Summary

In Chapter 71, Ben visits an old Russian professor at American University to see if he can tell him the story of Operation Delano.

In Chapter 72, what Andrei has heard about Operation Delano is that it was the Russians' attempt to blackmail President Roosevelt.

In Chapter 73, Andrei and Ben continue in their discussion of the possible implications of the mention of Operation Delano. It is suggested is may have something to do with the current president having an affair and that the Russians are getting some benefit from blackmailing him.

In Chapter 74, Andrei prompts Ben into realizing that land is the one thing that the Russians want badly enough to blackmail the President. Ben decides it is Georgia that the Russian might want, a country that would be easy for them to overcome with their military, but not so much diplomatically because the country...