CONTROL OF THE MOON

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28743, 14 November 1958, Page 13

CONTROL OF THE MOON

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In official and diplomatic circles.i the vulnerability of Berlin s 100-nule lifeline to the West is well-known. The air corridors are especially vulnerable. Traffic through them is co-ordinated through an Air Security Office in Berlin which is under Four-Power administration. Diplomats in Europe and Western representatives in Moscow were reported to feel that Mr Khrushchev might well carry out his threats. United States officials refused to predict today what might happen if the Russians or the East German Communists tried to block air traffic, as well as road and rail transport into Commu-nist-surrounded West Berlin. The Communists made no real efforts to interfere with the Western planes which smashed the Russian blockade of West Berlin m 1948. handing the Soviets one of their worst defeats of the cold war. Defence officials in Washington said there was no such shortage of planes now as hampered the 1948 airlift—partly because of precautionary stops taken during the Lebanon crisis. They said the United States has immediately available 36 Globemasters. These huge cargo planes could carry 75.0001 b each—almost five times as much as the C-54s which were the mainstay of the American effort in the 1948 airlift. In addition, the United States overnight could divert 48 C-119s. the cargo aircraft favoured by the United States Troop Carrier Command. 332 four-engined planes from the Ministry Air Transport Service and the tactical air command. and 60 C-54's which were part of the normal Air Force strength in Europe. Officials said there were still another 300 four-engined aircraft' available on short notice front United States commercial airlines i under existing arrangements with . the Government.