Word: suda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington treaty not directly related to NATO. Greece could break the treaty, though at week's end, it had given no indication that it would do so. Loss of the sites would deprive America of its antisubmarine warfare base and Sixth Fleet resupply facilities at Crete's Suda Bay (described by one U.S. officer as "one of the best natural harbors in the world"). It would also mean giving up bases on Crete and near the Bulgarian border, where tactical nuclear warheads are stockpiled...