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Focuses on the administrative system of the Soviet Union. Description of Russian foreign minister Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov's speech which he delivered several days after the signature of the Soviet-German Pact in August, 1939; Acceptance of the fundamental change in Moscow's foreign policy by a body of peasants, workers, engineers and functionaries; Appreciation of the administrative system of the Soviet Union; View that the Soviet people had learned to accept the decisions of certain higher bodies on basic issues with total unanimity; Information on the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, a body of thirteen; information that the basic political decisions originate in the Politburo; Information on Osaviakhim, an organization of twelve million members whose function is the preparation of the civilian population of the Soviet Union for total war; Accomplishment made by Soviet Union by the elimination of enemy fifth-columnists; Resistance offered by the Soviet Union to German attack of any nation yet involved in the war.

The article focuses on the book "Twelve Months That Changed the World" by the author Larry Lesueur. Lesueur has added a very interesting diary to the goodly number of correspondents' books about the Soviet Union. Lesueur's 345 pages of personal observations are well worth reading, not only for the student of contemporary Russia, but for the average intelligent American interested in going a little deeper into the subject than the daily press takes him. Lesueur's descriptive powers are considerable.

Focuses on the importance of Iran to the allied forces during the World War II. Reference to the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran; Statement that German political and economic influence has been destroyed in every Asiatic country except Japan; Revealment that all possible land routes for an attack on Suez from the East have been cut off; Stoppage of important shipments of goods and raw materials from Iran to Germany; Description of the economic and political developments in Iran during the initial period of the year resulting as profitable for allied powers.

Focuses on the outcome of the war between Soviet Union and Germany. Reports that Germany is losing the war; Claims that Soviet Union is bitterly and irrevocably anti-Nazi, anti-German; Strategy adopted by German soldiers to keep order in Ukraine; Information about the main aim of Germany in case of a Russian-German war; Reports that main red Armies remain intact, in the field, and apparently prepared to fight indefinitely; Impact of the involvement of Japan and Soviet Union in the Far East on Soviet-German position. Effect of war on the economy of Soviet Union and Germany.

This article presents information on the book "The Russians: The Land, the People and Why They Fight," by Albert Rhys Williams. Albert Rhys Williams has been in Soviet Union off and on for the past twenty-five years, and has written of his experiences with deep sincerity and genuine human understanding. The book has the same warmth of feeling as his other books, but in many respects lacks their originality and thoroughness. He has drawn heavily on his past work, and in almost every case he seeks to explain the Soviet Union-at-war of today in terms of the revolutionary Soviet Union which he saw being born in 1917 and watched developing during the years that followed.