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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "danny burstein"  wrote in message news:uk816d$c4p$1@reader1.panix.com...   
      
   In  a425couple    
   writes:   
      
   >A good one, I add two newsgroups--   
      
   [snip]   
      
   Reminds me of one of the greatest Diplomatic Uckfay You's that   
   came about in this event.  Note that I had read it back then,   
   but have never been able to find later documention.  So it   
   sounded legit, but again...   
      
   Anyway, as the reports had it, the Russians demanded that Japan   
   return Belenko.  Oh, and especially the plane.   
      
   To which the Japanese replied that Belenko was being investigated   
   for illegally entering the country, and the prosecution needed   
   to hold onto the plane for evidence...   
      
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   His book "MIG PILOT" is interesting for its perspective on Soviet life, and   
   their clumsily propagandized misrepresentation of America, which he could   
   see through. For instance a video of the poor in a New York slum showed the   
   streets choked with parked cars, a barely attainable luxury for most   
   Soviets.   
      
   The MiG-25 that flew over Israel at Mach 3.2 reportedly needed a new engine   
   when it landed. It was their best export seller, the world's hottest hot rod   
   for dictators' sons.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)