Stranica 2 [2]
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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.
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