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The Thirty Days' War would be the immediate result. By that time, the Lunar Base would be completed and ready; the enemy missiles would be aimed primarily at the rocketports from which it was supplied. Delivered without warning, it should have succeeded  except that every rocketport had its secret duplicate and triplicate. THE THIRTY DAYS WAR WOULD BE THE IMMEDIATE RESULT BY THAT TIME THE LUNAR BASE WOULD BE COMPLETED AND READY THE ENEMY MISSILES WOULD BE AIMED PRIMARILY AT THE ROCKER PORTS FROM WHICH IT WAS SUPPLIED DELIVERED WITHOUT WARNING IT SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED EXCEPT THAT EVERY ROCKET PORT HAD ITS SECRET DUPLICATE AND TRIPLICATE
 I constructed an imaginary scene of his assassination...." He went on at length. Mohammed and Noureed were common enough names. The Middle East was full of old U. S. weapons. Stoning was the traditional method of execution; it diffused responsibility so that no individual could be singled out for blood-feud vengeance. "You have no idea how disturbed I was when the whole thing happened, exactly as I had described it," he continued. "And worst of all, to me, was this Intelligence officer showing up; I thought I was really in for it!" "Then you've never really believed that you had real knowledge of the future?" "I'm beginning to, since I've been talking to these Psionics and Parapsychology people," he laughed. It sounded, he hoped, like a natural and unaffected laugh. "They seem to be convinced that I have." There would be an Eastern-inspired uprising in Azerbaijan by the middle of the next year; before autumn, the Indian Communists would make their fatal attempt to seize East Pakistan. EAR EASTERN AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS I SUPPOSE I CONSTRUCTED AN IMAGINARY SCENE OF HIS ASSASSINATION HE WENT ON AT LENGTH MOHAMMED AND REED WERE COMMON ENOUGH NAMES THE MIDDLE EAST WAS FULL OF OLD U S WEAPONS STONING WAS THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF EXECUTION IT DIFFUSED RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT NO INDIVIDUAL COULD BE SINGLED OUT FOR BLOOD FEWED VENGEANCE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW DISTURBED I WAS WHEN THE WHOLE THING HAPPENED EXACTLY AS I DESCRIBED IT HE CONTINUED AND WORST OF ALL TO ME WAS THIS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SHOWING UP I THOUGHT I WAS REALLY IN FOR IT THEN YOU NEVER REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD REAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE I'M BEGINNING TO SINCE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THOSE PSYGONICS AND PAR PSYCHOLOGY PEOPLE HE LAUGHED IT SOUNDED I HOPED LIKE A NATURAL AND UNAFFECTED LAUGH THEY SEEM TO BE CONVINCED THAT I HAVE THERE WOULD BE AN EASTERN INSPIRED UPRISING AND A SERVIJOHN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT YEAR BEFORE AUTUMN THE INDIAN COMMUNISTS WOULD MAKE THEIR FATAL ATTEMPT TO SEIZE EAST PACISTAN
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