EASTERN ASIA: Soviets v. Empires

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In the deep fastness of Eastern Asia, along nebulous frontiers supposed to divide Soviet power from the forces of Empire, battle was joined as a thousand Mongol rifles cracked and light Japanese tanks whirled into action. The fighting last week came as a grim climax. Preludes have been more than 100 frontier "incidents" as the Japanese Empire and its vassals steadily encroached toward the Soviet...

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