GERMAN STATEMENT

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 229, 24 June 1941, Page 7

GERMAN STATEMENT

Russian Hostile Acts LONDON, June 22. German High Command reports allege a series of hostile acts by the Soviet besides air violations of the frontier. The first series of violations by soldiers, it declares, were reported on May 0. A report on May 1.1. alleged big transfers of forces from Asia and (lie Caucasus, including motorized tank divisions. The rille divisions in Europe and Asia theu totalled 143, including 111.) in the frontier sector. _ Moreover, all the Soviet motorized tank divisions, and 20 cavalry divisions, in addition to parachute battalions. are declared to have been stationed in west Russia since the beginning of the year A report on June 11 described rhe fortification of the Russian western border and the trans I’er of industry to Hie interim11 was estimated that a Russian force of i;so,oin> troops was h) the region ~f tin- former 1'..-iltic States, compared with tile agreed occupat'lull force el 70,000. Additional concentrations on the western frontier numbered 118 of Russia's total of 170 rifle divisions,

20 of the 33 cavalry divisions, and 40 of the 4(5 motorized and tank brigades. Forty-nine infantry divisions, seven cavalry divisions, and 12 tank brigades were nitiso'd on Ute East Prussian frontier. Two thousand aircrat t assembled north of the I’ripet marshes, and forces were also concentrated iu north Bessarabia.