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X.AeNoel0. for November 1952. REPORT FROM LIBERIA. In all recent intelligence items from Moscow, there are increasing indications of the great interest the USSR is beginning to devote to the Dark Continent of Africa. Since a little over a year, the funds that are approprieted for subversion in that area have more than trebled. And Agents using many avenues of access - through America as well as through Ethiopia - begin to pour into that continent. In this Russian action for Africa we must make a clear distinction ! the Arab North Africa is one thing 3; the Negro part of the Continent something entirely different. The work án the Arab parts is old. The work in the Negro areas is relatively recent, and can not be traced back much farther tham the latter part of the Second World War. This should nevertheless not mean, that it was not prepared from a long hand : since 1931, there was not one class at the Lenin University at which there was no Negro. And since 1933 there was not one class, at which there was not at least one representative for L,beria and Ethiopia. Thus a few people were already trained twenty years ago, for an action which just now begins to unfold. z The setting of the L berian gituation in this broad picture is done for a specific purpose. Indications from every corner of the African Continent show, that something very big 4s on foot. Moscow is dagad preparing a decisive blow. There should be no mistake about this. But while it is impossible as yet to reveal the terrible ramifications of the new plot, ít is important to draw the attemtion on two of the weakest points in Afriga's defenses : Liberia end Ethiopia. And this is the more important, since the most recent intelligence has 4nformed us, that the Agemts patiently trained for action in Liberia will start acting very soon. The attack is bound to begin. The Agents are on the posts they are supposed to occupy. It is hance decisively important, at this hour to study the potential of the country, to find out whether it will be able to resist, or whether it is a new deadly danger spot for the free world. Just a few facts about the country 4tself : while the Liberfan Governement indicates a population of two and one half million, in reality the population seems not even to reach the two million mark. The area of the country is 111.000 square Kilometers, the size og Bulgaria. The main town is Monrovia, with a population somewhat in excess of 30.000. The town is partly 3h.