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The engineer moved a few steps closer "You're not supposed to be here This area is off lier service crew"

Still no answer

Then the engineer noticed a strange ainst the side of the fuel tank Two strands of copper wire ran fro

"A bo a damn bomb!"

He swung around and began running wildly down the ay, shouting He'd taken no more than five steps when the narrow steel confines echoed with a noise like twin handclaps in quick succession, and the hollow-point bullets from a silenced automatic tore into the back of his head

The obligatory toasts were voiced and the glasses of iced vodka downed and quickly refilled Pokofsky did the honors fro gaze of the man seated on a leather sofa

Geinar Ombrikov, chief of the KGB residency in Havana, was not in a congenial mood "Your report won't sit ith ent lost under your coence"

"This is a cruise ship," Pokofsky said, his face reddening in resentned and placed in service for the purpose of bringing in hard Western currency for the Soviet treasury We are not a floating headquarters for the Committee for State Security"

"Then how do you explain the ten agents our foreign directorate assigned onboard your vessel to ers?"

"I try not to think about it"

"You should," O tone

"I have enough to keepthis ship," Pokofsky said quickly "There aren't enough hours intoo"

"Still, you should have taken better precautions If the American politicians escape and tell their story, the horrendous repercussions will have a disastrous effect on our foreign relations"

Pokofsky set his vodka on the liquor cabinet without touching it

"There is no place they can hide for long on this ship They will be back in our hands inside the hour"