Russia Claims Industrial Progress
LONDON, Jan.' 13. The Soviet Pios* and radio are tellin:: the R*i.«sian people that t hey arc getting wcall hicr. The rcsuhs of the fourtli year of the present five year plan which arc now eoming in are being uaed to prove tliat the ratc of improvemexxt is rapid. Oiar&eieri.stie of this now line is aa articlc in ihe Now Tiiues w'fifh states: " In the Soviet Unioii the key note is rdteerftiiness, optimism and pride in the sueeess already achieved and fiun eoniidenep in a stiU bright er fntnre awaiting our coimtrv wliicii is rapidly approaehing eomniunism. 1 ' The.se claims appear to rest mainly on ihe acJiicvements of heavy indnstry and it has lteen reported to Htalin that ihe Soviet is now the seeond largest steel produeer in the world. It is also stat ed that the heavv engineering indnstry cumpleted the 194S programme 30 days ahead of schednle. that large steel mills wrecked by the Oermans are reequipped and baek in production, and that heavy industties in the Moseoxv, Oludyabinsk and Oorkv re gion.s, reached their annual tnrgetx ahead of time. Lleetrie. power is stated lo be becoui ing the rnajor nieans of iinproving pro dnetivitv and living conditions on col leetive farms.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 January 1949, Page 5
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