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...whereabouts. Earlier in the week the self-styled Conqueror had displayed his ample, 300-lb. presence, bedecked in a blue air marshal's uniform and ribbons, in different parts of Jinja. Driving around the city in his favorite Citroën-Maserati, and followed by a fleet of Mercedes-borne aides, he alternately threatened his dispirited troops with execution and pleaded with them to withstand the "exhausted" enemy. Late Friday, Amin's voice came over Radio
After watching the UNH boat perform its imitation of the Greek fleet at Salamis, the race was begun a third time, this time 500 meters from the original starting position, thus cutting the course to 1100 meters...
...military involvement in the Middle East" as a stabilizing force. Among other measures, he favors the U.S.'s taking over the sprawling air base at Etzion, which the Israelis will be giving up as they evacuate the Sinai. He also suggests that Washington consider reinforcing the U.S. Mediterranean fleet and establishing a naval base at Haifa...
Before you visited this area you put on a big show of power. You now declare you will create a new fleet in the south of our area. What is this peace that you are covering with sophisticated weapons...
Mintoff has been as wary of the Soviets as he has of the British and their NATO allies. He barred the U.S. Sixth Fleet from liberty visits to Malta in 1972. But he has also refused to let Moscow establish an embassy. Mintoff has tried to pursue a course that he calls "positive neutrality." Aside from China, which is helping Malta build a drydock for supertankers, at a cost of $40 million, Mintoffs greatest friend of the moment is Libya. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi last week pledged "total support," but nobody knows exactly what that may mean. Many Maltese nevertheless resent...