Turkey Reinforcing Russian Frontiers
Iran and Afghanistan Strengthening Defences Rumania Preparing Against Red Menace United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 7.50 p.m. NEW YORK, January 1. It is reliably stated that Turkey is reinforcing her eastern and north-eastern defences, says the Belgrade correspondent of the Now York Times. The new concentrations are based on Diyarbekir, Erzingan and Kars. Already six of the 13 Array Corps are stationed east of Sivas. It is understood the new dispositions increase the military forces in East Turkey by about one-third. Simultaneously it is confirmed that Iran and Afghanistan are continuing to strengthen their armies on the Russian frontier. It is logical to believe that there are concrete indications of Russian military movements between the Black and Caspian Seas. Rumania is reported recently to have withdrawn three divisions from Bessarabia, leaving one division of cavalry and three divisions of infantry east of the Pruth River. In the event of an invasion, it is believed Russia will press south between the Pruth and the Carpathians, therefore Rumania has two divisions of cavalry and 16 divisions of infantry around Cernauti, seven divisions on the Hungarian frontier and seven in Dobruja.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 2, 3 January 1940, Page 7
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