761.93 Manchuria/178: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 11—6:30 a.m.]
247. My 245, August 10, 3 p.m.27 Following is text of military communiqué issued last night.
“Communiqué of First (Primoria) Army. On August 9 Japanese troops again undertook number of attacks on Height Zaozernaya (Changkufeng) occupied by our troops, the Japanese troops were repulsed with great lasses to them. The disposition of our troops [Page 478] run along the frontier line with the exception of the height of Bezymyana where Japanese forces form a wedge into our territory for approximately 200 meters and where our troops in their turn form a wedge into Manchurian territory for about 300 meters. In the entire area exchange of artillery fire is continuing.”
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