From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton
Newsgroups: net.chess
Title: Re: Belle seized
Article-I.D.: watmath.2561
Posted: Wed Jun  9 19:28:18 1982
Received: Thu Jun 10 01:00:13 1982
References: sri-unix.1655

Giggle.  Well, it looks like ol' Ronnie and his boys are finally showing
their stripes.  This is certainly an attempt to stop a leak in the iron
curtain.  If the Russians learned as much as the Americans on how to play
chess, would they be the better for it????  (Oops, maybe I said that backwards!)

In view of the state of the current western economy, could this be a step up
in the cold war so that Alexander the not-so-great can get on with his hawkish
intents?  Who can say?  Provocation varies inversly with the triviality of
the offense.  I hope Ma Bell will defend Ken Thompson on this rather than
allow him to be thrown to the wolves (or the bears?).

John Winterton.