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...encounter on the seven-day, 15,000-mile journey to four countries. The statement also cautioned them about "treacherous, steep drop-offs" on the road between Caracas and the airport, the undertow off Rio de Janeiro's beaches, bad drinking water in Nigeria and poisonous mamba snakes in Liberia...
Carter's latest foray-to Venezuela, Brazil, Nigeria and Liberia-is a kind of footnote to the grueling nine-day, 18,500-mile global marathon he embarked upon in December. Planned by Brzezinski, that mammoth jaunt was supposed to include three of the four countries Carter will now visit. They were lopped off the itinerary when someone realized that the President-or any other mortal-would have trouble keeping up the pace of such a tour. Having promised a visit to Venezuela, Brazil and Nigeria, however, Carter was obviously obliged to follow up. Liberia was added more or less...
Carter's visit to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, is more of a stopover: 3½ hours long. Still, it will be the first by a U.S. President since Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1943 visit after a conference with Winston Churchill in Casablanca. The main topic for lunchtime discussion with President William R. Tolbert Jr. is likely to be regional economic cooperation...
Your article left the impression that all shipowners are flocking to Liberia and Panama to avoid the expenses associated with U.S. registration. In fact, many American owners, including the major oil companies, are equipping their ships with the most advanced navigation equipment available, regardless of where the ships are registered...
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association Leader Jesse Calhoon cited lax Liberian standards for licensing ship captains as one reason for all the tanker problems. In Liberia, he says-with considerable exaggeration-"you could be throwing coconuts out of a tree last week and be the master of a vessel this week...