"There's much less than most people think."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Kotenko.
Chandler hesitated. There was something filed away in the back of his mind, but he knew he'd have difficulty explaining how he knew what he knew.
"You saw the video tapes of Ottawa," he said. "Montreal will be next, then Toronto, Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Toledo and, at the same time, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and eventually all of northeastern Europe."
"Ah," the Russian grinned. "Excellent strategy. Set a deadline. Let everyone know you are working against time and you'll have much less opposition and much stronger backing."
"What sort of a deadline?" Marta asked Chandler.
"A month to test the feasibility, then one year to develop the drill."
"I can hardly wait to see the faces of the committee when we tell them that," said Kotenko.
But Kotenko showed little interest in the surprised faces of the committee when Chandler announced his deadline one month later in Detroit. Chandler knew that it was another aspect of his report that deeply concerned the Russian.