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...press conference last week President Reagan played down the importance of the U.S. troop maneuvers to be conducted jointly with Honduras over the next six months and the unilateral Navy operations now under way off both coasts of Nicaragua. "We have conducted joint exercises with Latin American countries on a regular basis since 1965," he said. That is indeed the case. He went on to add, "These are maneuvers of the kind we've been holding regularly." On that point there can be some debate...
...ground-troop exercises in Honduras, known as Big Pine II, will involve upwards of 3,000 U.S. combat troops for two months beginning in November. Among the past exercises on the ground in Central America...
...Central America is based in Panama to protect the canal. It includes 9,000 Army, Navy and Air Force personnel, who man an infantry brigade, a squadron of A-7 light attack jets and a Special Forces airborne battalion. Although these forces could be carried by C-130 troop transports to Honduras or Nicaragua in less than two hours, security of the canal presumably would be of great concern in a military crisis in Central America. Any responding American troops would probably be airlifted from the U.S. in the manner soon to be rehearsed...
...attempt by Carter to spring a much feared "October surprise" in the campaign, such as gaining freedom for the U.S. embassy hostages held captive in Tehran. The Post claimed that Casey had used retired military officers who favored Reagan's election to report any unusual U.S. troop movements that might signal a dramatic move by Carter abroad. Indeed, Carter's failure to secure the release of the hostages probably contributed more to his loss to Reagan than did the debate. Most polls had the election extremely close at the time of the debate, just a week before...
...images of the bitter clashes involved in integrating "Ole Miss" were revived late last month when the recordings of key discussions on the topic, held by then President John F. Kennedy '40, were released. From the transcripts emerge the drama surrounding the conflict--lengthy discussions of troop maneuverings and crowd control. At one point, Kennedy even inquired about arresting a Southern military figure who championed the segregationists. The main image conveyed by the more than 100 pages of dialogue over two days was the straightforward nature of the conflict--JFK unflinchingly insisted on integration proceedings, because of his duty...