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fields, 55 to 75% of production now stemáé from regions in the USSR
which cannot be reached by bombers with fighter escort. In that case
the Soviets hope, that their own rocket fighter defense is today
strong enough to deal with any major American attack.
We have reported some time ago, that early in September
the Soviet Union had made an unprecedented step extending its terri¬
torial waters unilater&lly by the annexation of the Kara Sea, the
Laptev Sea, the Mast “iberian Sea and the Chuckthee Sea. his step
was implemented by an order to all Soviet arctic forces to capture
any foreign ship entering these seas or to attack any foreign plane
flying over these waterse this step was followed by implicit American
recognition, Since American flyers were ordered to avoid @lying over
these sease Indications from Moscow are now that this step was just
a first test. The success with which it was met, has now encouraged |
Moscow to prepare secretly another step, which is planned for some
time in 1953. This step would be to declare the Barents Sea, the
Baltic Sea and the Black Sea also closed Soviet waters. Since the
Soviets’ alone have not all the harbors on these seas, the Norvegians,
being an the Barents Sea; the Finns, Sweedes, Danes, Germans and
Poles on the Baltic Sea; the Homanaians, Bulgarians and Tures on the
Black Sea; Moscow would at the same time suggest that the Danube
Convention of 1949 be applied to these three waters, This would mean
that shipping on these waters would be restrict d to the countries
adjoining them. Also, flying over these waters would be treated in
a Similar waye It is obvious, that such a plan or such a move will
create an extremely explosive international situation, especially as
far as the fHiiíik Baltic Sea is concerned. It is a situation which
demand closest attentions; and which might easily lead to the next
major crisis in international relations.
Soviet admiral Gregory Sepulchine, the famous submarine
commgnder of the Soviet base in Murmansk, has been recently sent to
Red China, where he is organizing the Chinese submarine fleet. Several
older .oviet submarines will be given to the Chinese Navy for training
purposes. it is interesting to note in this connection, that the
North Korfean Navy will also have its own submarine training program,
which will be carried out in §outhern China. If successful, this
might lead at some future day, to the organization of a North Korean
Submarine fleet, which could greatly hamper United Nations' operations
in Korea.
in this connection, it is interesting to note that the
Soviet Navy in general and Soviet submarine forces in particular are
gradually moving towards Far-Lastern basese Especially, Soviet sub¬
marine forces from Sewastopol have moved during this sugmer, through
the Volga-Don channel, and hence through the Moscow- White Sea channel,
out of the Black Sea into the Arctic Sea ana hence, through the Bering
Straits, to the new basis which the Soviets have established, facing
the United States. The Northern=most of these basis is Chukotskaiya
on Chukotsky Poluostrov, facing the Bering Straits, and the American
Diomede and St.Lawrence Islands. he commander of this base is
Captain Zrinjeff. Farther to the South is the submarine base of