Soviet Boasts of Pacific Naval Strength
! FAR EASTERN NEIGHBOURS NEED A LESSON United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, July 25. In a fighting speech, the Soviet Naval Commissar, M. Kusnctsoff, emphasised the strengthening of Russia’s Pacifie Fleet. He said there were over 100 large ships in the Pacific and that Russia would continue enlarging her fleet, as her restless Far Eastern neighbours needed a lesson to prove the Soviet’s strength. He added that the Soviet had more submarines than any country, and more than Germany and Japan combined, and could build ships equal to the world’s best. The Soviet was now' laying down more cruisers and destroyers and larger ships.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 175, 27 July 1939, Page 6
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