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dam near Boise, and I am thankful they were! I tell you, saving lives and
defending freedom against our enemies is great training for preparing to be a
Marine! So, please think about it.
 I love you both. And Momma, don t you worry. I am not only in the good Lord s
hands, I am in the hands of some crusty oldNCO s and fine officers here who
will do everything in their power, and in their own way, to take care of me
just as He would. Especially theNCO s & even if most folks would be hard
pressed to understand it that way. The important thing is that I understand it
that way, and I want you to, too.
 Love, your son and brother, Leon
March 20, 2006, 07:04 local time
800 miles Northwest of Krasnoyarsk
Gavank
, Siberia, the Russian Federation
General AndreiNosik listened to the briefing from his intelligence officer.
Things here inGavank were tolerable. The Russian military men in charge of
security had found that the Indians were generally a hard working and
peaceable people. Oh, there was the occasional flare-up and brawl and on
occasion there had even been a knifing or two. But, all in all, there had been
no major difficulties for the security forces under GeneralNosik s command.
This good fortune applied equally to the major petroleum production going on
here atGavank , as well as the low sulfur coking operation 300 kilometers to
the east, also an
Indian operation.
The Cobaltite mine to the south was a different matter. Perhaps it was the
general and long-standing distrust between the people, or perhaps it was from
what GeneralNosik considered the too-cramped and crowded living conditions
there, but the Chinese operations had provided his forces and the Colonel
commanding them there no end to trouble. Brawls were more frequent, and there
had been numerous deaths there amongst the workers due to knifings and the
occasional shooting.
ColonelPropov had required several meetings with the Chinese Project
Management team to impress upon them the absolute need for discipline and
order. Of course Li Fan, the overall manager for the
Chinese workers there, had promised compliance, and had seemingly worked hard
to achieve it, exerting firm discipline on his own people that sometimes had
included summary executions of the worst offenders.
Li also knew that the operation would go on, regardless of the difficulties
with the workers and the protestations of the Russian security forces.
Simplyput, Li, ColonelPropov and GeneralNosik all knew that the Russian
Federation simply required the hard currency produced by these operations too
badly to allow a few Chinese brawls or deaths to interfere. The Chinese,
particularly now that they had grabbed the Tiger s tail, needed the raw
materials too badly, and Russia needed the money.
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beyond the local lawlessness and disorder, extending to the Indian operations
as well. There were simply too many foreigners within the borders of his
country for his liking and most of them were young, healthy, military-aged
men. Although it could not be said for Dr.Gavanker , the Project Manager here
atGavank , most of the other  Project Managers with whomNosik was familiar
had too much of the military bearing about them.
GeneralNosik had been a military man for his entire adult life, beginning with
the old Soviet Union and extending into the new Russian Federation. He had
served in the West on the old Iron Curtain, and had seen significant and
meritorious service in the Soviet operation in Afghanistan. He had also served
with distinction in various operations and areas within the Russian
Federation.
GeneralNosik s latest service was here in Siberia, where he had been promoted
to General in charge of security for an entire region and for three of the
largest projects in the Siberian Economic Development
Treaty signed well over a year ago. That treaty, negotiated by the
administration of PresidentVladimyr
Putin between the Russian Federation, the People s Republic of China, and
India, had opened up vast tracts of Siberia and its resources to tremendous
exploitation.
There were over thirty projects in operation, and the influx of hard currency
into Russia and raw materials into India and China, were making for a literal
economic boom for all three countries. General
Nosik could not deny that the entire treaty was advantageous to his nation, [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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