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= page two = 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 especially 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 followss 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 action 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 traditional 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
