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Article: Clouds of war renew tourist interest in Churchill's hide-out.(The Seattle Times)
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- March 17, 2003
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Byline: Carol Pucci
LONDON _ Paris has its sewers; Rome its catacombs; and Vienna its web of underground tunnels.
Hidden discoveries await those who dig below the surface of Europe's great cities. In London, the current draw is a former government storage basement with a sand-bagged entrance and a 500-pound bomb on display in the lobby.
The Cabinet War Rooms, the underground sanctuary where Winston Churchill and his lieutenants worked as the Germans bombed London during World War II, have taken on new significance in the aftermath of Sept. 11 and the pending war with Iraq.
About half of the 300,000 annual visitors are Americans, ...