The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) inaugurated today a new air command intended to track Soviet submarines in the Mediterranean and to interpret the intentions and capability of the Russian fleet there, it was reported here from Naples. NATO Secretary-General Manilo Brosio warned, at a ceremony introducing the command, that “any crisis in the Mediterranean and Middle East would have world consequences.” Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer of the United States, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, said that the expanded Soviet Mediterranean fleet “indicated more than just a desire to be present.” The new command is called Marairmed and consists of U.S., British and Italian planes. Greece and Turkey are slated to participate later.
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