"The economic condition of the country and the standard of living of the masses have not improved: on the contrary, the people. cowering under an unprecedented reign of terror, are angry and indignant over Stalin's actions, Stalin is telling the people that Japan is busy making preparations to attack the Soviet Union. To tell the truth. Stalin is trying to bring abnet an enlargement of the incident and the dissipation of Japanese resources, by giving help to Chiang Kai-shek and carrying on secret negotiations with Sun Fo.
"The Far Eastern Soviet Army alone totals about 270,000 troops, composed of 20 sharpshooter divisions and if the G.P.U. is added to them the whole force east of Lake Baikal can be estimated at about 400,000 men. Along the border there are about 2,000 military planes, and in and around Vladivostok there are more
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