Moscow, in building its Great Soviet bloc, Will find it advantageous to cooperate with Japan, which is constructing a "greater East Asia solidarity sphere," the "Hochi Shimbun" said today.
The *Hochi" was commenting on Soviet Russia's new 15-year Economic programme.
The Soviet Union can do very wel with Japanese semi-finished goods and Japanese technology, while Japan requires important materials from Russia for the economic reconstruction of East Asia, such as coal and iron, the newspaper stated.
Russia has large, untapped natural resources in Siberia and she could very Well afford to supply Japan with her important materials, the *Hochi" declared. Accordingly, the organ said, both Japan and the Soviet Union would unite economically....in the construction of a world order,—United Press.
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