London, Feb. 12.
An extensive programme of coporation both in the military and economic spheres is being undertaken at present by Germany and Soviet Russia in "Ukraine, Caucasus, and the Black Sea coast, the Belgrade correspondent of "The Times" reported this morning.
Fortifications are being built around Odessa, Mariopol, and Novorossiisk, key Black Sea ports, and also along the Dniester River, near the Russo-Rumanian border.
The purpose of these fortifications is to defend the Baku-Kieb and Odessa-Iwow railway lines which carry vital supplies. The former transports most of the war material for the Red Army in Finland and also a large amount of oil, manganese. and copper for Germany. The latter carries mostly wheat and some petrol.
The Belgrade correspondent of "The Times" also reported recent instances in which Soviet freight trains on their way to Germany were wrecked by saboteurs. On some occasions holes were drilled into the tank cars, so that they were empty by the time they arrived in the Reich. It is for this reason, he concluded, that German troops are stationed along the Odessa-Lwow line to protect the
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