Kurzbeschreibung:

In the summer of 1969 the situation worsened significantly in the Kazakhstan sector of the SovietChinese border, defended by the UchAral border guard detachment (near Dzhungar Gates area). On August 12, border guards at observation posts of the Rodnikovaya and Zhalanashkol outposts (BOPs) spotted movement of individual groups of PLA soldiers on the Chinese side of the border. GeneralLieutenant Merkulov, the Chief of the Eastern border guard district, suggested the Chinese side to have a meeting to discuss the situation, but there was no answer.