U.S. Strategy for Nuclear Response

A few items of interest from Part I of Sunday morning’s (July 23) paper:

1. Tony Aliengena completes his Friendship Flight. His father praised the “tremendous reception” the group received in the Soviet Union and George Bush wants a copy of the Friendship Scroll signed by thousands of children during the trip.

2. Thousands of U.S. sailors and American citizens board three Soviet warships at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia to “exchange gifts, smiles and handshakes” and “foster good will.”

3. The Bush Administration is quietly revising the U.S. strategy for fighting a nuclear war to include the “creation of new weapons so devastating they could penetrate the deepest underground bunkers and ‘decapitate’ the entire Soviet leadership.”

Thanks, guys. I’m going back to bed.

SUSAN MENNING

Costa Mesa