Note Signed by the Representatives of the Japanese and the Soviet Forces Concerning the Cessation of Hostilities and the Distance between the Two Forces at Changkufeng, August 12, 1938
Type
Treaty
Date
12 August 1938
Parties
Japan · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Printed in
Tokyo Gazette, September, 1938, p. 29
Section
The Changkufeng Incident—The Soviet-Manchoukuo Border Dispute— (The Truce Effected)
1. The representatives of the Japanese and the Soviet troops shall notify their respective governments concerning the positions held by them on the north side of Changkufeng ridge (the Japanese and Soviet troops were then 5 metres apart).
2. The commanders of the Japanese and the Soviet troops shall, in accordance with the decisions of the Moscow and Tokyo governments regarding the cessation of hostilities, guarantee that they will take all possible measures to prevent further trouble of any sort in the neighbourhood of Changkufeng.
3. Commencing at 10 p. m., August 12, 1938, the main bodies of the Japanese and the Soviet forces on the north side of the Changkufeng ridge shall retire to lines 80 metres from the ridge.
Transcription note
Embedded in a narrative article; introduced as "Upon further negotiations between the representatives of the two forces, the following note was signed by them concerning the cessation of hostilities and the distance between the two forces:". Signed on the afternoon of August 12, 1938, after the second meeting at the front (Japanese representatives Colonel Cho, Lieutenant-Colonel Yoshida and Major Tanaka; Soviet representatives General Schutern, Politburo Major-General Semenovsky and Colonel Westov). Terms as given by the journal.
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