Soviet Minister Of Defence, After Review Of Armed Forces, Denounces Capitalistic Powers

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1949, Page 5

Soviet Minister Of Defence, After Review Of Armed Forces, Denounces Capitalistic Powers

MOSCOW, Nov. 7 (Rec. 10.40 pm).—Marshal Vassilevsky, Russian Minister of the Armed Forces, today reviewed a march past of troops in Red Square in celebration of the 32nd. anniversary of the Russian Revolution, says the British United Press.

General Vassili Stalin, Marshal Stalin’s son, commanded a squadron of fighters that led the fly past above the troops. Vassilevsky. speaking after the march, said ■‘the advantages of the Soviet social regime, compared with the capitalist regime, are being more and more convincingly shown. Under capitalism industrial production is again being reduced, the standard of living of the great masses of the people is being sharply lowered and irreconcilable economic political contradictions are growing and becoming

[ i more and more acute. Imperialists seek to solve these problems by a fur- ’ ■ ther attack on the living rights of working people by enslaving and putting into bondage freedom-loving peoples by a policy of aggression, ? and by unleashing a new war.' » Russia has appointed General Vassili i Ivanovich Chuikov as chairman of the ? Soviet Control Commission m Geri many, which was established to re--5 place th e Soviet military administrar tion, according to the Moscow radio. - Chuikov formerly was head of the - Soviet military administration in Ger- - many and commander-in-chief of th? ; Soviet occupation forces.