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           Oratleast,thatwaswhatIcameheretorecommend.CertaingroupsintheReichfavorOperationDandelion;certainothersdonot.ItwashopedthatthoseopposingitcouldcometopoweruponthedeathofChancellorBormann."

           "Butwhileyouwerehere,"thegeneralsaid,"HerrBormanndiedandthepoliticalsituationtookitsownsolution.DoctorGoebbelsisnowReichsChancellor.Theupheavalisover."Hepaused."HowdoesthatfactionviewOperationDandelion?"

           Mr.Baynessaid,"DoctorGoebbelsisanadvocateofDandelion."

           Unnoticedbythem,Mr.Tagomiclosedhiseyes.

           "Whostandsopposed?"GeneralTedekiasked.

           Mr.Baynes’voicecametoMr.Tagomi."SSGeneralHeydrich."

           "Iamtakenbysurprise,"GeneralTedekisaid."Iamdubious.Isthislegitimateinformationoronlyaviewpointwhichyouandyourcolleagueshold?"

           Mr.Baynessaid,"AdministrationoftheEast—thatis,theareanowheldbyJapan—wouldbebytheForeignOffice.Rosenberg’speople,workingdirectlywiththeChancery.Thiswasabitterlydisputedissueinmanysessionsbetweentheprincipalslastyear.Ihavephotostatsofnotesmade.Thepolicedemandedauthoritybutwereturneddown.Theyaretomanagethespacecolonization,Mars,Luna,Venus.That’stobetheirdomain.Oncethisdivisionofauthoritywassettled,thepoliceputalltheirweightbehindthespaceprogramandagainstDandelion."

           "Rivalry,"GeneralTedekisaid."Onegroupplayedagainstanother.BytheLeader.Soheisneverchallenged."

           "True,"Mr.Baynessaid.