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column and then video from that area was lost.
Buhpendra's phone was now ringing incessantly& but he let it ring. Unless
brought specific word by his chief of staff regarding specific, planned
communications, he would not answer the phone anymore this day.
His thoughts turned to his family and he hoped for their safety in the bunker
forty kilometers to the north where they were located with Special Forces
guarding them and access to air evacuation should it become necessary. All of
the plans were in place and now all they could do was wait, hope and pray as
the drama unfolded.
Buhpendra knew that there would be surprises, failures and disappointments.
That was the nature of
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such operations& both militarily and politically. Rarely, if ever, did
everything go exactly as planned. He could only hope that the successes and
achievements of this day would outweigh the failures and disappointments and
that his family and he would come safely through it.
Whatever the outcome, Buhpendra knew that the final contest and battle were
now irrevocably joined in
Siberia. He and his comrades would at the very least, despite any mortal fate,
be comforted in the fact that they had dared against all odds and at great
risk to achieve great things. At the very best, they would hasten the day that
this part of the world and their own peoples enjoyed the blessings and
tranquility of peace and prosperity together, and they would live to see it
and tell about it.
They had aspired to worthy and good goals, and they had not shirked or avoided
the opportunity fulfill them, irrespective of the risk involved.
& and they had done so at a time when just such risks and daring exploits on
behalf of their peoples and their eventual liberty were desperately needed and
called for.
October 13, 2010, 06:50 local time
Politburo Executive Committee Meeting
Secret Hardened Facility
100 km North of Beijing
Order! We will have order in this room or I will have those who are unable to
restrain themselves forcibly removed! I promise each and every one of you, at
this stage, in this crisis, any members of this body who are required to be
removed in such a fashion will not be returning& not to this committee, not to
the Politburo, not to their homes.
I hope I have made myself clear.
As Jien Zemin completed his all too real threat and glared at the entire
assembly, Lu Pham glanced around the room at the other members of the
executive committee. Lu was actually glad that Jien was willing to use his
power and authority in this particular manner to restore order as the news of
the disasters in India and Siberia was relayed to them. Lu believed such
sternness was necessary.
Lu was no stranger to bad news& even after all of the years of achievement here
in the People's
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Republic of China he remembered well his younger years. Bad news had been the
norm in those early days in North Vietnam. One defeat after another& one
failure after another had beset the north in their long struggle against the
Americans. But in the end, it had been the Americans who had left Vietnam and
the North who had emerged victorious. Lu had no doubts that if the people
gathered in this room, and by projection, if the forces that they represented
and led, were able to muster the steel and the will, then history would repeat
itself, even with the disturbing news that they had received this morning.
Lu Pham listened as Jien Zenim, now having achieved the order and quiet that
he desired, continued on.
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I want to know how this could have happened. Clearly there has been treachery
at the highest levels& certainly within the Indian government, and perhaps
within our own.
I have instructed our intelligence services to use whatever means necessary
to root out those involved and then to pursue them with all diligence& even
those who may have escaped us for the time being. An abject example must be
made of each one& no matter how long it takes, no matter where it leads.
I am instructing our research and development teams, and Lu Pham, this is
directed principally at you, to redouble our focus and efforts on
technological systems that can counter our enemies, particularly the
Americans.
Their orbital bombardment is proving monumentally difficult to overcome, even
with the tremendous numeric advantage of our forces. Their new supercavitating
weapons seem to be the equal of, or better than, our own. Their active stealth
capabilities are rendering our ta shih systems less and less effective.
What must we do to regain the advantage? Lu, do you have any answer? Do you
have any news for us in this area?
Lu was surprised to have been pulled so early into a direct conversational and
presentation role in the meeting. Despite this, Lu stood with confidence where
he was, turned to the majority of the executive counsel, and spoke.
Mr. President, my comrades. It is true that the Americans are fielding more
and more technologically advanced weaponry, and that they are doing it with
surprising speed. But we are not defeated yet, nor shall we be as long as
there is breath left in my body.
Before speaking to some of our own technological breakthroughs and advances,
I would like to address this very point& our spirit and our will. As most of
you know, I worked in my early years on projects for what was then the North
Vietnamese government. Despite whatever bad news we may have heard today, I
tell you now it is nothing compared to the bad news we received in North
Vietnam during the late 1960's and early 1970's on a daily basis& in fact,
right up until we were victorious.
In those days, the Americans literally bombed us to the negotiating table and
they took away everything from those negotiations that they desired. We signed
treaties indicating that they had, in effect, won the war& but their victory in
1972 was a hollow one. They wanted anything that they could point to as
victory so they could withdraw. So, we gave it to them, and they did.
But why did they want to withdraw? Why were they so desperate for any victory
?
I can tell you why. It was because we bled them. For every man they lost, we
lost twenty or more, over a million to their fifty thousand. But we were
willing to lose them in the fight in order to win the war& and in the end& we
did.
We must have the strength and the will to persevere in the same way today.
You all know the history. Two years after their so-called victory, we simply
ignored the treaty and invaded. The Americans did not have the will or the
stomach for the fight. Their citizenry had had enough.
The anti-war segment of their society was now calling the shots. There would
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have been more protests, and maybe even riots in the streets, had America
chosen to re-open old war wounds by returning and making certain that the
treaty terms were met. The potential protestors and rioters were our
staunchest allies, in that respect. So America sat by and watched us do what
we had promised by treaty not to do.
And they abandoned their equipment, they abandoned their honor and they
abandoned their friends and
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allies& and we emerged victorious.
We can have the same spirit and the same will today. We can instill it into
those who work with and for us. If we succeed in doing that& then all of our
technological wonders will be icing on the cake and they will hasten our
ultimate victory.
The members of the executive committee were mesmerized by Lu's presentation
and his attitude and demeanor. They took heart from it and Jien Zenim stood
back and watched it happen, watched as this foreigner, who had meant so much
to their successes in the past, now helped him turn what almost any other
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