Word: tamekichi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moscow Japanese Ambassador Tamekichi Ota, before auction day came, went to see Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff to protest. Mr. Litvinoff, though he had gone to Mr. Ota's reception a fortnight ago, sent out word that now he had "no time" to discuss the matter. The Japanese Government said it had not been informed of the new rate, it was a "discourtesy" and "a serious breach of international agreement," it all proved how untrustworthy Russians are "even when matters of importance are involved...
...fishing vessel Fumi Maru, were said to have attempted to land at Cape Kronotsky, Kamchatka, in a small boat in search for water. Spy scares are thicker than crabs on the cape. A Soviet patrol was reported to have surprised them, shot them down. In Moscow Japanese Ambassador Tamekichi Ota instantly demanded permission for the Japanese Consul at Petropavlovsk to board the Japanese destroyer Tachikaze, visit the scene of the affair and make a report. It was refused on the grounds that the Tachikaze was a warship, but the Consul was given permission to go on any civil vessel...
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