CONSTRUCTION OF SOVIET AIRPORT IN VLADIVOSTOK AREA

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SUBJECT CONSThUCTI.OFN OF SOV]ET AIRFORT IN
VL1DIVOSTOK AREA
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DIET.. 30 October 1946
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"Tokyo, Oct. 17. Reports that the Soviet Union is feverishly rushing to comple-
tion avast, impregnable underLround airfield as protection against the atomic bomb
were confirmed today by a demolilfaod Japanese sold:&r who escaped recently from the
Soviet project in the Vladivos-*k area.
"According to the soldier !w rac:c round airfield is located in the wooded
country five miles east of L:3: wILiz-* Is ioca"A:d f y between Vladivostok and
tLa. ,uroaigk on the Soviet4a c., r- '- -nicer. The So ots have inpreased 50,000 persons
on this gigantic undertaking w:i c.: .:.a s at, the eastern and of Pinkiang province and
parallels the Ussuri railway. Jest r:. ee pr..isoners, both man and women, have been put
to work on the project.
"Last year, a large number of Gernan prisoners ware brought to the site, the
majority of them being skilled workmen and technicians. The Japanese were employed as
day laborers and 16,000 have succumbed in the pas. six months to the rigors of forced
labor.
"The object of the under6round airfield is to afford protec?tio:;against atomic
bombs. This fortress is beli?ved to be the first of its type yet undertaken anywhere
in the world. Its instal.l.atiins and facilities are many, including various hangars,
fuel depots, repair and vrorksiLops. The field is able to accommodate' 2,400 planes.
The entire airfield, bui t so &j to allow ir=U=m maneuverability, contains
80 runways. The vastness of the fortress can be imagined by the fact that it takes
about 8 hours every day to deliver food to the workman employed in the project. Work-
men ware drafted to corplete this exT?ensive undertaking. It appears that with the
completion of the man air fortress Vladivostok will be relegated to secondary importance."
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