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Officer's Mess, Santiago Air Force Base, Santiago Santander, 16 January, 0920 hrs

Lieutenant San Martin looked at Captain Hartmann incredulously. "You were giving us the straight word? I don't believe it. I can't believe it."

Hartmann, San Martin, and most of the pilots of their squadron were listening raptly to the Global News Network's rebroadcast of Lourdes' speech. When Menshikov began to speak, however, all eyes turned to Hartmann. He tried to, but couldn't, look smug. That bastard, thought Hartmann. He was Balboan all along. Working for them, anyway. And he convinced me to lie, by telling the truth . . . by lying.

Everyone present thought Hartmann's laugh was in self congratulation. He didn't try to disabuse them of the notion.