defense of the "free world"; namely, a short cut through customs.
This was discovered when a big case of smuggling among U.S. airforce personnel came to light at the Clark air base in the Philippines, The news was published in Manila papers January 17 on the basis of information supplied by Philippine authorities,
The smuggling ring was discovered on December 22 when 2 9000 ‘wrist watches were found in a 0-47 military transport plane which had just arrived from Hong Kong,
On the same plane were ten U.S. officers headed by a lieutenant colonel, SS .
Philippine authorities said that they had long known about smuggling activities on planes coming from the United States, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bangkok. But this was the first time that they were able to catch any of these "freedom fighters" with the goods.
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