This is truly an arcane question. Do any of you Cold War specialists
out there know where I can find a copy of the 14 April 1950 report
NSC-68? Perhaps a website? I want to see if someone has scanned or
printed it before going to NARA.

Timothy L. Francis
Historian
Naval Historical Center
email address: Francis.Timothy@nhc.navy.mil
voice: (202) 433-6802

The above remarks are my opinions, not those of the U.S. Navy or the
Department of Defense

> ———-
> From: Mike Potter[SMTP:mike.potter@artecon.com]
> Reply To: mahan@microworks.net
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 12:21 PM
> To: mahan@microworks.net
> Subject: Carrier ops
>
> San Diego Union-Tribune reported this morning that USS Independence is
> proceeding to the Persian Gulf (USN’s “Arabian Gulf”) and is expected
> to
> arrive in a about a week.
>
> Carriers/Airwings at Sea:
> USS Nimitz (CVW-9): SOUTHERN WATCH, Arabian Gulf
> USS George Washington (CVW-1): SOUTHERN WATCH, Arabian Gulf
> USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74): JTFEX 98-1, west Atlantic
> USS Independence (CVW-5): west Pacific
>
> Each CVW has about 50 strike-capable aircraft, mostly F-18Cs. F-14Ds
> and
> S-3Bs have ground-attack capability. No word about surface combatants
>