Good evening. Any time a shipment of weapons system components is intercepted on its way from cuba to north korea, its going to get attention. Thats the case tonight, in a story that reminds folks of another time, when jfk was in the white house and the world stood still during a standoff over weapons in cuba. While times have changed and the stakes are different this time, it was nonetheless an intercept of what appear to be illegal weapons components on board a vessel where they were hiding their cargo, hoping to get through the panama canal, and then halfway around the world, undetected. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs mark potter in miami. Reporter while it lacked the drama of some of the high seas encounters of the red scare years. It does appear two old enemies of the u. S. Were caught red handed. Panamanian Officials Say they first detained the ship known as the Chong Chon Gang because they suspected it carried illegal drugs. They found something entirely different. Panamas
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