THE SOVIET UNION TODAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP07-02247R000200190002-8
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 1, 1952
• Content Type: FORM

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Between the high platsauz and mountains of China and Mongolia to the east and the
Volga to the rest extend the loe].ands of Central Asia xith their scanty rivers, xhich
either disappear into the seed, or feed the inland Aral a>ad Caspian seas trom xhie~
their raters evaporate. Two large rivers flaw into the Aral Sea. ~? 3yr Darya col-
lects its raters tr'ota parts. Scientific xork is ~r in pre-
gresa xith a vier to making recommendations for the prevention of the main Turla`snian
Canal from bec~rnd.ng salt.
Zhe raovemsnt of sand is being attacked in several rays. Zhe plx~-ting of the first
forest belts along the main canal rill start in 1952, and all irrigated land rill be
similarly sheltered against rinds, xhich at times reach hurrioanetbrce. Trees are is
be planted over a 1} aillion scree; bnt,imlike the steppe forests, they aunt be irrigate
oak is of course unsuitable for a hot desert, and im 1951 the hinistry of Pbsaatry
started collecting seeds of aaksaul for planting. Zhe black saksaul and poplar gree
roll under these conditions, and xhits acacia, apricot and aulberry rill be pctsnaive],lr
used.
~e surface of the sand can be immobilised by spraying xith a byproduct tray i>a-
dustry, which does not appear to be haraflil to plants and can be readily perforated ~
their grarKth and l~ rain. It is planrud to treat large sandy a=we is this ray, and
not only prevent t~ sand blowing into the canal, but stop realaiaed Quid being amothe
once sore by sand. ~e difficulties raised by sand storms are also the sub~ecta of
much ad.entiPic reaesrdl at the moment.
men arises problsss, both in Turlal~enia and alaemhsre, as hox beat to use the Tani
xhich rill be xatsred. Shia depends on the nature of the soil a>ed on the manner in
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peModa of one to three m?nths, and xill support Karakul sheep and horses. Worloera
from the ~reloruasian Instttute for the Melteration of Water and 1'sarahes Eoon~o>tgr are
engaged on thew problems, and have established xhich plants can coat auitab~y be gotta
on suds aeadoxa to prot-ide fodder for liTeateck. ~e xorlc of the mazgr bdological ey.
pedi Lions in the Kara Kum deserts and elaexhere is considered in the neat chapter.
In the neighbourhood of the lwter Amu Darya 2 >rillion acres of rich land trill be
irrigated and another>aillion on the smut Caspian flats. It is anti atpated that attar
195? txo crops of tiheat a year rill be harreated, and rice, cotton, oli'ss, dates,
grapes and other trait and plants producing rubber and essential oils, xi11 be raised.
A decrease in the level of the Aral Sea tti11 follex the diTersion of ao inch xatsr
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into the 11>trklxenian Canal. the consequent reduct3.on of subsoil xater-laxel in the
delta of the Aau Darya twill provide additional areas of rich arable land.
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