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<P>In March of 1972 Dr. R. John Rutten was practicing family medicine in Santa Barbara California when he was contacted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Before taking up a public sector career Dr. Rutten had obtained specialized training and experience in diving medicine while operating decompression chambers for the US Navy. It was that expertise that won him the attention of the CIA.</P><P>The plan was to secretly raise the Soviet K-129 nuclear-armed submarine that had sunk in 1968. The Hughes Glomar Explorer the tremendous deep-sea drilling platform that would carry the crew on their journey was still under construction at the time. Two years after being recruited in August of 1974 Dr. Rutten and forty-five companions flew a private charter to Hawaii where they boarded the completed Explorer. He was assigned to B-Crew charged with exploring and recovering the submarine after its miraculous discovery at a depth of 17000 feet two months earlier.</P><P>In this firsthand historical account Dr. Rutten recounts his seven weeks with the B-Crew aboard the Hughes Glomar Explorer as they attempt to elude the ever-watchful Soviet trawlers to exhume a priceless relic of Soviet engineering.</P>