 Why can't they transmit Umluana as planned?
Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Analog, January 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Sergeant Rashid handed Premier Umluana the warrant. If Umluana noticed Read's gun, he didn't show it. Umluana was a small man with wrinkled brow, glasses and a mustache. Umluana turned back to Rashid a second too soon. Two men with rifles plunged into the gas; sighing, they fell to the floor in a catatonic trance. A grenade arced from the bushes and the pursuers recoiled from the cloud that rose before them. In a few minutes Miaka Station will know we're coming. Two types of recruits are accepted by the UN Inspector Corps: those with a fanatic loyalty to the ideals of peace and world order, and those who are loyal to nothing but themselves. It was the home of factory workers, clerks, semiskilled technicians, all who do the drudge work of civilization and know they will never do more. Did you ever notice how our fathers look, how they sleep so much? Trained to use small arms and gas weapons, they guarded certain borders, bodyguarded diplomats and UN officials, even put down riots that threatened international peace. As the UN evolved into a strong world government, the UN Inspector Corps steadily acquired new powers. Read went through six months training on Madagascar. Rather than resign, he accepted punishment which assigned him to weeks of dull, filthy extra labor.
 The controls at the Belderkan Preserve have been destroyed.
 The controls at the Geneva receiving station have been destroyed.  The controls at the Miaka station have been destroyed.  The controls at the UN receiving station have been destroyed.  The controls at the Belderkan Preserve have been destroyed.