse to make any deal with Tokio which would lessen Soviet aid to China or release the Japanese army that is at present immobile in Manchuria and Mongolia for use against China in other areas.
It is understood that General Tatekawa, the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, has actually suggested total demilitarisation of the Siberian-Man-churian border, in exchange for which Japan would cede the major portion of north Manchuria to Russia. This would relieve Japan of a surprise attack from Siberia and would also release many divisions and planes for use in a southward push.' North Manchuria, except for its strategic importance, has been a costly disappointment to Japan. The colonisation schemes there have been an utter failure. The gold and other mineral deposits are reported to be unimpressive. The forests have not repaid the work on them and the 1940 crops have failed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1940, Page 6
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181CHINA CONFIDENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 November 1940, Page 6
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