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5.1
MISSION CONTROL
Twelve hours after the bolt of energy shoots out of the
monolith, mission control calls. It transmits two public annoucements,
one from the United States and one from the Soviet Union.
| U.S. Message: "In a valiant effort to defend
the people of Honduras from the violent Marxist regime currently in power
there, the United States has blockaded that country's ports. All efforts
to arrange a diplomatic summit to discuss the Honduran situation haev failed.
Yesterday, a Soviet destroyer attempting to run the blockade was sunk.
Despite feverish attempts by Western diplomats to set talks in motion,
the Soviet Union today recalled all of its diplomats from the United States
and the United Nations. The president denounced the Soviet's actions as
"cow- ardly and barbaric."
Soviet Message: "Capitalistic forces have attempted
to seal off the country of Honduras from Soviet aid against Ameri- can
aggression. A Soviet ship carrying vital supplies bravely entered the block-
aded waters. In defense against Ameri- can attacks, the Soviet ship sank
two American warships before it was dam- aged beyond repair. The citizens
of Honduras cheered the gallant Soviet effort from the shores. The premier
has made it clear that the Soviet Union will not stand for this act of
imperialistic aggression by the United States."
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High above Earth, a communications satellite realys
news of a crisis to Jupiter.
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