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Show 18 "You are boring her!" Tito accused his aide. "No he's not," Delilah weakly protested. "Come with me Delilah. I will try not to bore you, though we are talking politics." "'What sort of politics?" They moved back to the group of men and the Russian interpreter repeated the conversation to Mr. Zamiotov. "We are talking about how Yugoslavia can remain friendly to all, biased against none and favoring none; nonaligned. Undersecretary Zamiotov does not think that it is possible, particularly it is not possible to be equally friendly to his country and yours. What do you think?" She took a deep breath, flushed a little and said, "Well Mr. Tito, my father says that when you die the Russians are going to march in here and take over." Tito whs silent. "Not that you are going to die soon. You'll probably live a long time." Tito patted her on the arm and nodded. The Russian translated this and Mr. Zamiotov frowned, stood up and spoke directly to Delilah in Russian and the interpreter said, "It is more likely that you Americans will march in here than it is that we will." Mr. Zamiotov and Tito spoke briefly and then the Undersecretary and his entourage left the house. "Did I make him mad?" asked Delilah. "A little," said Tito, "but it is not harmful. He has just gone to his suite and we will meet shortly. But tell me, do you agree with what your father said?" |