World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Japanese_War" id="mwATE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet–Japanese War">Soviet–Japanese War</a>: The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR_State_Defense_Committee" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USSR State Defense Committee">USSR State Defense Committee</a> issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union">Japanese Army Prisoners of War</a>".