The World - News from Oct. 13, 1985
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Greenpeace’s seaborne protest against French nuclear tests in the South Pacific short-circuited when the organization’s new flagship was forced into port with a faulty generator. The tug Greenpeace ended a vigil off Mururoa atoll and headed for Tahiti after the breakdown, a spokesman for the environmental group said. The tug faced an uncertain welcome in Papeete, capital of French Polynesia. French authorities have marshaled a large naval and military force against the protest group.
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