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The two U.S. aircraft carriers that conducted flight operations off the Libyan coast last month will return to the area next week to keep up naval pressure on Libya’s leader, Col. Moammar Kadafi, Administration sources said. But no decision has been made on whether the Coral Sea and Saratoga, now making port calls in Italy at Trieste and Naples respectively, will enter the disputed Gulf of Sidra. Meanwhile, the State Department said that American wives of Libyan citizens, estimated to number about 100, will probably be allowed to remain in Libya despite President Reagan’s order that all Americans leave.
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