The Soviet Asiatics A New Human World

This is the story of the Pacific and its people, of the peaceful sea and the lands and glimes it touches, and their meaning to us and to the generations to come. The Pacific Story, presented by the National Broadcasting Company, and dedicated to a full understanding of the vast Pacific Basin.

This broadcast series comes to you as another public service, with drama of the past and present, and commentary by Dr. H. H. Fisher, of power of he own Russia and professor of history, Stanford University.

The Soviet Agiotics, a new human world. The waters of the Pacific wash up on Soviet Asia as developed a strategic stronghold.

In the land block regions behind the maritime provinces of Siberia, there is the ceaseless roar of blast furnaces, powerhouses, mines, factories, And manning this incredible development are more than a hundred different peoples. Uzbek, Buriet, Kalmok, Yakut, Turkamans, Tajik, Kyrgyz.

During World War I, many of these peoples were in open revolt against the Russian government. Today, they are fighting in the ranks of the United Nations, and they bid fair to play an important role in the great Pacific era that lies ahead.

One of the republics of Soviet Asia is the Kyrgyz, Soviet Socialist Republic. My people have been nomads for centuries. This is a curious chief. We have wandered through Central Asia. Money means little to us.

Our wealth is our sheep and cows and yaks. We raise back tree and camels and we use them for beasts of burden. Look at this curious chief and you see he is a mongo. He is of a Turkic tribe.

Slant-eyed, tawny skin, sturdy, self-reliant. His home is in the heart of Central Asia. where the Boris of China, India and the Soviet Union meet. My people have been here a long time. They can remember the time of the rule of the Khans before the Russians came.