NATO MANEUVERS UNDERWAY IN LATVIA.

The joint military exercise "Cooperative Best Effort-97" began yesterday at Latvia’s Adazi military base. Some 400 ground and airborne troops, most of them from the U.S, the Baltic states, and Ukraine are involved. The scenario envisages a peacekeeping operation to localize a conflict between two countries, joint protection of military bases, escorting prisoners, and shooting practice. The U.S. is paying most of the expenses for the exercise, which is being held under NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. (International agencies, September 8-9)

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