It’s exactly what we want to make. But the direct negotiations with our richrivals won't lead to anything. Therefore we have developed the large-scale project directed to the changeof the priorities of all the mankind. For this purpose we will launch a secret information campaign whichpurpose is to reorient the developed countries of the world from resource wars on Earth to the peacefuldevelopment of the geology in Solar system. We will surely add the explanations about the threat of the hitof the meteorites to the nuclear objects, develop the huge company on accumulation of the prestige of everybody who is engaged in space researches. People will be torn to such a works even only to be considered as elite of the society. The system of the employment will be focused on the upbringing peopleas much as it possible. Besides the space, we have one more advantage – effective intelligence service andcounterintelligence. In Russia there are many agents of NATO and China, absolutely confident that theyaren't revealed by us. Moreover, they have enlisted a number of our high-ranking officials. It was reallydifficult to convince agents of foreign service that their informants are reliable and we aren’t involved in it. We even merge several small secrets to do this. We also use them to send to the leaders of the countries of NATO and China information necessary to us! But the biggest victory will be already created system for theimitation.
– And what information will it be? – asked with the interest the head of the Council.
– And it will be announced by Dmitry Andreevich!
Morozov Dmitry Andreevich, the Minister of Economic Development in Russia, came to a conference halltribune. Pankratov didn't sit down, standing nearby and letting know he wanted to add something to Morozov's report.
– Mister head of the Council! Information which we intend to merge to the West and to China will be thefollowing content. I will briefly read only the theses. The oil reserves in Russia at the current consumption, spread of blue plague, X107 and its export will be enough for 15 years. The drinking water reserves werereduced dramatically because of the awful ecology. Especially, after the failure of the train with 90 cars of chemical C17X04 reagent in Siberia and the penetration of all these reagents to the lake.
The head of the Safety Council has turned pale and cried out:
– What accident? When did it happen? Why didn’t you tell me!?
– Andrey Leonidovich, calm down! – Semenov, the head of the department of the fight against war crimestold him impassively. – Accident hasn’t happened yet. We plan it next week. But it will be small, only as an occasion to start actions.
The head of the Council understood everything, took a deep breath, leant on the back of the chair and saidwith the voice still shivering nervously:
– This way I will leave the Kremlin only legs forward! No, there won’t be any accident. Do what you want, but no diversions against our own country, even in case of the recruitment the foreign armies. We have no war. They don’t attack us, don't occupy the territory. We are not on the losing side. Why are the realdiversions necessary in a normal life?
The soldiers didn't object. And shamed Morozov continued:
– We will use all the possible exits due to the appearing problems. We will find the new ways out. We needto begin looking for the reserves of the necessary metals and minerals outside Earth. To develop the systemof the disinfecting and to make the space cleaning fashionable so it will help on Earth too. Let's create thesecular society, like in Pushkin’s lyceum where we will begin to bring up the noble people. Let's make thelife beautiful for the millions. People would forget that they once wanted robots only for the killing mostof the fellow citizens.
The conversation has right there joined Pankratov:
– We also want to tell the part of the information about the asteroids and our plan in general, that will be interesting for the press. We even have a project of the plant processing the asteroids on the orbit. We want to tell about it too. The purpose is simple: to let the West and China understand what now they can’t caught anything and get the profit in Russia, and at the same time to aim them at the exploration of thespace richness, to show them it’s real. In this case the huge money that are spending for the arms now willbe reoriented on the space programs, and thousands unemployed people will be able to find the job in thesphere of studying, delivery and processing the asteroids.
– The idea is clear and I completely support it! – The head of the Safety Council with a sign invited Morozovand Pankratov to sit down at a table. – And if it’s not a secret, who is an informant telling the information to the agents ?
Volin smiled:
– This is mister Morozov! And mister Orlov – the first deputy of Pankratov!
The head of the Council looked at Morozov and said reproachfully, shaking the head:
– Oh, didn't expect it from you, Dmitry Andreevich, didn't expect!
It was the end of the meeting. The discussion was already about to an end when the head of the Councildecided to say about one more condition.
– I am ready to support the project and I will make an official motion for its development in thegovernment. We have capacities to continue the work. But I promise all this on the one condition. Thegeneral system of the program has to include searching the protection against radiation.
– Do you mean the alternative energy sources? – Volin has asked him.
– It’s not the only way. The program is large-scale. The best physicists and chemists of the world willparticipate in its work. You have to to support their efforts of studying the nuclear reactions and makingtheir forces safe for the person. Let use everything. Study the alternative types of the obtaining energy andmake the cheaper power plants. Create the programs for studying the nuclear synthesis and simulate themon the computer so that in the beginning models, and then our experiences prove the ways of using of thisdangerous energy without harm for the person and the nature. I understand that this task is difficult and I won't demand instant results. I’m against the dangerous technologies to become known to those whomustn’t know about their power. But its studying has to