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.