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no liberations from military service whatsoever, So four whole
amy classes are under arms at present, And furthemore in the.
nine classes above those at present in service, individual calis
to the colours have become extremely frequent, So far it is es¬
pecially N@O's, aviators, tecimicians and trained motorized trwops
who have been called, But it is quite clear that whiie the calling
up is done with the utmost discretion, it is nevertheless done
with sufficient frequency to be widely noted in the Russian po-=
pulation - a fact which to them confims their apprehensions ab
pointed out in point one, It is clear that if the present ratio
is continued, the core of the Red Amy will be at war-strength
in a few nonthe,
he third fact to be noted is the increasing influence
held by the military thinking of Nazi Marshall Sch8mer on the
concepts of the Red Army leadership, Schtmmer was present with the
Russian Staff at the manoauvers of the Red Armye Afterwards he wags
invited to give his views abd these were very much commented, His
theory = according to best availabie information - runs as fol¬
lowss SchSmer believes, that in World War II the only genuinely
right mucve was Pearl Harbour, that is to say the sudden surprise
action out of a clear sky against the heaviest concentration of
enemy forces, tts wealmess was its exclusively maritime caracter
and the fact that it was not followed up by lighitning=like ac¬
tion in the same general area, Hence his feeling that the only
way to win a war, would be the surprise creatmhon of a land Pearl
Harbour, namely to strike with every available weapon at the
main land position of the enemy, and to follow gp the action of
the airforce with immediate paratroop operations, working in no
connection with the more elassic forces who would simultaneously
or shortly after the land Pearl Harbour advance across the tra¬
ditional invasion lanes, The main aim of such a lend Pearl Harbour
should be to give complete vontrol of the vast land masses of
the Eurasian Continent, and to prevent the taritime enemy Írom
holding any port facilities, If this ig achieved, so he argues,
the war would become e sybmarine and air war — and in both the
big land—power of the Burasian Continent would hold the decis
sive edge. But for that lightning like action out of the blue
sky is inevitable. It should be noted that we do not know whe-=
ther the Russian General Staff is accepting the Sch8mer theory $
we only say this : these are according to best availabie intel
ligence the views held by Sch8mer, and we mow that he has a
large and admiring audience among the leaders of the Soviet
General Staff. 2
fhe fourth fact, which is coroliary to the previous one.
is the organization, at the side of the Russian Forceg:of an East