“PROOF OF PEACEFUL ASPIRATIONS”
Soviet Demobilisation Decree
(Rec. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Mar. 17
The Moscow radio commentator, referring to the demobilisation decree, said that it was “more proof of peaceful aspirations of the Soviet Government, which does not harbour any expansionist designs.”
He added that Russia was the only Great Power to place its armed forces on a peacetime basis.
, The commentator said that the decree meant that the Soviet Army would consist mainly of young men called up for the normal period of service. This policy differed radically from the “arms race” in the United State®.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 134, 18 March 1948, Page 5
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