GRAY
                                   
                                   (Moscow)
                                   Kuibyshev
 
                                   Dated December 19, 1941
 
                                   Rec'd. 3:48 a.m., 20th
 
Secretary of State,
     Washington.
 
     2085,  December 19, 6 p. M.
     
     VOLSKAYA KOMMUNA today publishes without comment a Tass
despatch from Tokyo dated yesterday and briefly summarizing the
speech of the Japanese Foreign Minister before the special
session of Parliament. Togo is quoted as stating in respect of
Soviet-Japanese relations that Japan has not altered its policy
of assuring security in the north and that the Soviet Government
has also repeatedly declared its intention of adherance to its
neutrality pact with Japan.
 
                         Dickerson
 
HSM
 
.au.u,:.~u.,,:.a. today p'~olishEs without COZmqEmt a .~,ss
dss:~=+~.z-,~: from Tok~o dated yesterday
 
a~ ~
~~ bri[f!y s-~.~ma~izin,-d: gh~ sp[rch of thr Japan[s[
 
FOrEign i,;i~x~,stEp 'oEfoPE tile special session of
 
Pa~li~[nt. ~o~o is quo~sd as stating
 
of Sovi[t-Ja~an[s[ rrlations
                     ~                             ~,t Ja,~an has
not
 
s. lt[r[d its policy of ~ ,, ~--,,:'                           
t,- __ ti~s
 
~oz' ~'nu~_ and ~-'-u~au~ ti~E SoviEt GOvE:?~::~nt                
                      'zaas also rrprat[alo declared z'cs
intention of ad/~Era~ac~ to
 
its nE~tra!ity pact
                                  ~ z u~: ',, g apart.