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'Moonglow was some sort of cover organization then?' Paula queried.

`It was exactly that. Accounts going through the books have already found Moonglow was laundering huge sums of money.' Tweed looked grim. 'It was a vile business. Under the pretence of aiding refugees the Chinese army was using vast profits from the drug trade to finance setting up the apparatus ready for their ultimate invasion of the West.'

`And Stealth,' Newman remarked, 'is now capable of being defeated?'

`Absolutely.' Tweed was cleaning his glasses. 'That huge floating dock with giant lifting cranes will soon reach Jutland. It will take on board the intact Yenan and bring it back here for examination by experts. On top of that, poor Gaston Delvaux's new radar system has given us the means of easily detecting any such vessels or planes.'

`And you've withdrawn your resignation. End of story,' Newman said.

`Of that story, yes. The East will never now invade us by stealth.'