The diplomatic conversations (in Tokyo) between Toshihiko Kawakami, delegate of the Japanese Government, and Adolf A. Joffe, Soviet Envoy from Moscow, for the recognition of the Russian Union of Socialist Soviet Republics by Japan, are not proceeding without a good deal of difficulty.
The parleys are taking place in the bedroom of Joffe, who is sick. He remarked: " The only reason I don't walk out is that I cannot walk."
A spokesman for Joffe said: " The only difference (between the present conference and the recent futile Russo-Japanese conference at Chang-chung)...
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