861a.01/444
The Ambassador in Japan (Warren) to
the Secretary of State
Tokyo, October 4,
1922.
[Received November 1.]
No. 373
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a
translation of an announcement issued by the War Office on September
29th, relative to the withdrawal of Japanese troops from the Siberian
mainland opposite Sakhalin.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
Announcement by the Japanese War
Office
Tokyo, September 29,
1922.
The following announcement was issued yesterday by the General
Officer Commanding the Forces in North Sakhalin:
Notice
In conformity with the announcement issued on August 1, 1922,
relative to restricting the area of occupation in North
Sakhalin, the withdrawal of forces along the Amur River was
completed on September 17th and 18th; of forces in the
vicinity of Nikolaievsk on the 26th, and of detachments in
the same vicinity on the 27th. The occupation of the
mainland opposite Sakhalin and the civil administration
there instituted have thereby been brought to an end.
