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was a genuine hero of the motherland. Someday I'll tell you about it." He paused thoughtfully. "Well, this means that we'll have to approach that captain in the Black Sea Fleet, the one who contacted us asking to join Soyuz. |
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"In the meantime, I've made considerable progress with old Yulin. He's not necessarily for us, but not against us, either. That means we have the Kremlin guard on our side. Yuri Kalinin should be bringing his three air regiments along with him; we'll know by the end of the week." Kondratiev laughed. "I'm looking forward to seeing Cherny's face when we arrest him." |
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"What do you want me to do?" |
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"Stay with Eduard, keep him out of mischief. His name still means something to the old veterans. We can dispose of him after the putsch," Kondratiev said, his confidence rising. |
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"All right, but it's boring duty," said the dubious voice of Admiral Aleyev's driver. "By the way, I hear you are to be approached by some of the dinosaurs. Watch out there. They still have steel teeth." |
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Kondratiev laughed heartily. "I have a dinosaur here right now, in the next room. Just a baby, though, hardly out of his shell. Don't worry, Mikhail. You'll see. We'll have them all eating out of our hands, teeth pulled, inside of ten days. Just ten days, Mikhail, and we'll own the world." |
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