A document has been found in Paris describing the circumstances under the Soviet occupation of Manchuria (see below) following Japan's defeat in World War II.
The document takes the form of a report that was sent to the headquarters of a Paris-based missionary organization by someone thought to have been a Christian missionary active in Manchuria in the city of Mukden, now known as Shenyang, China.
"This is an important document in which the immediate aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria was recorded by a third party other than Japan and the Soviet Union," said Kiyofumi Kato, associate professor on the history of international relations of East Asia at the National Institute of Japanese Literature and the person who uncovered the report.
