Soviet technicians have begun work on setting up, near Damascus, launching sites for anti-aircraft guided missiles, it was reported in the Sunday Telegraph today in a dispatch from Beirut. The report said that other Soviet missile sites are planned for installation in Syria near the Israeli border.
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