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XeAeTe December 52. - page three 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 territorial 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 submarine 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
