The World - News from Aug. 9, 1985
About 65,000 British military personnel will take part in an exercise Sept. 2-13 designed to thwart any attack by Soviet assassination and sabotage teams. Lt. Gen. John Akehurst, commander of the British force, said about 1,000 U.S. troops will also take part in what he called the biggest home war games since the end of World War II. He said the Soviet Union is training special forces, known as spetsnaz, to knock out key installations and assassinate leaders.
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