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z XeAel3. September 526 - page two contains one of the most important decisions in modern timese it is very significant that, - «lthough duly published in the official bulletin of the moscow Academy end commented in Soviet Hussia - this briefly mentioned among the currant items of the aye Adding a revealing fact to this triple set of news, the following infommation has been secured through a direct ana highly reliable sourcee arly in August, a strongly equipped and numerous military arctic expedition left murmansk. its task is to establish an over-winter arctic base on Ostrov Rudolph, the northernmost island of Semlja Franzisa Joséfa. An Arctic strategy and routes 4here is a common underlying fact to all these néws items and informations: a fact that is of extreme importance from the point of view of Western cefense. The USSR has established a huge Northern Strategic plane t involves, first of all, a primary nucleus, which is formed bys — 1. the North Siberian coastal line: withthe mouths of the great rivers Ob, Yenissej, Lena and Kolyma, and with the strategic Cape of Chelyushkin; 2. the four above mentioned Arctic Seas: the Kara, Laptev, Eastern Siberian and Chukotsk Seas; 3. the islands of Novaja Semlya, Severnaja Semlja and Semlja Franzisa Josifa; 4. the corresponding section of the Polatdone. influence or indiscreet look is banned. The strategic importance of such heavily guarded and safe Russian fypepost, reaching as far as the North Pole, is evident, From these basés, Canada and the United States can be easily reached: both for reconnoitering flights and, in ease of open conflict, for military action. This central Arctic territory, reaching from Siberia to the North Pole, is claimed for exclusive Soviet soversignity. There are other waters, lying also in the zone of Russian interests and planning, but which are declared free seas, even by the Moscow Academy of Sciences. In the Arctic area, these are the Seas of Barents and Bering. "hey continue the kussian territorial waters in their. extreme West and Eastj where they enter NATO-bound territory, Vize Norwegian and American waters. - Another such mixed area - where Russian feelings and strategic planning run high - is the Baltic Sea. Previous déspatches have already spoken on secret preparations taking place along the Eastern German and the Polish coas&al lines, as well as in the Kaliningrad amitxk area and in the former Baltic States. mak am = hd oy.
