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"Mr Hong, this is Captain Mangyai"

He was answered by the gentle creak of the massive door as it was pulled open A small moon-faced man with thick-lensed spectacles peered cautiously around the edge "Ah, yes, Captain Please come in"

"Can I get you anything, Mr Hong?"

"No, I'm quite comfortable, thank you"

Hong's idea of coyai's

The onl

y suggestion of human habitation was a suitcase neatly stowed under a canvas folding cot, one blanket, a s from a bulkhead, its surface hidden under a pile of chemical analysis equipment The rest of the coold was stacked thirty high and ten deep in several rows Some bars were scattered on the deck next to the open crates, the unsanded sides stenciled with the disclosure: MERCURY IN GLASS

SUZAKA CHEMICAL COMPANY KYOTO,JAPAN

"How are you coyai asked

"I should have it all examined and crated by the time we reach port"

"How ilded lead bars did the Russians slip in?"

"None," said Hong, shaking his head "The count tallies, and every bar I've checked so far is pure"

"Strange they were so acco The shipment arrived at the preset hour Their dockworkers loaded it onboard without incinent

And ere cleared to depart without the usual administrative hassle

"I've never experienced such efficiency in any of s with Soviet port authorities"