Word: karakhan
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Chinese Foreign Office attempted to take up the question of a Sino-Russian recognition treaty where it was dropped following the Russian ultimatum (TIME, March 31). Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Foreign Minister, relieved Dr. C. T. Wang,* the former Chinese plenipotentiary, and made direct overtures to L. M. Karakhan, Soviet Envoy. The latter insisted that unconditional recognition of Soviet Russia by China precede any negotiation. Discussion was hampered by the illness of both diplomats and by an attempt on the part of Peking students to force Koo's hand by staking a demonstration in favor of recognition...
From Moscow it was announced that the celestial republic of China had resumed full diplomatic relations with the Soviet. The draft of the recognition agreement was prepared in Peking by C. T. Wang, Chinese plenipotentiary, and M. Karakhan, Soviet envoy. The outstanding questions to be settled are the status of the Chinese Eastern Railway, over whose right of way Russia is willing to waive sovereignty but desires to share in the road's management, and the Russo-Asiatic Bank, the institution which, under an agreement made in 1920, represents Russia's interest in the railway. A proposal...