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...MOTHER TONGUE by Lancelot Hogben. 294 pages. Norton...
When Hurst arrived in Camelot with the U.S. ambassador (played by 37-year-old Palo Alto Attorney Paul McCloskey Jr., a Marine reserve major), he was confronted by the local mayor, the regional governor, various American assistance officers, and Lancelot's army chief of staff, all of whom peppered the general with outrageous demands and entreaties. It was up to Hurst to field each demand, each new problem, and he played his part well, as General Krulak observed from a corner of the room...
Landing Party. Hurst had his hands full, and not the tiniest of his troubles was the demanding U.S. ambassador, who wanted more security for American citizens in Lancelot, insisted that the military negotiate with landowners for the use of any appropriated property, complained that a Marine vehicle had run over a native and that no doctor had been summoned. To top it off, the ambassador was sore as blazes because some petroleum facilities owned by an American who happened to be a personal friend of the President of the U.S. had been sabotaged by marauding guerrillas...
...while, Lancelot's tenuous military situation was worsening. Guerrillas streamed into Lancelot, set up clandestine radios, pounded out propaganda, attacked and captured whole villages. Before the week was out, the U.S. ambassador himself was dramatically captured by enemy forces, and it looked as though the Marines would have to send a surreptitious landing party from an offshore submarine to effect a rescue...
Last week the whole affair came to a climax with an all-out invasion by an expeditionary force of 20,000 Marines. When the mopping-up is completed, referees will analyze their observations and tell General Krulak who won the game. Presumably, Lancelot will be saved, and the evil menace of Merlin whipped...