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"Now I can die content, for I have seen everything"

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The President straightened and looked into the grinning face of Timothy March, his Secretary of Defense

"It all goes to prove how much time I have on my hands now that I'm a lame-duck president"

March, a short, dumpy man who detested any sort of physical exertion, walked onto the green "You should be happy with the election Your party and your man won"

"Nobody ever really wins an election," the President grunted "What's on your mind, Tim?"

"Thought you ht like to know I've clamped the lid on that old aircraft found in the Rockies"

"Probably a wise move"

"A baffling affair," said March "Except for those doctored flight plans in Air Force files, there is no trace-of the crew's true mission"

"So be it," said the President, finally knocking a ball into the cup "Let's leave it lie If Eisenhower buried the answers during his ad mine"

"I suggest we remove the remains of the crew for a military burial We owe them that"

"Okay, but absolutely no publicity"

"I'll e"

The President tossed the putter to a Secret Service man who lurked nearby and motioned for March to accompany him to the Executive Offices

"What's your best educated guess, Ti to cover up back in 1954?"