Soviet Military Movements Reported Designed To Strength Black Sea Defences Vichy, Mar. 9, REIGN diplomatic sources yesterday heard that Russian military movements have been made to strengthen her own Black Sea defences and also to enable Turkey to shift troops from across the Cacausian frontier to Thrace.
According to reports, M. Josef Stalin called an urgent conference of the Russian Foreign and Defence Commissars and the Army and Navy Chiefs during the past week.
The Kieve and Odessa military districts were reported to have been reinforced with four motorized brigades, 500 aeroplanes and numerous anti-aircraft batteries. Soviet warship crews also have been transferred from the Baltic and North Seas to the Black Sea, it was said. The men were mostly submarine crews.
Most competent sources here agreed that the Russo-German accord has not been affected by latest events and that Russian-German 7 lations have not been. changed. However, the Soviets are aware of the dangers of a crisis approaching the Dardanelles, it, was' said,—United Press, 'Turkey Takes' Measures Istanbul. Mar, 9.
The Government continued to urge defence measures. storing. gasoline and. other inflammable material Several cities were ordered to stand by for air raid tests, "The press continued to express defiance against Germany, urging Yugoslavia to resist Axis overtures.—Domel.
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