WW III - 07 - Force of Arms by Ian Slater

WW III - 07 - Force of Arms by Ian Slater

Author:Ian Slater
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-21T00:00:00+00:00


“After the swelling goes down,” the makeup artist told Chairman Nie, “I’ll need four—perhaps six—hours.”

“I can keep the cameras far enough away,” the “All China News” producer added. “No closeups of course.”

“But when,” asked Nie, “will the swelling go down?”

The makeup artist shrugged. “I’m no doctor, but I’d say four—six—days. Good food—fresh air.”

“All right,” Nie said, decidedly unhappy about the turn of events but seeing that he couldn’t do very much about it at the moment. The trouble was, the Politburo was becoming impatient. There had been widespread reports of “hooliganism” in Harbin and to the south in Fuchow province just across the straits from Taiwan.

“Hooliganism” was now even a wider net, meaning anything from reading a capitalist newspaper from Hong Kong to actual insurrection. It could also get you shot.

Nie needed a confession coming from her own lips. That was the propaganda he wanted. Instead of her starvation diet they would feed her well, fatten her up a little, get her looking healthy. In Harbin they had captured four undercover conspirators, and in Beijing jail they still had the American SEAL, Smythe. If she did not confess he would have the four conspirators and Smythe all shot in front of her, not at once but as the questioning proceeded.



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