On 24 August the Soviet deputy minister of defence, Pyotr Smirnov, and a small staff arrived in Mongolia to oversee the transfer of the Soviet 17th Army.
8月24日，蘇聯副國防部長彼得·斯米爾諾夫和一組小型工作人員抵達蒙古，負責監督蘇聯第17集團軍的轉移。