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Statement Issued by Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chungking, April 14, 1941
At the time of the signing of the Neutrality Pact on April 13, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan issued a joint declaration in which Japan undertook to respect the territorial integrity and inviolability of the so-called People’s Republic of Mongolia, and the Soviet Union undertook to respect the territorial integrity and inviolability of so-called Manchukuo.
It is an indisputable fact that the four North-Eastern Provinces and Outer Mongolia are integral parts of the Republic of China and always will remain Chinese territory. The Chinese Government and people cannot recognize any engagements entered into between third parties which are derogatory to China’s territorial and administrative integrity. The Soviet-Japanese declaration just announced has no binding force whatsoever on China.
- Noted by the Secretary of State on April 16.↩