Show U. U S. S STr Transfers Four F. F ur Subs lubs ToI T T Navy G Greece to Receive 6 Other Craft Craff For Fight on R Reds ds fW WASHINGTON Jan 9 CD- CD Four our of the the- navys navy's powerful fleet fleet- type ype submarines are are being sup sup- plied piled d to Turkey as part of oE the United States States p program J 0 gra m. m t to strengthen that at- at country against Soviet Russia i The il n navy vy announced fh the m move Ve toge together er with the e tr transfer r of ot 11 other the vessels to Turkey and six gunboats io to guerilla la embattled Greece reec S Rep p VInson son p. p Ga a. a t told ld re reporters re- re porters Greece r ce al also als would b be given n ai six alX submarines submarInes- but the navy said this w was a misunderstanding Delivery y of the ton 1500 undersea under under- sea vess vessels ls to Turk Turkey y will be completed com corn sometime in April along ng with the transfer of eight motor e vt ss-vt sweepers one net-laying net vessel ves yes sd sel one gasoline tanker and andl one Repair ep ir vess vessel l i This is the latest latest- latest in in a ft series serles of Mneri American a moves moves' to reinforce Gre Greece cc and Turkey and generally bo bolster bost stel r th the position the p position of the western pow powers rs in j the eastern Mediterranean nean a a a- target of Soviet Interests The navy has about about- submarines submarines sub sub- b- b marines in its operating and re re- re- re servel served fleets Russia Is reputed to have an ev even n larg larger r undersea f force possibly as many as In addition to the vessels forr for Turkey r eYt t the e navy announced no ced that s zI sic T- T motor gunboats have hav been bee handed over over to Gree Greece e under the Gre Greek k aid Id pi program gram These Th se tr transfers transfers' are are separate from Irom the state departments department's disclosure die dis closure Monday closure Monday of the sale of ot 11 1 mine sweepers pers to Greece and s seven ven to Turkey r Tied in with these developments are these oth other r recent moves to bolster Gree Greece e and g generally y strengthen the h American pO position n In the the Mediterranean an i 1 11 Approximately have haye i sailed for tor shipboard hip ard d duty ty on Ot American fleet units in hiT e eastern stern M Mediterranean I w waters t rs They carrIed carried car car- car car- ried ned equipment equipment- such such such-as' as tanks and flame flame- flamethrowers throwers suitable tot for landIng land land- ing InS operations p na and Jan land cam a tore More American tlc n d dj j tid r Greek aid ci are are being emp employed ed d to increase cre Gree Gre ce's ces e ann armed df forces for ah an offensive g t i m g guerillas guerillas' next Spring I f Sv American erI h noff officers have v ve been tot to duty ll i 18 o du duty y with all Greeks um down don to to dIvIsion division divi dIvI- sion II size Iii 4 Britain has haJj been authorized by by- bythe th the Un United ed Stat States Staten s. s fer 4 I 8 f Column Juin 4 4 UI u. S S. SUBS C rage Page ae One lend lease war materials directly to Greece Turkeys Turkey's dominant control of the vital Dardanelles waterway ate ay between the Mediterranean and Black sea is being supported by bythe bythe bythe the United States and Britain despite despite de de- spite R Russian demands for con con- cessions cession The soviet demands have hav covered covered cov coy ered ered and In Soviet propaganda propaganda's still s Ul apparently cover 1 1 Russian domination of ot the Dardanelles and 2 surrender to the Soviet Union of the northeastern Turkish provInces provinces inces laces of of- Kara Kars and The Turks Turk have rejected both type Fleet submarines are arc large modem modern vessels capable of operating operating operating ing at long range rang Tho The four to tobe tobe tobe be transferred are arc the Brill Blueback Blueback Blue Blue- back Boarfish n and Club foot long vessels built in 1941 1944 They are armed with 10 torpedo tubes and normally carry cany a crew of about 65 While the transfer to Turkey of ot torpedo boats and mine sweepers sweepers sweepers sweep sweep- ers had been contemplated since Ince the tart Start of ot the Turkish aid program pro program gram there had I been no previous official mention of submarines The navy said Greece also has hu received d six motor gunboats gunboat under the Greek aid pro pro- gram Strike Hits Nits Singapore SINGAPORE Jan 9 UP About P About stevedores and nd harbor employee em em- a struck ck F Friday y arid tied up I Singapore harbor w which h hie i c h is I crowded with some lame 35 ocean going vessels |