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"
I
wish
I
knew
.
If
we
don
’
t
break
the
bureaucrats
and
high
brass
loose
from
that
log
,
we
’
ll
never
know
-
and
I
am
enough
of
a
starry
-
eyed
newsboy
to
think
we
should
know
.
Secrecy
begets
tyranny
.
"
"
Ben
,
he
might
be
better
off
if
they
gypped
him
out
of
his
inheritance
.
He
’
s
very
"
The
exact
word
,
I
’
m
sure
.
Nor
does
he
need
all
that
money
;
the
Man
from
Mars
will
never
miss
a
meal
.
Any
of
the
governments
and
any
of
a
thousand
-
odd
universities
and
scientific
institutions
would
be
delighted
to
have
him
as
a
permanent
,
privileged
guest
.
"
"
He
’
d
better
sign
it
over
and
forget
it
.
"
"
It
’
s
not
that
easy
.
Jill
,
you
know
about
the
famous
case
of
General
Atomics
versus
Larkin
,
et
al
?
"
"
Uh
,
not
really
.
You
mean
the
Larkin
Decision
.
I
had
to
study
it
in
school
,
same
as
everybody
.
But
what
’
s
it
got
to
do
with
Smith
?
"
"
Think
back
.
The
Russians
sent
the
first
rocket
to
the
Moon
,
it
crashed
.
The
United
States
and
Canada
combine
to
send
another
one
;
it
gets
back
but
leaves
nobody
on
the
Moon
.
So
when
the
United
States
and
the
Commonwealth
are
getting
set
to
send
a
colonizing
one
jointly
under
the
nominal
sponsorship
of
the
Federation
and
Russia
is
mounting
the
same
deal
on
their
own
,
General
Atomics
steals
a
march
by
sending
one
of
their
own
from
an
island
leased
from
Ecuador
-
and
their
men
are
still
there
,
sitting
pretty
and
looking
smug
when
the
Federation
vessel
shows
up
"
You
know
what
happened
.
General
Atomics
,
a
Swiss
corporation
American
controlled
,
claimed
the
Moon
.
The
Federation
couldn
’
t
just
brush
them
off
;
that
would
have
been
too
raw
and
anyhow
the
Russians
wouldn
’
t
have
held
still
.
So
the
High
Court
ruled
that
a
corporate
person
,
a
mere
legal
fiction
,
could
not
own
a
planet
;
therefore
the
real
owners
were
the
flesh
-
and
-
blood
men
who
had
maintained
the
occupation
-
Larkin
and
associates
.
So
they
recognized
them
as
a
sovereign
nation
and
took
them
into
the
Federation
-
with
some
melon
slicing
for
those
on
the
inside
and
fat
concessions
to
General
Atomics
and
its
daughter
corporation
,
Lunar
Enterprises
.
This
did
not
entirely
suit
anybody
and
the
Federation
High
Court
was
not
all
powerful
in
those
days
-
but
it
was
a
compromise
everybody
could
swallow
.
It
resulted
in
some
tight
rules
for
colonizing
planets
,
all
based
on
the
Larkin
Decision
and
intended
to
avoid
bloodshed
.
Worked
,
too
-
it
’
s
a
matter
of
history
that
World
War
Three
did
not
result
from
conflict
over
space
travel
and
such
.
So
now
the
Larkin
Decision
is
solidly
a
part
of
our
planetary
law
and
applies
to
Smith
.
"
Jill
shook
her
head
.
"
I
don
’
t
see
the
connection
.
Martinis
.
