Russia Plans New Naval Bases in Cuba, Vietnam

Russia Plans New Naval Bases in Cuba, Vietnam

Russia: For the record. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Chirkov said today that Moscow is involved in talks toward establishing naval bases in Cuba, Vietnam and the Seychelles.

Comment: This is the first public notice of any plan to build more bases.

Iran-Syria: The Deputy Commander of the Revolutionary Guards, a general, said today, "Neither the friends of Syria nor the (anti-Israel) resistance movement (comprising Iranian, Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanon's Hezbollah...