AT SEA: THE 40,000 TON KIEV, REGARDED IN THE WEST AS THE SOVIET UNION'S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERS THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH NATO PERMISSION.

Record ID: 1061665

  • Title: AT SEA: THE 40,000 TON KIEV, REGARDED IN THE WEST AS THE SOVIET UNION'S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERS THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH NATO PERMISSION.
  • Date: 31st July 1976
  • Summary: 1. AERIAL VIEW Soviet aircraft carrier 0.30 2. AERIAL VIEW escort ship 0.38 3. AERIAL VIEW aircraft carrier 0.53 Istanbul port authorities have reported that a second Soviet vessel, the missile launching cruiser Admiral Ushakov 15,450 tons, has also entered the Mediterranean from the Black Sea. Part of the difficulty in enforcing the 1936 treaty, is that the other parties to the Montreux Convention in addition to the four NATO powers are Japan, Yugoslavia and three of the Warsaw Pact countries - Bulgaria, Rumania and the Soviet Union itself. Initials OS/TA/AH/1600 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th August 1976 13:00
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  • Location: THE MEDITERRANEAN
  • Country: At Sea
  • Reuters ID: LVA7XUODDNR9LFDKDUQS8MADVLNE
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