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...Russians are unmistakably on the verge of naval domination. They have helped develop the Indian port of Visakhapatnam and are adapting it for the possible use of Soviet submarines. On South Yemen's island of Socotra, which dominates the approach to the Red Sea, they are constructing a naval radio station and ammunition depot. On Mauritius they have been given harbor facilities. In addition, the Russians have signed fishing agreements with at least ten nations, stretching from Egypt to Indonesia, and along the East African coast they have set up a string of buoys which could be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Cutting a Chain of Links | 1/4/1971 | See Source »

Road to Socialism. There are more than 500,000 Indians in Burma, and a staggering 200,000 of them are expected to leave before the current flood ends. Next week the first of 60 shiploads of Indians will begin docking at the southern ports of Madras and Visakhapatnam. Half a dozen refugee flights from Rangoon are already arriving at Calcutta's Dum Dum airport each day, and the waiting rooms are piled high with the pitiful possessions of the uprooted-lumpy bundles of bedding, cheap suitcases, bright plastic pails stuffed with children's toys and kitchen utensils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma: Asians v. Asians | 7/17/1964 | See Source »

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