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2. Upon the USSR having satisfied the terms stipu¬lated in Article II, Mino Industries Group will extend the USSR financial credits in the amount of five hun¬dred billion American dollars ($500,000,000,000.), such credits to be provided in increments of one hun¬dred billion dollars ($100,000,000,000.) annually for a period of five years. These credits will be arranged through Vneshekonombank, the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs (Article IV).
3. Within one year of the satisfaction of all formali¬ties pursuant to the above-designated credits, the USSR will . . .
That's as far as he'd translated. The rest was still in Mi¬noan Linear B. He took a deep breath, again trying to digest what it meant in the grand scheme of global strate¬gic alliances.
Most importantly, what was the "prototype"? Some¬thing was about to appear on the planet that would make its owner unassailable. But what?
Eva's stumbled onto dynamite. Mayday. That means it explodes in less than a fortnight. No wonder Mino Indus¬tries wants her out of the way.
Among the clusters of tourists on the road below, a white limousine was pulling to a stop, followed by a gray Saab.
He watched as Novosty emerged from the Saab and glanced up the hill, then started the climb. Nobody got out of the limo.
Vance
2. Upon the USSR having satisfied the terms stipu¬lated in Article II, Mino Industries Group will extend the USSR financial credits in the amount of five hun¬dred billion American dollars ($500,000,000,000.), such credits to be provided in increments of one hun¬dred billion dollars ($100,000,000,000.) annually for a period of five years. These credits will be arranged through Vneshekonombank, the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs (Article IV).
3. Within one year of the satisfaction of all formali¬ties pursuant to the above-designated credits, the USSR will . . .
That's as far as he'd translated. The rest was still in Mi¬noan Linear B. He took a deep breath, again trying to digest what it meant in the grand scheme of global strate¬gic alliances.
Most importantly, what was the "prototype"? Some¬thing was about to appear on the planet that would make its owner unassailable. But what?
Eva's stumbled onto dynamite. Mayday. That means it explodes in less than a fortnight. No wonder Mino Indus¬tries wants her out of the way.
Among the clusters of tourists on the road below, a white limousine was pulling to a stop, followed by a gray Saab.
He watched as Novosty emerged from the Saab and glanced up the hill, then started the climb. Nobody got out of the limo.
Vance