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11/22 SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER 1967 329th day - 36 days to come

The registered letter for EXECUTIVE DECISION came.

A package came from Mike Abrams which should have contained the following:- 2 Books (INS, CRISIS)
1 World History for CRISIS
1 Bulletin for CRISIS
3 ARMADA marker pieces & 1 playing board
The package was opened and only the World History and the playing board, torn, came, the World History was as follows:-
"The rare element Dermatium is mined in the Rhu Day Valley which borders the two small countries of Ergosum and Fabuland. Until now an agreement held together by the Peaceheard Pact has allowed both countries to mine this element. Several times during the past few years each of the countries has disputed the right of the other to use the mines, but on every occasion a new agreement has been reached and fighting avoided.
Dermatium is a volatile element and thus is very dangerous to mine. Until recently it was used primarily in the production of skin cream. Last year, however, scientists discovered that by shooting Der- matium through the dried digestive tracts of monkeys who had been fed iodized salt, a new synthetic substance, Balonium, could be created, one pound of which would contain energy sufficient to run all of man's present machines for the next 10,000 years; or, if used destructively, enough explosive power to destroy the world. This discovery obviously has increased the value of the Rhu Day Valley and is a major factor in the crisis which is now developing, as evidenced by these recent incidents, reported by the Aximore press:
1. On the night of April 2, an explosion ripped through the Ergosum portion of the Dermatium mine, blocking tunnels and destroying ma- chinery. Although there has been no official announcement or state- ment, it is generally felt by Ergosum intelligence experts that the Fabuland goverment masterminded the explosion.
2. The Ergosum Air Force has reported Fabuland reconnaissance planes over the airspace of Ergosum. Chief Strategist Daycart of the Ergosum Air Force feels that the planes are selecting targets for an impending attack.
3. Ergosum reconnaissance planes report that Fabuland troops are bi- vouacked in the hills just beyond the Rhu Day Valley.
4. Persistent Rumors state that Camelot and Dolchaveet are giving undercover aid to Fabuland in the hope that they will re- ceive dermatium after a Fabuland takeover of the mines.
5. Many world leaders are wondering if Axiom and Burymore will come to the aid of Ergosum as they have in the past.
(c) WBSI 1966.
Sent back the package with a letter.

Spoke to Claude. Discussed his giving ideas for themes in WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU? I said I didn't think it would be wise to set scales for helping each other out with their games and that if someone he came up with an (cont. on 11/22)