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Welcome to episode 35 of Cold War Conversations.

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Today we talk with John Sutton, who owns a Foxtrot-class Soviet submarine moored in the middle of the River

Medway in Kent in the UK. This may seem an unlikely location for a Soviet submarine, but John

tells an interesting story of its history and how he acquired it. However, before we go further, I'd like to thank

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So back to today's episode. After viewing some of the photos of the submarine listing in the river,

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