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FOREIGN RELATIONS: Quick Relief

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TIME

The Army Air Forces’ plan to senda flight of B-29 Superforts around the world (TIME, Oct. 12) had giventhe State Department a global headache. Last week, both airmen anddiplomats took a headache powder. The flyers conveniently found thatthere were not enough long runways on the route, and State announcedwith relief that the aerial show of force was off.

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