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“I just found out the Chinese have one last trick up their sleeve,” Cabrillo said “A dooas”

“Do you know the location and type?” Hanley said

Cabrillo rattled off the chemical composition

“We’ll get to work here figuring out how to render the gas inert,” Hanley said

“Good,” Cabrillo said “That frees me up to pinpoint the exact location”

“So to say that”

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THEOregon was surging into the Bay of Bengal in preparation for the tea in Lhasa had reached the news azine reporters, and radio tea final preparations to enter the country To maintain the veil of secrecy necessary for the Corporation to conduct business, they needed to be away from Tibet before the reporters appeared

So far the plan had worked like clockwork, but there was still a wild card to contend with

The Russian ruse had successfully tied up the Chinese army far to the north, but the risk noas fro ordered squadrons of bohter planes to attack the country, the results would be catastrophic The Dungkar forces had li of Lhasa would result in heavy losses

The only hope was if the news media could shine the beacon of truth on China

If the world could be shown via television that the Tibetans had overthrown their oppressors on their own and that the control of Tibet was in the hands of the people and their divine leader the Dalai La by China would be taken for what it was—a senseless act of brutality The ensuing ide condemnation would be a burden even China could not bear

Hanley placed a call to Bhutan and ordered the C-130 to prepare to evacuate his team

“CLIMBER one,” Murphy said, “to Rescue”

Gurt was steering the Bell 212 above a ed peaks to each side Several miles in the distance, the rescue helicopter was visible on the ground As Murphy watched through his binoculars, the rotor blade started to spin, then gain speed until it was just a blur