Weedons security
Policemen and soldiers ’ continued their round-the- 1 clock surveillance of the , United States Navy’s com- | munications centre at Wee- ' dons yesterday, The guard began about a I week ago, said a policfe spokesman last evening. As i a result of a sabotage at- i tempt at the centre on ; Thursday evening, there had i been a “bit of rearranging” : but numbers involved in the i
watch remained about the same, he said. There were more soldiers than policemen guarding the base. The police spokesman declined to name the numinvolved or when the 24-hour surveillance would be withdrawn. In spite of inquiries, the police have failed to find the two men who were disturbed about 70m from the radio mast and chased by a soldier soon after 10 p.m. on Thursday.
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Press, 20 January 1979, Page 6
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