COMPLETION REPORTThe impact of the Molotov and the Togo Negotiations to Mongolian independence

Dr. Narantsetseg Dorjgotov
Dean of the School of Preschool Education, MNUE
Khalkhin Gol’s battle that covered several months since May to September of 1939 had stopped by signing Molotov and theTogo negotiation. As one of the main issues of the Mongolian contemporary and war history it has been restudied. To verify andaffirm a Togo’s role in signing this negotiation that played a crucial role in ending a war to save Mongolian independence andsovereignty, we are making following conclusion based on findings below:
Firstly, during the Khalkhin Gol’s battle Mongolians published only one daily newspaper called “For Motherland”. Among
all published 75 editions of newspapers only in four editions that are edition numbers 25, 67, 69, 70 were written about SovietJapanese negotiation process. Specifically, more concrete detailed events were informed from September 16,17 and 20 under thetheme of “A negotiation of Мongolian, Soviet and Japanese, Manchoukuo military representatives’’ that was taken place inMoscow. For example: “The original borderline between Mongolian People’s Republic (MPR) and Manchoukuo covered lands
around Buir lake. A borderline between MPR and Manchoukuo, had never distinguished by Khalkha river, with whereas it
always distinguished to eastward from Khalkha river till Khuld hillside and Nomon khan, Burd hillside’’ (21,July. “ForMotherland” newspaper. No.25)
Secondly, based recent statistical data that have been provided by the Mongolian Ministry of Defense (01.Jan.2016) 20veterans out of 368 were fought in Khalkha Gol’s battle. Eight out of 20 veterans today are alive and currently living in Dornod,
Sukhbaatar and Khentii provinces. Questionnaire findings showed that 14 questions from 20 were directly focused on negotiationof Molotov and Togo. All these participants were male. By occupation five soldiers (Army card No. 4690. Offered by Ministry ofDefence.12.07.1987), one radioman (Army card No. 4158. Offered by Ministry of Defence.06.06.1986), one cooker and scriber(Army card No. 4156 Offered by Ministry of Defence. 03.06.1986). (Data’s from 30,July,2015) Scriber from the Dornod
province told that they produced newspapers by hand, precisely radio news were directly scribed into a newspaper. He was one
and only survivor who heard and knew about this negotiation. Other answers were more typical. Their responses were about war
news that they caught from other people’s conversations. Obviously, the negotiation was vital to stop the war, to keep the landsafe, and the Soviet Red Army under general Jukov played an important role to comply so. As last alive veterans, they expressed
their wishes saying that all they need is a constant social welfare support from a government.
Thirdly, we tried to evaluate Togo’s role in the negotiation and also in Mongolian independence and sovereignty fromdifferent perspectives. From the one hand, facts show that Togo Shigenory was a skillful diplomat with own philosophical view,accounts and decision-making power. How he changed his tactics against Russia when they speak from the position ofMongolian Republic. How he decided to solve Khalkha Gol’s war negotiation like a Khasan’s case. How they decided to take aneutral position till the conflict between Tokyo and Kwantung Army regarding Khalkhin Gol’s battle has been solved; however
he got a direction from Tokyo on 20, July to solve the Nomonkhan’s conflict by diplomatic regulation.
However, from the other hand Togo Shigenori was the Japanese Government sender to USSR implement the foreign policy,
also he was the fulfill diplomat who could oversee the process and the outcomes of the expecting war earlier. He could manage toorganize all meeting and agreements to end the war, to start, implement and finish borderline agreements between 1940 -1941
diplomatically. So, he can path out the fire of a global war and cease of action from two front war.
Fourthly, we lost our chance to successfully continue a Mongolian People’s Republic and Manchoukuo ‘’border dispute’’
negotiation between June, 1935 – September, 1936, when a political repression against members of border Commission under aprime minister P.Genden started. It is seen as one of the reasons of escalating into Soviet-Japanese war in Khalkhin Gol orNomonkhan. Successful signing could have stopped a further war at that time. (Kusimin U.V., 70’th years of Khalkhin Gol’s warvictory. P.81. UB., 2009)
Fifthly, cartographical sources of Chinese and Russian archives should be revisit for clarify a newly drew borderline according
four side borderline agreement between Mongolia and Manchoukuo in June,1941. Molotov and Togo’s engagement about
Arshaan’s territory cut out to Manchoukuo needs further investigation.

Publication of the Results of Research Project:
Verbal Presentation (Date, Venue, Name of Conference, Title of Presentation, Presenter, etc.)
06,May,2015. Research conference organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Institute of International Research byAcademy of Science. Title: The role of Ribbentrop, Molotov and Togo in war negotiations.
Presenters: prof.D.Narantsetseg and Dr. Ya. Shiilegmaa
Thesis (Name of Journal and its Date, Title and Author of Thesis, etc.)
Title: Vistory of World War II and Independence of Mongolian People Republic.May,2016
The role of Ribbentrop, Molotov and Togo in war negotiations.
Presenters: prof.D.Narantsetseg and Dr. Ya. Shiilegmaa“Lavai” research journal of MNUE. No.13.2016.February
Interpretation of Molotov and Togo in war negotiation on history lesson.
Book (Publisher and Date of the Book, Title and Author of the Book, etc.)
Publishing House of MNUE. 2016. June. Total pages 123. Number of pieces: 200
The impact of the Molotov and Togo in war negotiation to Mongolain independence.
Author: Dorjgotov Narantsetseg