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...massive buildup after the 1962 Cuban crisis, it has become, as Jane's Fighting Ships notes, "the supernavy of a superpower." Moscow's growing strength at sea has long since been noted in the Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean. But the fact is that the northern fleet, the smallest in the Soviet navy at the end of World War II, is now the biggest-the superfleet of a supernavy...
...took power in 1949, America's initial reaction was a hands-off policy. In January 1950, Truman made his now famous promise not to "pursue a course which will lead to involvement in the civil conflict in China." Yet when the Korean war broke out, Truman ordered the Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Straits and established the pattern of massive American military aid to Chiang Kai-shek's regime...
...offensive lineman gets stepped on, forearm shivered, pushed around by men outweighing him 40-50 Ibs. On top of all this, he can't use his hands to defend himself. And besides, the girls and sportswriters always look at the fleet footed backs first...
...Japan itself, the brief meeting between Hirohito and Nixon will overshadow the rest of the itinerary. Never have a U.S. President and a Japanese Emperor met in the 117 years since Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet of U.S. "black ships" opened feudal Japan to the West. Dwight Eisenhower nearly made it to Japan in 1960, but massive demonstrations by anti-American students in Tokyo forced Ike to turn back. Initially, the plans for the Emperor's tour called for no presidential appearance at Anchorage. Tentatively, Mrs. Nixon or Julie and David Eisenhower were being considered to meet the royal couple...
...part of the arrangement the CIA chartered airline, Air America, several years ago donated a small fleet of aircraft, including both Dakotas and helicopters, to the Prince, according to authoritative sources here. The CIA has used the planes in Southern Laos under the cover of the name "Boun Oum Airlines". In return Boun Oum has received a substantial income for "leasing" the aircraft to Air America...