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XsAsTe August 22. - page two a military area. Certain sectors have been entirely evacuated of its population and civilians are not allowed to return. The German Army barracks have been rebuilt snd greatly extendede xis ting housing projects and factories in certain industrial parts of Kaliningrad were equally taken over by the kussian Army and used f r the troopse nuge fortifications lines have been built all along the sea buarde ~arge troop~ and amunition transports have been recently observed in the area, 48 well as important tank movementSe kore and more the whole region is becoming one entire fortifecatione The concentration of men is so heavy and the land used for purely military purposes so important, that the country cannot produce sufficiently for the need of the remaining population and of the troops. Practically all supplies have thus to be brought in from other parts of the Soviet Unione — With oweden and Denmark wide open on the BaltióZ any such important Russian movement in that arcas can be of priwary importances It is a tireat not only to Northern Europs; but it is also a basic point on the strategic North-role route, leading in direct line to Alaskae Eoland's gradual assimilatione Poland's geographical position gives it, in the eyes of Russian pianners, a rank of primary strategic importance. The “consequence for Polana is self-evident: with increased Russian attention comes necessarily a constant pressure towards complete assimilation and compiete absorption in the soviet orbit. necent news from roland confirm that fact: On June 9th, the :olish rarliament, the "szejm", has started discussions of a nev Constitution. The project, entirely inspired by the nussian Soviet Constitution, was preparca by a special commission under the direction of the President of the Polish People's nepublic, Mre Bierute with the vote of the project, rarliament vill be dissolved and new elections held in automm. ‘thus a "Szejm* will disappear, that was elect: d in 1948, at a time when the opposition group of pikolajezyk was still allowed to present candidatese Needless to say that the .arliament to come will be entirely based on the unanimity that always reigns in a reojle's nepublic. ery significant are also some of the economic news that cou 4 be obtained from Polande rolish foreign trace, for example, is being increasingly oriented towards the Hast. In January of thés year, the Polish government signed a trade agreement with the Soviet Union. On the basis -f that treaty, the exchanges between the two countries have to be increased py 20% during 1952; while Poland pledged to import 50% more goods from the Soviet Union that if did in the past years These increasec importationshave to include the complete equipment and tools for the modernization or the new installation of an important number of key factories in the armament branch. It is interesting to note tha’ according to available statistics, exchanges of goods between the Soviet Union and Poland, before the new agreement, had already inex: 43.
