RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 219, Part I, 10 November 2000
KLEBANOV SAYS DIVERS FOUND SUB'S LOG BOOK. Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, who heads the government commission investigating the causes of the sinking of the "Kursk" nuclear submarine, said officials are studying the vessel's log book that divers found in the fourth compartment while seeking to recover bodies of the crew, Interfax reported on 9 November. According to Klebanov's spokeswoman, Oksana Onishchenko, the documents are "unreadable" and "there is nothing related to the accident," AP reported. Two notes were found on the bodies of submariners recovered from the submarine's ninth compartment. Also on 9 November, Russian General Staff chief Anatolii Kvashnin repeated earlier demands that Russia be allowed to inspect NATO submarines. He noted that while the alliance says none of its vessels were involved in the "Kursk" disaster, "doubts remain" in Russia, ITAR-TASS reported. JC
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