Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the first time declassified evidence of the preparation of Japan to war from the USSR. About this with reference to archival materials writes RIA Novosti.
It became known from the order No. 70 parts of the 3rd army of August 9, 1938, which was given during the Soviet-Japanese military conflict of July-August 1938 at Lake Hassan, as well as from the interrogation of the last Commander-in-Chief of the Quantong Army Yamada held in December 1949 during the preparation for the Khabarovsky process over Japanese military criminals.
It was noted that during the interrogation of Yamada admitted that order No. 70, the parts of the 3rd army, given to them, is evidence of strengthening the readiness for the war against the Soviet Union. It is believed that the Japanese military was evaluated during large-scale hostilities. The state of Soviet troops and reliability of their defense. Two-week battles ended with the victory of the USSR.
In the order it was reported that the troops of the Quantong Army were put forward to concentrate towards the eastern border, in the South Siaosuifyne region and to the area between Silinha and Muline. At the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd Army, there were 7th Division, the 11th and 12th field anti-aircraft gunners, the 8th temporary auto ticket, as well as the 11th air file in the village of Tuan Shan and the 1st squadron of the 16th airmaker in Taipinlin district. Their goal was to “cover the transfer of the 2nd and 7th divisions and shoot down an opponent aircraft that impede this.”
On September 27, 1940, a three-way pact was signed in Berlin, which formed the core of aggressive states preparing for war with the Soviet Union. Japan made an ally of Germany. During the war years, the country has violated all the agreements about neutrality achieved from the USSR, developing the plans of hostilities and committing regular sabotage against the USSR.
Earlier in May, in Japan, they published declassified documents on the plans of the USSR to give Tokyo part of the Kuril Islands. According to the project of a peace treaty, compiled in the early 70s in the USSR, the Soviet side viewed the opportunity to solve the territorial dispute through the transfer of Japan two of the four islands – Shikotan and Habomai.