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Milo

           "GeneralDreedlehadtheunco-operativefighter-planecommandertransferredtotheSolomonIslandstodiggravesandreplacedhimwithasenilecolonelwithbursitisandacravingforlitchinutswhointroducedMilototheB-17generalonthemainlandwithayearningforPolishsausage.

           "PolishsausageisgoingforpeanutsinCracow,"Miloinformedhim.

           "Polishsausage,"sighedthegeneralnostalgically."Youknow,I’dgivejustaboutanythingforagoodhunkofPolishsausage.Justaboutanything."

           "Youdon’thavetogiveanything.Justgivemeoneplaneforeachmesshallandapilotwhowilldowhathe’stold.Andasmalldownpaymentonyourinitialorderasatokenofgoodfaith."

           "ButCracowishundredsofmilesbehindtheenemylines.Howwillyougettothesausage?"

           "There’saninternationalPolishsausageexchangeinGeneva.I’lljustflythepeanutsintoSwitzerlandandexchangethemforPolishsausageattheopenmarketrate.They’llflythepeanutsbacktoCracowandI’llflythePolishsausagebacktoyou.YoubuyonlyasmuchPolishsausageasyouwantthroughthesyndicate.There’llbetangerinestoo,withonlyalittleartificialcoloringadded.AndeggsfromMaltaandScotchfromSicily.You’llbepayingthemoneytoyourselfwhenyoubuyfromthesyndicate,sinceyou’llownashare,soyou’llreallybegettingeverythingyoubuyfornothing.Doesn’tthatmakessense?"

           "Sheergenius.

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