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Yosuke Matsuoka and Yoshitsugu Tatekawa being greeted by Soviet leader (ddr-njpa-4-895)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived in Moscow. (Moscow) On March 23rd Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived in Moscow. The picture shows, from right, ______ protocol president, Foreign Minister Matsuoka, Ambassador Tatekawa, and the deputy manager of a public committee at Moscow Station."

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Soviet leaders watching Yosuke Matsuoka sign the Japan-Soviet Neutrality Pact (ddr-njpa-4-897)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japan and Soviet Union signed a treaty. On April 13th, at the Kremlin Palace, a historic signing ceremony was held for a neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union. The picture shows Foreign Minister Matsuoka signing the treaty; Miyakawa, embassy secretary; Ambassador Tatekawa; Lozovsky, deputy people's commissar of foreign affairs; Molotov, …