“Six seconds!”
Speaking rapidly in a clipped Northern accent, General Ware said, “Admiral, this unilateral decision seems a breach of military honor.…”
The gavel rapped and the general fell silent. Hansen could have sworn that Ware did not get his full six seconds.
“According to my reasoning,” the admiral said, “the breach has been made already, by them. The CIA believes a fall-off in defections from behind the iron curtain is a point in favor of Queen Swap, the CIA’s opinion fortifies my belief it is not. The fall-off represents a firmer hand in control of the party apparatus. That hand, gentlemen, does not belong to Premier Gregorovitch. If there has been a withdrawal within the Soviet Union, the Russian men will not let us know it because they are quite willing to swap a dead pig in
