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Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6 time. Only a people that is a builder, a creator, is capable of undertaking such a colossal task. Great energy, as every- body knows, is generated only for a great purpose, and the great purpose of the Soviet people is the happiness of mankind, peace throughout the world. Therein is to be found the secret of the inexhaustible creative power and energy of Sovict men and women, who are ca- pable of realizing the most daring plans. Only a little more than two years have passed since the Stalin plan for the set- ting up of forest shelter-belts was pub- lished, and already 1,300,000 hectares* of green zones are becoming an effective force in combating elemental nature. New ponds, reservoirs, and irtigation systems, whose purpose is to increase crop yields, are dotting the country. The grass-and-crop rotation being in- troduced everywhere is to serve the same ends. The tremendous revolutionary leap made during the past quarter century by Soviet science, which serves the in- terests of the people, now makes it possible to change the country’s climate and to convert vast barren tracts of land into fertile fields and blooming or- chards. As against the Stalin care for the economic and cultural flourishing of the Soviet Union, for improvement in the welfare of the Soviet people, what have the masters of the capitalist countries, who are preparing new military adven- tures, to show? Just this — a catastro- phic decline in the standard of living of the toiling people that is inevitable be- cause of the increased taxes to cover the huge military outlays. There is no escape from it. The Soviet people see in the decisions on the new construction jobs a vivid expression of the might of their Mother- land and a demonstration of the peace- loving policy of their government. And in expressing their patriotic feeling by proclaiming their readiness to devote their every effort to the building of the new structures, Soviet men and women declare that they ate reinforcing their support of the Stockholm Appeal. The two colossi, the Kuibyshev and * 1 hectare—-2.471 acres. OCTOBER 13, 1950 Stalingrad Hydroelectric Power Stations, will furnish power for socialist indus- try, agriculture, and the country’s rail arteries. Nearly 14,000,000 hectares of land, over which from time immemorial the dry winds reigned, scorching every- thing living, will be nourished by the water of the Volga, which even in the olden days was called the provider of bread and water, Mother River, by the people. By the will of the people this great waterway will irrigate lands that will provide an abundance of fruit and animal products. Soon after the decisions on the con- struction of these power stations were published, we learned of a new notable document of our epoch — the decision of the Soviet Government to build the Main Turkmenian Canal from the Amu- Darya to Krasnovodsk, extending over 1,100 kilometers (683.5 miles). What this means is that in a few years another 1,300,000 hectares of arid, barren lands ewill be transformed into a fertile valley. It means that 7,000,000 hectares of sand of the Kara- Kum Desert, which in Turkmenian means “Black Sands,” will be convert- ed into green pastures. It means that on lifeless expanses new cities and set- tlements will rise, factory stacks will begin to emit smoke, and the withering winds will submissively abate beside the new wall of the shelter belts. Thus the dreams of generations upon generations of the peoples of the East will at last come true. Of equal import is the construction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station, the South Ukrainian Canal, and the North Crimean Canal. These will bring water to an additional 3,200,000 hectares of Jand and will establish an- other power base on the River Dnieper for providing electric power for agri- culture and industry. The entire Soviet Union is taking part in the work of building the Kuiby- shev and Stalingrad hydroelectric sys- tems, the Main Turkmenian Canal, the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station, the South Ukrainian Canal, and the North Crimean Canal. Reports coming from every section of the country tell of the immense enthusiasm the Govern- ment’s decisions have aroused among the collective farmers and the large staffs of mills and factories, and with what great fervor Soviet men and women are entering upon the tasks which re- late to the realization of the construc- tion jobs. Soviet scientists too are taking an ac- tive part in building these magnificent Stalin structures, They are ardently de- sirous of contributing their knowledge and experience, all the achievements of progressive scientific-technical thought, to the new colossal constructions. The Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR has set up a co-operating committee headed by S. I. Vavilov, President of the Academy. Thousands of Soviet scientists, engineers, and tech- nicians ate busy solving intricate prob- lems arising in connection with erecting the hydroelectric stations. A co-operat- ing committee has also been formed by the All-Union Council of Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Societies, which unites more than 120,000 experts. Members of this committee include the best scientists, representatives of the ministries and administrations involved. Many scientific-research institutes have made the task of successful construc- tion of the stations their first order of business. Such is the scale and scope of peaceful construction undertaken for the happiness of the common people in the land of Soviets. The Soviet people's will to peace and their onward march to communism are irresistible. And all the efforts of the instigators of a new war to put out or dim the radiant light of the rising eta of communism will be of no avail. This light is the source of the confidence in the hearts of millions of common people the world over that the forces of peace are invincible. ‘The more the warmongers rave and the greater the wantonness of reaction, which is resorting to police victimiza- tion of the peace champions, the strong- er becomes the resistance of the peace partisans, whose mighty force the ag- gressors already appreciate. The champ- ions of peace can be neither frightened nor subdued, for people of good will know that reason and justice will tri- umph all over the world. 585 Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6