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    Third Planet
    Third Planet
    Third Planet
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    Third Planet

    By Murray Leinster

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    The aliens had lost their lives to nuclear war—but their loss might be the salvation of Earth!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEndymion Press
    Release dateAug 28, 2016
    ISBN9781531295684
    Third Planet
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    Murray Leinster

    Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American science fiction and alternate history writer. He was a prolific author with a career spanning several decades, during which he made significant contributions to the science fiction genre.

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      Third Planet - Murray Leinster

      THIRD PLANET

      ..................

      Murray Leinster

      ENDYMION PRESS

      Thank you for reading. If you enjoy this book, please leave a review or connect with the author.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Murray Leinster

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

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      I

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      IT WAS, AS USUAL, A decision on which the question of peace or atomic war depended. The Council of the Western Defense Alliance, as usual, had made the decision. And, as usual, the WDA Coordinator had to tell the Com Ambassador that the Coms had won again. The WDA would not risk atomic war over a thirty-mile shift of a national border in southeast Asia.

      Perhaps, said the Com Ambassador politely, it will be easier for you personally if I admit that our Intelligence Service has reported the decision of your Council. He paused, and added, in detail.

      The Coordinator asked wearily, How much detail?

      First, said the Ambassador, you are to insist that no decision has been reached. You are to play for time. If I do not agree, you are to offer to compromise. If I do not agree, you are to accept the settlement we suggested. But you are to ask urgently for time in which to remove the citizens we might feel ought to be shot. This is not an absolute condition, but you are to use every possible means to persuade me to grant it.

      The Coordinator ground his teeth. But the Council wouldn’t go to war for a few thousand citizens of an Asiatic country—who would probably be killed in the war anyhow. There would be millions killed in Western countries if the war did come.

      I have much respect for you, said the Ambassador politely, so I agree to three days of delay during which you may evacuate disloyal citizens by helicopter. On the fourth day our troops will move up to the new border. It would be unfortunate if there were clashes on the way.

      We can’t get them out in three days! protested the Coordinator. It’s impossible! We haven’t enough copters!

      With warning to flee, said the Ambassador, many can reach the new border on foot.

      The Coordinator ground his teeth again. That would be a public disgrace—and not the first one—for the WDA for not protecting its friends. But the public in the Western nations did not want war. It would not allow its governments to fight over trivial matters. Its alliance could not make

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