"Omega" Story Corrections

Last week's front page story contained a couple of typographical errors. The important one changed the sense of the quote from the US Navy Secretary. What he actually said was "the Omega Navigational System was an essential part of US Naval operations in the Pacific...."

The other error was minor and altered only the fluency. The article should have ended"...... the Americans, who reveal things to us poor, dumb Kiwis only when it pleases them."

This week we print a letter from one B. Jones, who asserts that the Omega system is designed for commercial shipping. If this were true, why would the US Navy Secretary have said that Omega was essential for Naval operations?