893.01 Outer Mongolia/62: Telegram

The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

63. The following telegram has been received from the Consul General at Harbin:

“4. February 14, 5 p.m. The Japanese Mission here confirmed newspaper reports stating that in an engagement on February 12, near Olanhodok on the Outer Mongolian border nine Japanese were killed. The Japanese charge bombardment by two Soviet planes in Manchukuo territory. Indications are that more Japanese troops are moving westward but details are not available”.

Lockhart