==Soviet aggression==
The [[U.S. Department of State]] refused to regard Japan as a bulwark against Soviet expansion in North China in the 1930s. As a matter of fact, not one protost was sent by the Department of State against the Soviet Union despite her absorption of [[Sinkiang]] and [[Outer Mongolia]],
while at the same time, Japan was censured for stationing troops in China. <ref>"The Explanation of the Foreign Minister at Imperial Conference," December 1, 1941, Far Eastern Military Tribunal, Record p. 26101. According to Alexander Barmine, who was in charge of the supply of Soviet arms, by 1935, Sinkiang had become "a Soviet colony in all but name." One Who Survived (NewYork: G. P.Put- namPutnam's Sons, 1945), pp. 231-232. [http://home.comcast.net/~markconrad/Sinkiang.htm#_ednref9]</ref>
==Disintegration==