English Translation

- 14 - and the Balkans in general, it has isolated Czechoslovakia (and is now planning to make this isolation dependent by inviting the Czechoslovak government to set up its headquarters in Moscow). Russia is determined to bring the industrial, central and south-eastern Europe and, above all, Bohemia under its control. The control of the latter would enable the moving installations to be transferred to the Urals and the Czech workers, who will be very much in need of it, to be sent to the interior of Russia. Russia also calls for the splitting up of Romania, undoubtedly with the intention of controlling the Danube Deta and the oil fields. It is determined to secure direct, unhindered access to the Mediterranean and perhaps even to the Adriatic Sea. Iran's situation is dark, but the prevailing unrest there suggests a comparison with the Balkans. It may also be that Russia is also trying to isolate Turkey and make preparations to create a Russian sphere of influence stretching to the Persian Gulf. In general terms, Russia, as a result of the Second World War, sees the opportunity to acquire more than it wanted in the course of its entire history along its western and south-western borders. If it succeeds with this, when the time has come, it will perhaps be the Lord of Europe, together with Germany. Perhaps it will also be the master of an area extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India. Russia's tails, however, may be much greater than they seem.