 If the following event had not occurred, the Venusian delegate's identify would likely not have been discovered:
The DELEGATE FROM VENUS By HENRY SLESAR ILLUSTRATOR NOVICK Everybody was waiting to see what the delegate from Venus looked like. One part of his mind wanted him to play it cagey, to behave the way the newspaper wanted him to behave, to protect the cozy Washington assignment he had waited four years to get. It wasn't the newsmen's jibes that bothered him; it was the certainty that something of major importance was happening in the capitol. There had been hourly conferences at the White House, flying visits by State Department officials, mysterious conferences involving members of the Science Commission. They knew that Senator Spocker, chairman of the Congressional Science Committee, had been involved in every meeting, but Senator Spocker was unavailable. In a secluded booth at the rear of a restaurant unfrequented by newsmen, Greta leaned forward and said: "At first, they thought it was another sputnik." They got reports from the observatories about another sputnik being launched by the Russians. "But it's not a moon. "A spaceship," Greta said coolly, sipping lemonade. "They have been in contact with it now for about three days, and they're thinking of calling a plenary session of the UN just to figure out what to do about it. The spaceship's from Venus; they've already established that. "Their delegate. They say that with all the satellites being launched, that our affairs are their affairs, too.
 If Jerry had not kept his old notes from college physics
 If Jerry had not kept his old notes from college physics  If the UN had not called a plenary session  If Greta had gotten fired for leaking her source  If the authorities had destroyed the delegate after its opening message