JAPAN PUSHES SOVIETS FOR NEUTRALITY PACT
Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR) • March 23, 1941 On this date in 1941 Japanese Foreign Minister Yōsuke Matsuoka (1940–1941) arrived in Moscow after a 7‑day journey by train from the Siberian port city of Vladivostok. On this his first of 2 visits to senior Soviet officials, Matsuoka met Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov. At the top of Matsuoka’s…