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...next morning helicopters from the aircraft carrier identified the offending vessel as a Soviet nuclear-powered submarine of the Victor class. The 5,000-ton craft was limping home on the surface at a speed of 3 knots, under the escort of a Soviet cruiser flying a salvage flag. A telltale dent marked the spot where the submarine had grazed the bottom of the Kitty Hawk while trying to pass underneath. That is no easy feat; the huge carrier draws 50 feet of water...
...Caribbean, the U.S. aircraft carrier America and three escort ships left port in the Virgin Islands and cruised toward the Central American coast, where they will take part in readiness exercises this week. The task force is smaller than U.S. carrier fleets that plied the same waters seven months ago on White House orders, but the intention is the same: to warn the Marxist governments of nearby Nicaragua and Cuba that the U.S. will brook no interference in El Salvador, particularly during the elections...
...about three in the afternoon, the Russian Jew and I separated--he had to escort his pupils to the same museum which we had just visited...
...morning on Tuesday, my Intourist escort promptly picked me up at the hotel and drove me to the train station. By then, the thrill of being a stranger land had dissipated...
With that in mind, the U.S. and Britain have drawn up contingency plans to protect the Persian Gulf in the event of interference with international shipping. Both countries are prepared to escort vessels entering and leaving the gulf, carry out minesweeping operations and if necessary use force to prevent Iranian sea or air efforts to intercept oil traffic. The U.S. Navy maintains four ships in the Persian Gulf, besides a 30-ship flotilla, led by the aircraft carrier Midway, in the Indian Ocean. Britain has a missile-equipped destroyer, a modern frigate and a tanker in the region...