"On the first day, the much lauded German troops fought our frontier guards who had neither tanks nor artillery, The communique then alleged hat the Germans had planned to prevent the deployment of the masses of Red Army forces by crippling the army and occupying Kiev " and 'Smolensk within a week through a biitekrieg thrust, 'The Germans were completely frustrated in their efforts to achieve such a plan and Russian troops not only were able to deploy but the ambitious German lightning blow gains' Kiev and Smolensk was never struck because of Russian Counter-attacks, "slated the com-, munique—United Press
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