CONSTRUCTION OF SOVIET AIRPORT IN VLADIVOSTOK AREA

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• Publication Date: May 7, 1998
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COUNTRY JAPAN
17 October 1946 issue of Japanese-language
newspaper COLORADO T W,8, published in
T1?nver Colorado
SUBJECT CONSTRUCTION OF SOVET LWORT IN
VLADIVOSTOK AREA
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DATE: 30 October 1}
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"Tokyo, Oct. 17? Reports that the Soviet Union is feverishly rushing to cosp.eW
Lion a vast, i regnable underl,rotnd airfield as protection against the atomic; bomb
were confirmed today by a demdlili.sed Japanese sold r who escaped recently mom t}*
Soviet project in the Vladivos-ok area.
"According to the soldier; t Me underground air ld is located in the wo xded
country five miles east of Iam?i which is located halFwv between Vladivostok wind
harovt"sls on the So .et- anc tr a border-. The Soiiets have inpreseed 50,O(Y) perscx
on this gigantic undertaking itiah lies at the eastern end of Pinkiang provin a and
parallels the Ussuri railway. Japanese prisoners, both man and woman, have been puL
to work on the project.
"Last year, a large number of German prisoners were brought to the site, the
majority of them being skilled.workman and teehniciatas. The Japanese were em)l ed >:,s
day laborers and 16,000 have succumbed in the past six months to the rigors o;a fortma
labor.
"The object of the under?round airfield is to afford protection against atomic
bombs. This fortress is believed to be the first of its type yet undertaken erg ha
in the world. Its installatiins and facilities are many, including various barga.rsy
fuel depots,,, repair and workshops. The field is able to accommodate 2,400 pianos.
"The entire airfield,, built so as to allow mra d.mum maneuverability, contains
80 runways. The vastness of khe xortre; s can be imagined by the fact that it takes
about 8 hours every day to deliver food to the workmen employed in the projec te. Wo c-
men were drafted to complete this extensive undertaking,. It appears that wit hh the
completion of the Iman air fortress Vladivostok will be relegated to secondwy icpext6vioe."
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