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Potential use of the S-3 Viking by the FRG:
The part about German maintenance of Sixth Fleet Vikings was interesting. As an aside the will-they won't-they of the Norwegian Orion purchase occupied a fair amount of State Department attention in that period (as did the Japanese selection) by the look of things.
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State Dept cable 1975-14106
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The part about German maintenance of Sixth Fleet Vikings was interesting. As an aside the will-they won't-they of the Norwegian Orion purchase occupied a fair amount of State Department attention in that period (as did the Japanese selection) by the look of things.