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in all serts of rumours, including the wildest ones. 1t is the
genious of te Soviet psychoiogy, that they are ready now turning
this danger to their own advantage. From an intelligence point ef
view, it wili be important, hanceforth, to pay much more atten¬
tion to the rumours circulating in Russia than to the official
press and radio deckarations : because the true intentions ef the
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than in the discourses ef the statesmen,
In the military intelligence items which reach us, there
is one point of outstanding importance : our observers report te
us facts which permit the conclusion, that in ali likelyhood the
Soviets al®@ady posess atomic artillery. The first of these reports
came already a few months age, when one of our observers reported
that he tad Learned thet in the area of Chu, en tne railroad between
Frunze and Alma Ata, a hiehly secret factory was operating, in which
artilleey was constructed under the supervision of atomie scientists
from Tashkent and Alma Ata. As ifs known the Russian Hydregen bemb
plant is in the area of Alma Ata, as well as a normal atomic piant.
Now two rey6rts reach us, one from the seme area - more exactly
the Alma Ata arsa - the other from the area of Toilisi. In beth
areas, Soviet elite troops held fall manoeuvers of great importance,
which were not so outstanding in the number of soldiers as in the
fact, that in botn manoeuvers the Soviet Union's most modern wea¬
pons were tested under field conditions. In these manocuvers, while
atomic artillery was not used, the manoeuver assumption neverthe¬
less was, that both sides had atomic artillery at tneir disposal.
In fact, it seems as if tne real ebjective of tie manoseuvers was
just to find out how forces would be able te act in using at nie
artillery and hew taey would meet tne threst. It is interesting te
note, that tne impact of atomic artillery en tie means of transper=
tation in tne area’imaediatelg behind the front was assumed te be
very distruective indeed. Our observers point out, that the Soviets
certeinly would not have operated under this assumption, had they
not known that, in a very short time atomic artillery would be at
their disposal. A fourth news whieh has reached us is that in Kas¬
kejen near Alma Ata a special tack force of elite Soviet Artillery
is assemblid, which is organized under extraordinary precautions.
fhe members of this small elite force are mestly NCO's or longer
servine, artillery men of the best artillery units of the USSR. It
seems {hat this unit has been taken out of the normal competence
of ‘tne Arny Command and is under the direct ord rs of Marshal Lava¬
regti Beria - who as is known, is the nead of the Soviet Atomic
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