Page:Longines Chronicles with Bernt Balkin 1954 ARC-96011.ogv/11

Balchen
Makes it more a key point in the whole defense system because the High North, General Spaatz said in 1946, the Arctic will one day become the byways for our operational measures. It works both ways, there are all open across the High North. that was in 1946. Thule is one of the bases that's closing the gap in the Northern defense of our continent.