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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1989
SOVIET ARMY DOUBLED 300 M.P.H. Bombers: "A Mighty Navy"
Minister Reveals
Armed Strength
Remarkable increases in the Soviet armed forces to strengthen the perfect the three branches of the services were revealed by Marshal Voroshi- loff, Defence Commissar, in an address to the 18th Congress of the Communist Party.
The size of the army, he said, had been more than doubled during the operation of the last five- year plan. The air force had been increased by 130 per cent., and the navy, now independently directed by a special People's Commissariat, was being built up into a mighty fleet.
PHANTOM ANTI-NAZI RADIO
The anti-Nazi "Phantom" radio broadcaster in German has been heard again along the Franco-Ger- man frontier.
Attacks are made on the Hitler regime, and the mysterious station prophesies that the day will come when Germany will return to li- beralism.
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The broadcasts are given be- tween 4.15 and 4.80. p.m. on a wavelength-between 42 and 43 me- tres, says Reuter,
"The U.S.S.R.," he declared; "is under constant. threat of military attack to a far greater extent than any other country. The second Imperialist war for a new 'redivi- sion. of the world is already ablaze."
IMPROVED FRONTIER
DEFENCES
The Soviet's frontier defences had been radically improved, he said, and the number of special troops for these fortified areas considerably increased.
After giving detailed estimates of the armaments of capitalist countries, Marshal Voroshiloff drew attention to the great expan- sion of their peace-time armies.
"If we exclude Great Brita‡n, which only quadruples its army, nearly all the other countries Ex- pand their armies five, six, seven and nine times in war-time."
The Red Army, he continued, on a completely regular footing, had been increas- ed by 103 per cent. since 1984, and an infantry division now consisted of 18,000 men. There were 10 times as many divisions as there were five years ago.
BRITISH EMBSSY SWAMPED which
WITH VISITORS
.
Washington, April 9. Calling cards are piling up in the British Embassy here as society women of the United States capital foresee a chance of being invited
to a garden party to meet the King and Queen when they visit Wash- ington in June.
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ARMY CORPS OF 60,000 A Soviet infantry corps consisted of 60,000 men, he stated, and was capable, at full military strength, of Aring about 70 tons of metal per minute, compared with 54 tons by a French infantry corps, and 58 tons by a German corps.
Not only had the Air Force been increased numerically, but the ma- chines now attained terrific speeds. "Bombers are capable of flying The rush began when the Bri- at speeds of well over 300 m.p.h., tish Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lind, and have ceilings of anything :up say, and Lady Lindsay re-opened to nine miles," he declared.
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Fredric March and Ann Sothern in a scene from "Trade Winds," the United Artists film now showing at the King's Theatre. Bennett plays the female lead.
JAPANESE
TERRORISM
SHAH OF IRAN WELCOMES
AT NANCHANG SON AND BRIDE
Teheran; To-day.
Fengcheng, To-day. The increasing activities of With glittering magnificence guerillas on the immediate outskirts the Shah of Iran yesterday gave of Nanchang have incited the Japan- a great State welcome to Moham
med Raza Pahlavi, 19-year-old ese forces to ruthless terrorism.
heir to the throne, and his pretty Large numbers of houses were searched and denuded of their valu- bride, Princess Fawzieh, 17-year- ables, while hundreds of innocent old sister of King Farouk of people were led out and killed by Egypt.
of As the Crown Prince and his the Japanese on the flimsiest
bride, together with the bride's pretexts.
Along Chungshan Road, Chung-mother and three sisters, stepped cheng Road, and Kuohu Road, many from the train, 21 guns boomed a
bodies, victims of Japanese salute. dedor, are left unburied. Cen-
tral News.
REINFORCEMENT OF GIBRALTAR
London, To-day.
The decorated streets were throng- ed with cheering crowds as the Ro- yal procession passed."
The Royal party will rest until Saturday this week, when the official wedding festivities begin.-Reuter.
The garrison of Gibraltar is to FRANCO IN
the embassy recently after several Marshal Voroshiloff concluded be reinforced, a and the 1st Bat-
with-a-ples
weeks' absence. Now the stack is with a-plea for self-sacrifice to talion, Welsh Guards, will embark SEVILLE FOR
for the Rock on Saturday,
over two feet high. More than 100 those whose lives belong com- persons called in one afternoon, pletely the Red Army and their many of them merely driving UP, Social
Fatherland, to the great Reports of troop movements in leaving their cards at the door and cause of Lenin and Stalin," driving away again.
Lady Lindsay, American-born,
always has the largest calling list
apital, and her - recent
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the Iberian Peninsula are being closely watched.
Military measures and the move- ments of British troops at Gibral- tar are described as "normal pre-
TROOP REVIEW
Seville, To-day. Travelling unheralded from measures - resulting | Burgos along a carefully guarded from a rather abnormal situation.” 1ronte, General - Franco with his General Staff, arrived here, yes- Trans-Ocean.
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