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...still committed to a kind of tense diplomatic equilibrium with Russia. Moreover, the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were so sweeping in import that repudiation might immediately put the U.S. face to face with the need for some kind of action to right the wrongs (e.g., to restore South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands to Japan...
...down an American B-29 within sight of Hokkaido last fall (TIME, Oct. 20), the Air Force has been stocking Hokkaido with F-86 Sabre jets, F94 night fighters and up-to-date radar. News of any big shift of planes between Soviet bases in the Kurils or on Sakhalin, any significant change in training there-or, more important, any mass flight toward Japan-can now be flashed in seconds to Spivey's headquarters...
...Albania. 38. Two specifics after the 30-day Sino-Soviet conference in Moscow: Russia will give China complete control of the Changchun Railway but, until a peace is signed between the Communist states and Japan, will: 1. Quit Sakhalin Island...
...SAKHALIN ISLAND (wholly Russian since 1945, when Red troops under the Yalta agreement took over the Japanese southern half): twelve divisions (six infantry, two armored, four possibly understrength airborne); headquarters of the Soviet Tenth Air Force, which probably has 800 planes on the island alone. The Russians recently completed a railroad running the full length of the island, are working day & night on concrete fortifications, hidden gun emplacements, airstrips, and armored-force maneuvering areas...
...Major General Ryuji Sejima, formerly a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Lieut. General Tomoyuki ("Tiger of Malaya") Yamashita. The Russians have also heavily reinforced the intricate underground airstrip and ground force installations on Shumushu, northernmost of the Kurils, which have 300 fighters and bombers. From the Kurils and Sakhalin, a steady stream of Red agents is pouring into Japan...