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hjokkaido a Russian Spy's Paradise pn R. Kr,!vnir,iii W keTsi." '" ggKKAIOO. J.n (NEA) B ,..i, anrt rlasser is com- Luce on, Hokkaido, northern. f j.ntifird corpses regularly rmdeiiti""1 h,,.h., . ..n nil "" ------ loll "J-, oies villi lnc sift in and lido only a Inle- E' distance iram nu.ss.nn led Sakhalin and the Km- L s a Brnwiwt conviction L , Hokkaido may be me M.ep- EL And (liorp is a riwiiij! Eh caused by fear among the F", :.i nf this mnunlain- Snd. a bit smaller than the fuof Indiana. inland crops nave u-.. ....... ' vear and a scarcity of food ,h, mountains has forced the .fd Hokkaido bears to come ifnm Ihe woodlands and " .. ,.i!lflnic t.nkine a up ll any...... " - his raeapcr si Ares. 1CB STAHVATION. M the fhore, many fishermen .. .urvalinn because they fear Lher bear the Russian one il pairnis m- -- " - i" i.nnse seamen, who usually , nt returned home unless agree lo Communist doc ints. Hard-working, highly efficient, oiiese police have complete lll'rtl l.v o - jt..ii Jesiere .on L,i. nd Red sympathizers in t jrea. But arrests cause only Lirrassment. At present. .In Li hss no espionage law under lich to prosecute siicn pnsnn- tnd can only Keep iaDs on Lir activities. A current case typifies the Udary. Japanese named San.nrn tti was employed by the Bus l: mvernment as a Commun- I Blurier. One night a Red pa id boat put him ashore near I'tkkanai in a runner rati, carry It lOO.OOfl ven. new Soviet codes fed other spy paraphernalia. His trail was picked up hy SPV CHANNI'X: Circle shows vulnerability nf Jap anese island nf Hokkaido (o Soviet agents from Red Sakhalin Island. alert police and the bedraggled, mudcaked little traitor quickly confessed to his spy activities . ' He also revealed Ihe date of the courier ship's next trip to Japanese shores and the means of identification by flashlight signals. Two weeks later, a diesel powered patrol boat with four Russians aboard and a cargo of evidence against the Commun ists was in the net that Japanese police pulled in. Rut the most, serious charge possible against the Russians was illegal entry. Seki could only he charged on the same count and as a violator of currency con-i trols. MANY PETITIONS The Japanese finally decided In release the three Red crew men, who were reported to he somewhat reluctant to he deport ed to Russia after bungling their mission. Both Seki and the patrol boat raptain, Philip Kulikov, are now in the midst nf separate, long-drawn-out trials. The plain fhherfnlk present petition after petition asking lint the Red caplain be released and sent home with his boat. Then, they say, maybe Russia will re turn all Ihe Japanese captured on the high seas. This is only one or a Series of unsettling incidents. A Russian soldier's body in full- uniform floated ashore near Wakkanaj bench and was claimed by the Red mission in Tokyo. But it was immediately cremated with no further explanation. A Japanese corpse found in Ihe same vicinity was quietly dispos ed nf with even less fanfare. Later, three more Japanese bod ies washed ashore and Ihe cap lain of the vessel which they were presumably aboard made his way to a temple courtyard and committed suicide. But Ihe unexplained bodies and cryptic activities along the coast vitally affect., the lives of the majority of the northern Jap anese. Retaliation could easily come in a form other than seizure nf seamen, and that is why Ihe fear and tension extends far inland in Hnkkaido.-Right. now the island is extremely vulnerable under another two-pronged offensive Soviet threat. 40 RED DIVISIONS One is the secret Communist underground, which operates with! almost the famed efficiency of Ihe "Japanese railways. The other is the military might, poised like a scimitar above northern Nip pon. This military buildup is now re-enforced by a remarkable en gineering feat a giant causeway leading from northern Sakhalin to the Russian mainland. Over this route .flow the rich coal, oil and lumber resources of Sok halin to Russia. Back to Sakhal in over the causeway come troops and military equipment. More than 40 Red divisions are stationed on Sakhalin .and the gy SPY TRANSPORT: First Russian vessel captured by the Japanese since World War II is tied up in northern Hok kaido. It made many missions tn supply Red spies befnre it was nabbed. nearby Kuriles, Including five or six airborne units. Two fleets with aircraft carriers arc based at Vladivpslnk, w ithin easy cruising range nf Hokkaido. The paper defense of Hokkaido is in Ihe hands of the American security forces. Assignment in the north, because of its climate and isolation, is not' a popular one. Comparatively few . Ameri cans have their dependents with them here. The biggest contingent of serv icemen is the First Cavalry Di vision at Camp Crawford near Sappnro. Ihe only medium-sized city in Hokkaido. Other Americans include a de tachment at Chitose Air Field, scattered small units at isolated radar stations and advisors for Make it memj... havfe plenty of Coke lOtlllt UNDU UtHO't OMH! COCA-COU COMNY l C0CA.COLA BOTTLING COMPANY of EUGENE l3. Ml COCW COH the new Japanese National Safe ty Force. , As against approximately 18, non American troops in Hok kaido, there are 60.000 Japanese NSF troops. Another division nf 20,000 NSF men is available for re-enforcement from northern Honshu. It is now believed that Hok kaido could he the first proving ground for the NSF, which will soon be shorn of its euphemistic title and correctly labeled the Japanese Army. New Pyramid Discovered By Egyptians CAIRO, Kgypt iB A medium- sized slep pyramid has been dis covered in the sands of Sakkara only about, 70 yards from the great pyramid nf Pharoh Zoser, long one of ancient Egypt's most famous monuments. The Egyptian Antiquities De partment announced the find Sat urday. The long job nf digging it out is still to be done. Mohamed Zaky (ihnneim and French archaeologist P. Lauer said their workers uncovered a wall of the buried structure dur ing a search around the wall of the Zoser monument at Ihe vil lage nf Sakkara, IS miles south of Cairo. All of Egypt's great pyramids are step pyramids that, is the huge stone blocks that form Ihe outer sides are fitted in the form of steps. They were built as the tombs of kings. . Lauer said the base of the new find is calculated lo cover about 13,000 square yards. Though that is Ihe equivalent of a city block, several of Egypt s pyramids are larger. 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