Says "Japan Times"
Tokyo, Oct. 10. Soviet aval ambitions were held by the "Japan Times," English-language daily here, to underlie the U.SSR's moves in the Baltic. Heat ing its comment "Red Imperialism, the newspaper declared that the Soviet Union was steadily unfurling its banner of Communist imperialism in the Baltic. Heavier Kremlin pressure should be expected against Latvia and Finland, according to the daily.
"What the Soviet Union now seeks most is a big navy, the object of which is to rival England and Germany in Europe and Japan in, East Asia," the "Japan Times" said. "But there are two serious obstacles, however, lying ahead of this Soviet naval programme."
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