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delivered to Moscow last night.

It calls for joint withdrawal

of all US and Soviet forces from Iran

by noon on Sunday.

However, NATO observers

in West Germany

have reported increasing build-ups of

Warsaw Pact troops and vehicles

at points

along the central frontier this morning.

The Ministry of Defense is sending

more troops to Europe

to reinforce

the British commitment to NATO.

The first contingents

left RAF Brize Norton this morning.

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Demonstrations took place

up and down the country,

both for and against the government's

decision to reinforce Europe.

Although most of these passed off

without incident,

police made a number of arrests

for disorderly conduct

at rallies in the North and Midlands.

The government has taken control

of British Airways and the ferries.

They say it's a temporary step

to help move troops to Europe.

Thousands are stranded

at Heathrow and Gatwick.

And the Royal Navy is to guard

the North Sea oil rigs.

The MOD says

it's a prudent precautionary measure.

They are playing with, at best,

the destruction of life as we know it,

and at worst, total annihilation.

You cannot win a nuclear war.

Now, just suppose

the Russians win this war.

What exactly would they be winning?

What would they have conquered?

Well, I'll tell you.

All major centers of population

and industry will have been destroyed.

What industry?

We ain't got no industry in Sheffield.

Yes, and if the money hadn't...

If the money hadn't been spent on

nuclear weapons, you'd have industry.

Get back to bloody Russia!

Where's your red flag?

We'd have put money into welfare,

found alternative sources of energy.

Industry...

Industry will have been destroyed,

oil refineries will have been destroyed,

all our water will have been polluted,

the soil will have been irradiated,

farm stock will be dead,

diseased or dying.

The Russians would have conquered

a corpse of a country.

Let us pray.

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come...

Since the expiry of the US

ultimatum to the Soviet Union yesterday,

there have been intense efforts

to mediate between the two countries.

There is still no information

from Iran itself.

No news teams have been allowed in or

out since phone and telex links were cut.

This morning the Foreign Secretary said

he had no definite news to report

and that it would be unhelpful to

speculate without any hard information.

There's been a run on tinned food,

sugar and other storable items,

which is causing shortages

in some areas.

A spokesman for the main supermarket

chain said panic buying is unnecessary.

Fuel shortages are hindering resupply

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