The Archive · 1936

Soviet Strengthens War Machine

Frontier Barracks to Hold 1,000,000 Men

Riga, Aug. 22.

Following a docroo lowering the military age to nineteen years, the Soviet, it is reported here, has begun to erect now barracks in the west frontier region to accommodate the 1,000,000 troops who are to be re-emited in the autumn, 'OMclal vtatisties show that the output of aeroplanes by the Soviet this year is 72 per cent. more that the entire output last year, The Soviet fair force will soon be as large as the aggregate alr force of all other countries, says the Soviet Commissariat fof War.

This, combined with the increase in the Army's man-power, will, It is claimed, render the Soviet Union absolutely invineible—Reuter,

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