Ussr Report: Military Affairs (fouo 25/79)

Central Intelligence Agency (1979-09-28). Ussr Report: Military Affairs (fouo 25/79) (Report). Washington, DC: Foreign Broadcast Information Service.

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This September 1979 edition includes "Soviet Comments On U.S. And Nato Military Base System, Moscow ZArubezhnoye Voyennoye Obozreniye" in Russian No 5 , May 79 signed to press 4 May 79 Pp 3-10 (Article by Maj Gen R. Simonyan, doctor of military sciences, professor: "Imperialism's System of Military Bases")

"...American strategists have given concentrated attention to Micronesia in recent years. As the Washington Post testifies, the Pentagon is disturb about the future of U. S. military bases in Japan and the Philippines. Therefore, it is considered essential to bolster the U. S. position in the Pacific Ocean by expanding existing military sites and establishing new ones in more "secure" regions. F o r example, the large Andersen military air base receives heavy B-52 bombers while atomic submarines carrying Polaris and Poseidon missiles visit the naval base. There are various military complexes on the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Majuro also. T h e military strategic system of support points in Micronesia, Pentagon strategists believe, will help establish U. S. control in this part of the Pacific Ocean. I t is no accident, therefore, that to preserve its military bases in this region in the United States is conducting negotiations to annex it as supposedly "freely associated territory," and is trying to use "referenda," such as the one planned for the Marshall Islands, for this purpose."