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You wanted to force the human governments to unite against them and that notion was politically unrealistic and completely impossible. It would open up a window into a room of Novians, a window into a small patch of Novia transplanted to Earth. They need no care. He took part in the first diplomatic mission sent out by Earth to the worlds of the Diaboli, and that was the first step in his expanding role in Earth's military and political life.

And he needed background for what he would have to tell Potterley next. Cliff was putting in an evening of work and so he answered. He said, uneasily, I've known him since he took his doctorate at Princeton. Now let's go over it point by point.