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Subject:ACTUAL radio conversation From:Roger Smith <roger -dot- smith3 -at- VIRGIN -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 3 Feb 1998 09:13:37 +0000
This is the transcript of an ACTUAL radio conversation of a US naval
ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October,
1995.
> > **** Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-95.
> > Americans -
> > "Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid collision."
etc, etc, etc
This story was printed in its entirety in last Sunday's English "Sunday
Times", with a comment that showed that the writer thought it was a true
story!!!
