The Northern Supply Route to Russia. Report by the J.I.C.

(b) The seizure of Vologda and the southern end of the railway by German forces operating from Leningrad and/or Moscow. 5. Raids. The Germans have moved up parachute troops into the area just south of Leningrad. These troops could be employed in small parties for demolition work. The Finnish forces at Petrozavodsk and the FinnoGerman forces astride the Murman railway crossing of the River Svir are about 130 miles due west of the Archangel/ Vologda railway. Continuous parachute landings on a scale capable of dealing with Russian guards on the railway and doing more than small transitory damage would, however, be impossible during the bad flying weather in the winter and could only be undertaken with the return of good flying weather in the middle of February.