Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!pesnta!scc!steiny From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: Reagan's joke Message-ID: <176@scc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 16:05:09 EDT Article-I.D.: scc.176 Posted: Wed Oct 3 16:05:09 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Oct-84 02:25:45 EDT References: <479@tty3b.UUCP> <1731@sdcc6.UUCP>, <5971@mcvax.UUCP>, <1380@qubix.UUCP> <246@digi-g.UUCP> Organization: Personetics, Inc. - Santa Cruz, Calif. Lines: 16 *** The San Franciscio Chronicle today (oct. 3, 1984) had an article titled "A Scary Footnote To Reagan's Joke About Russia". Tokyo One afternoon in August, according to well in- formed sources here, the Soviet Far Eastern headquarters suddenly dispached a message that said: "We now embark on military action against the U.S. forces.: The message was canceled 30 minutes later, the longest time a message of this sort had gone uncancled. It was apparently in retaliation for Reagan's joke.