War Game

by Bryce Walton

---

WAR GAME

BY BRYCE WALTON

The playing of war games should not be forbidden;
but rather viewed as a natural outlet for emotional
tensions.—DR. L. M. STOLTZ, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1957.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

---

The Minister of Peace asked the United States President if he had heard from the Secretary of State. "Yes," the President said. "I heard from Mr. Thompson only a few minutes ago."

"How's their final conference coming, Mr. President?"

"Inevitably. Operation Push Button within the hour."

The Minister of Peace blinked out the window at Washington, D.C. "So they're going to blow up the world?"