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from the missing submarine.

It's being said in Washington

that the Los Angeles was on a routine

reconnaissance mission off Iran

when she sank last Tuesday

with a loss of all hands.

After paying tribute

to her 127 officers and men,

the President said he held the Soviet

Union responsible for their deaths

and for the vessel's disappearance.

The unprovoked attack

on our submarine and the move into Iran

are the actions

of a reckless and warlike power.

I have to warn the Soviets

in the clearest possible terms

that they risk taking us to the brink

of an armed confrontation

with incalculable consequences

for all mankind.

Britain has

emergency plans for war.

If central government should ever fail,

power can be transferred instead

to a system of local officials

dispersed across the country.

In an urban district like Sheffield,

there is already

a designated wartime controller.

He's the city's peacetime chief executive.

If it should suddenly become necessary,

he can be given

full powers of internal government.

When, or if, this happens

depends on the crisis itself.

The United States

government has been forced

to take action to safeguard

what it believes are legitimate

Western interests in the Middle East.

This administration

has therefore resolved

to send units of its rapid deployment

force, the US Central Command,

into western Iran.

We are confident that the Soviet Union

will take note of our resolve

and will desist from

its present perilous course of action.

There's an important score

from the Hawthorns,

where West Brom have taken the lead

over Manchester United.

It's West Brom 1, Manchester United 0,

McKenzie getting

that all-important goal...

Thank you very much, sir.

Thank you.

If you want to tighten up

the thigh muscles,

the only piece of equipment you want

is a chair with legs.

Right, I'll just let you listen...

Hello.

Mary, contact the following people and

have them in my office in ten minutes.

They're to get here right away.

Is that clear?

Right. You got a pencil? OK.

Alan Boulton, George Cox,

Roger Fisher, Susan Russell...

Yes, Administration,

Tony Barnes, Roy Chamberlain...

It's busy for a Wednesday, in't it?

You'd think it were Christmas.

What about the food situation?

What have we got?

And what about flour?

What else is there?

Corned beef.

I hope it's not from Argentina.

OK, what about supplies

to the first-aid post?

Is that all? Well, that's not

going to get us very far, is it?

What?

Well, I'm sure I don't know if I'm honest.

We've heard nothing

about emergency powers as yet.

Anyway, don't make a song and dance

about it. Just get on with it.

And don't tell anybody

you don't have to, eh? OK.

The remaining units of the

United States Tenth Airborne Division,

which parachuted

into western Iran yesterday,

have taken up defensive positions

near Isfahan,

designed to block any possible move

towards the oilfields in the Persian Gulf.

Squadrons of B-52 bombers

are arriving at US bases in Turkey...

- All right?

- All right.

... together with

three AWACS early-warning aircraft.

They'll be used in a supporting role

to the Middle East task force.

All right, John?

The 84th Airborne Division has also been

placed on a state of combat readiness...

- Come to give me a hand, then?

- No chance. I'm knackered.

Not too knackered to be going out,

though, I see.

It's different, in't it?

I need a break. I've been down at t'house

every night this week.

- How's it coming on?

- Not too bad.

Trying to get t'living room

and bedroom finished.

Ruth says will you take some flowers

down when you've finished?

- Third since teatime.

- Aye.

- Where they going to?

- Finningley, I suppose.

Pop down to WH Smith's and

buy yourself an aircraft spotter's book.

Make a change from gardening.

You can laugh

but there's summat going on.

There'll be summat going on tonight

after a few pints.

Don't be going mad. You haven't only

got yourself to think about.

Why not? Might as well enjoy myself

while I'm single.

- Not long to go now, you know.

- You could be right there.

- Come on.

- I'll have a half.

Half? What's up with you? Getting

into training for when you're married?

Two bitters, please. Cheers.

In a statement issued a short time ago

by the Pentagon,

the United States

has accused the Soviet Union

of moving nuclear warheads into their

new base at Mashad in northern Iran.

According to the American spokesman...

Hey, I were watching that.

Turn it back again.

... aboard two giant Antonov transport

planes late yesterday afternoon,

and were moved under cover

into temporary hangars.

I were watching about t'Far East

and he turns it over.

- Far East? What's going on there?

- Iran. The Americans have just...

Iran? That's not the Far East, you pillock,

that's the Middle East.

China, Hong Kong, that's the Far East.

So what? It's far enough, in't it?

Sooner go to t'Near East myself.

Scarborough and Skegness.

Skeggy? I'd rather watch

my toenails grow than go there.

Never mind that rubbish.

What about these two birds sat there?

NATO's position

on the United States' action in sending...

- You're dead right. It's getting serious.

- There's nowt we can do about it.

Might as well enjoy ourselves

whilst we can.

Don't it scare you, what it might lead to?

Yeah, but there's nowt

we can do about it, is there?

If the bomb does drop, I wanna be pissed

out of my mind and underneath it.

Arriving here in Brussels

a short time ago,

the NATO Secretary General...

Come on, you miserable bugger.

It's all these family responsibilities.

- You're acting like a married man.

- It'll not be long now.

You might as well make t'best of it

whilst you can.

What about

chatting these two birds up, then?

- I can't do that.

- Come on. It might be your last chance.

Anyway, if we are gonna cop it,

might as well go out with a bang.

Can't be many better ways of going,

I suppose. Blown up on t'job.

The Prime Minister has issued

a message of support for the US.

The statement just released

from Downing Street

condemns what it calls

"reckless Soviet actions

"which can only worsen

an already grave situation."

To the Director of Technical Services.

Please let me know what fuel stocks

are held in each depot.

Please ensure tanks are topped up and

fuel is used for essential works only.

There's been no response

from the Soviet government

to the United States' ultimatum

delivered to Moscow last night.

It calls for joint withdrawal

of all US and Soviet forces from Iran

by noon on Sunday.

However, NATO observers

in West Germany

have reported increasing build-ups of

Warsaw Pact troops and vehicles

at points

along the central frontier this morning.

The Ministry of Defense is sending

more troops to Europe

to reinforce

the British commitment to NATO.

The first contingents

left RAF Brize Norton this morning.

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Demonstrations took place

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