zben@umcp-cs.UUCP (09/02/83)
In 1978, when the Soviets shot down the last airliner to violate their airspace (it crash-landed on a frozen lake, remember?) there was talk of hidden reconnaisance (sp?) cameras on board. Hiding military cargo on civilan craft is not a new thing. That it was done during the world wars is probably the reason the Lusitania was sunk... Remember, they very seldom tell you ALL the truth... Ben (They fooled me once) Cranston
preece@uicsl.UUCP (09/08/83)
#R:umcp-cs:-235300:uicsl:5400017:000:307 uicsl!preece Sep 7 16:10:00 1983 Well, the White House is waffling. The latest from Speakes is that we have NEARLY irrefutable evidence that the Soviets SHOULD have known it was a civilian plane and that the probability of confusion was minuscule. One begins to wonder if perhaps we've been conned by the edited transcripts we've been fed.