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It won't exist only on paper very long, Chalmers thought. He was wondering what Operation Triple Cross was; he had some notes on it, but he had forgotten what they were. IT WON'T EXIST ONLY ON PAPER VERY LONG CHALMERS THOUGHT HE WAS WONDERING WHAT OPERATION TRIPLE CROSS WAS HE HAD SOME NOTES ON IT BUT HE HAD FORGOTTEN WHAT THEY WERE
 world empire. Or something he calls Operation Triple Cross, that saved the country during some fantastic war he imagined...." "_What did you say?_" The question cracked out like a string of pistol shots. Everybody turned. The quiet man in the brown tweed suit had spoken; now he looked as though he were very much regretting it. "Is there such a thing as Operation Triple Cross?" Fitch was asking. "No, no. I never heard anything about that; that wasn't what I meant. It was this Terran Federation thing," the major said, a trifle too quickly and too smoothly. He turned to Chalmers. "You never did any work for PSPB; did you ever talk to anybody who did?" he asked. "I don't even know what the letters mean," Chalmers replied. "Politico-Strategic Planning Board. It's all pretty hush-hush, but this term Terran Federation is a tentative name for a proposed organization to take the place of the U. N. if that organization breaks up. It's nothing particularly important, and it only exists on paper. UT SOMETHING HE CALLS A TERRAN FEDERATION SOME KIND OF WORLD EMPIRE OR SOMETHING HE CALLS OPERATION TRIPLE CROSS THAT SAVE THE COUNTRY DURING SOME FANTASTIC QUARRY IMAGINE WHAT DID YOU SAY THE QUESTION CRACKED OUT LIKE A STRING OF PISTOL SHOTS EVERYBODY TURNED THE QUIET MAN IN THE BROWN TWEED SUIT HAD SPOKEN NOW HE LOOKED AS THOUGH HE WERE VERY MUCH REGRETTING IT IS THERE SUCH A THING AS OPERATION TRIPLE CROSS FITCH WAS ASKING NO NO I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT IT WAS THIS TERRAN FEDERATION THING THE MAJOR SAID A TRIFLE TOO QUICKLY AND TOO SMOOTHLY HE TURNED TO CHALMERS YOU NEVER DID ANY WORK FOR P B DID YOU EVER TALK TO ANYBODY WHO DID HE ASKED I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE LETTER MEANS CHALMERS REPLIED POLITICAL STRATEGIC PLANINGBOARD IT'S ALL PRETTY HUSH HUSH BUT THIS TERM TERRAN FEDERATION IS A TENTATIVE NAME FOR A PROPOSED ORGANIZATION TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE U N THAT ORGANIZATION BREAKS UP IT'S NOTHING PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND IT ONLY EXISTS ON PAPER
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