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 Chapter 13

   Life for Joji had slowed down as he was now working with six
intelligence officers for the new country.  He had the commander, deputy
and four division leaders.  It was critical he be able to communicate with
them from time to time.  At least when the gate was open and they could
send and receive.  For some time they would depend on his observations. 
But he now had developed a plan to recruit people to serve as spies.

   Information was gold for what they were doing.  All six had taken a
crash course on the old language and could handle it well now.  The sixty
days John had allowed before the first return, was just enough to get them
trained.  One of the first buildings would be there headquarters.  It would
have its own steel gate out of the castle they were building.  Below them
would be the prison and interrogation rooms.

   Hideki and his new commander got along well, as the man was just not
threatening in any way.  But he was like a snake and could bite you fast.
He just did not care for power and liked the game of information gathering.
The ability to add things up was pretty good, not at Joji's level though.
It would work there and the man would get better.

   In the final meeting with Hideki and John he was pleased to see Dink
sitting there watching him.  "Well lady I am pleased to see you."

   "That I am not so sure about Joji.  You never came by the house to check
on me and just asked William if I was OK?"

   Here Hideki stepped in.  "I had him working sixteen hour days and seven
days a week.  He has trained my six intelligence men over that time from
knowing nothing to being very good.  That includes speaking the old
language.  They for sure are not at his level, but they will grow once they
get to our destination."

   She smiled at Joji and he felt it all the way to his toes.  "I am sorry
Dink.  I was just buried and had no way to take time away from men who had
to have every bit of knowledge I had."

   "Look you two if your going to have lovers quarrels then do it someplace
else." John just had to get that in.

   Both looked shocked and then it seemed to dawn on them.  Neither was
complete without the other being around.  "I apologize John as did not mean
to cause any problem." Dink was red faced.

   "Dink it is no problem.  Understand if you two can't see how you're
attached to each other I damn well am going to show you.  Life would be so
much nicer for both of you if you just got married or moved in with each
other.  For as bright as the two of you are you can't see you're in love?
None of the people who work for you could say what I just did, without your
coming down on them." Now he had it out.

   Joji bowed his head and smiled.  "I did not know I had been so obvious
John.  Would you like a job in intelligence?"

   Now Dink was laughing and she felt free at last.  "OK boss we will
handle our problems.  Now lets get this meeting on the road."

   They went over everything to happen on the first trip of the two
carriers.  How the construction would be handled and the power system from
the wind turbines.  Once they broke for coffee and a snack.

   "Joji I want you to come in tomorrow and discuss the intelligence job
with me.  The whole job has some things you need to know.  I will not have
you accept something and walk into a windmill you did not expect."

   "I thank you for being honest with me.  But most of what you tell me I
am sure will not shock me.  You have been studied by me since I was pulled
into Hideki's problem in Japan.  But I will be here and listen to what you
have to say."

   The meeting went well after the break and kept going until dinner.  They
all ate with John and his family before going back to work.  It was after
ten when they finished up.  With the ship sailing at midnight it was none
too soon.

   Hideki was taken out to the ship by John's chopper.  Dink and Joji went
to her home for coffee and talk.  The talk was mostly by sign language and
the coffee was never made.

   That next morning Joji had breakfast with Debbie, Dink and William.  He
bummed a ride out to the base and changed there.  Then headed into John's
office.

   As he walked into the room David was sitting there as was Carlton. 
"You're right on time Joji and for someone who had not been told when to
come that is a neat trick."

   "You don't like meetings until after 10 in the mornings.  You never
schedule any for lunch and just a few for dinner."

   That raised eyebrows as none there had seen that before.  "Very good
Joji I am impressed.  You did make a study of me."

   "I did and will never stop doing that.  A person who became a friend of
mine during my brother's problem said you were the slickest man his Russian
friend had ever seen.  If you had been Russian he would have never headed
the KGB."

   Now John was laughing and enjoying just how good Joji really was.  "Damn
you are really good Joji.  My Russian friend was one thing to tell you
today.  How much more do you know?"

   "I know of the war started between China and Russia if that is what
you're asking?  I have no idea how it was done, but I know it was done."

   "Then you do know my big secrets Joji.  The fact that you know means I
am not as good as I thought I was."

   "I am very good at piecing things together John.  Comments made by the
Russian with abilities you have here made some things fit for me.  No one
else had those abilities to see both sides.  But when you see a 2 and then
another 2, it is going to equal 4 every time.  In my job I pick up little
pieces or fragments and wait for the next piece to fit into it.  Sometimes
that will never happen and others it will but in many different ways.  You
just have to be always looking for that piece or fragment that fits."

   "That is the Joji I have learned to love John.  He filters a ton of crap
and comes up with gold nuggets."

   That caused some laughter at the table.  "I still don't see how he got
onto the war thing?  We kept that covered from even your contact."

   "No John did not keep it covered from the Russian.  It would make no
sense to do that.  He was placing them into a war with China and they need
to know that was what it was fast.  So he used the Russian to feed their
news media.  That way the leaders could not disavow knowledge of the
attacks.  They had to stand up and take responsibility even without knowing
how it happened."

   "The man gets the gold ring men.  He is the very best at adding I have
ever seen.  Now if you would like general's stars and to run intelligence
and technology, that would help me and Carlton and David.  I have some very
big plans for the technology areas.  Carlton hates it and David has no time
for it."

   "I really don't care about the stars.  Rank means nothing to me.  It is
kind of like money and you need just enough to live reasonably.  Too much
money, rank or anything is just feeding an ego."

   John smiled at this comment as he had always felt much the same way. 
The gold was nothing real to him and he had never seen it before.  Being
chairman of a corporation was better than President or King of the Islands.
"How about calling your new company ITI?  That stands for intelligence,
technology and information.  You will become the new chairman of the board
for that.  Only a few will have any idea of what it is or does.  But it
gives you access to people in Japan."

   That brought a smile to Joji's face.  "I like that and it would allow me
to hire people in Japan and other countries where we might have an
interest. But we will need a central product to sell that makes us money.
It will provide the cover for my people both to buy and sell."

   "Set it up to sell LNG and oil as a free market seller in Japan.  We
limit what they can sell.  Then you can trade for metals, composites,
electronics, machines and the likes for us.  You take what cut a company in
Japan would."

   "Those companies are making killings off of you.  You are selling at a
low wholesale and buying at retail.  I did find out what we are being paid
for oil and fuels.  It is a good twenty percent below what it is being sold
for.  So on a million in sales they get $200,000.  Then they buy one
million and make another $200,000.  So you get just 60% of what you should.
We could raise that to 90% and finance our entire operation."

   "It is a pleasure doing business with and honest man.  But I want you to
take 20% and keep people out in the field picking up information.  I will
limit the other companies and force them to return higher profits to us. 
But you need to run a vast organization out there.  I want you to buy ships
for fuels, LNG and freight.  They are to be manned with Japanese Americans
as much as possible.  That way we can insert people and also recover them
as needed."

   "I assume that is in places we don't have an office?"

   "You get the idea.  So hire people of all nationalities and use them in
many offices outside Japan.  Once you know you can use them successfully go
for it.  You're going to need Chinese, Russians, Indians, Koreans and a few
others."

   This was going to be the largest intelligence organization in the world.
"How do we communicate John?"

   "We have the codes for every US owned satellite phone service satellite
in the world when the collapse came.  Our tech people have reprogrammed
them for us to use wherever we have people.  They are your phone service
worldwide.  A sat phone is a little larger than a cell phone, but not by
much."

   "I will need to finance them to live for months or years, in places
where we are not wanted.  So I will have to buy gold, silver coins and
other tradable items to make that work."

   "You know the game, so play it.  But you also need to buy ore carriers,
as I own mines in South America.  They have been poorly serviced over the
last two years.  I make nothing out of them right now as they have used
everything in income to keep their people fed and clothed."

   "I will get that handled quickly as India and China will also want that
product.  I am sure only Japan is getting it now."

   "Your seeing my problems with using just Japanese companies for my
needs. They don't think they can lose the contracts they now have.  For
some reason they feel no one will come in and take over those contracts?  I
want your shipping company operating off Okinawa and your business in
Tokyo."

   "Then you want to use Naha Port for our ships?"

   "That is my current idea unless you have a reason not to?"

   "No I just need to know who to buy for me to have control of the ships.
I will need to buy docks and warehouse facilities there for us.  So I will
require a contract with the Islands to assure we are looked at seriously.
It also must have the Emperor signing off on it.  I must have a letter
giving us complete authority over ships, docks and warehouses we own,
signed by him as well.  Expect that land to cost me tens of millions in
gold.  I will bring our people down from Tokyo to handle security there. 
But getting it started is not going to be cheap."

   "My budget is two hundred million is that enough?"

   "No to be honest it is not nearly enough.  If I buy the port facilities
we need and ships you have said we need we are looking at a couple billion
minimum.  It could run as high as five billion, depending on the ships we
buy and how good a shape they are in.  This is no cheap idea we are dealing
with."

   That raised David's eyes and shocked Carlton.  "I agree with Joji on the
costs he has given you.  Looking the ships it could well be five billion if
he gets ships in good shape and well kept up.  So be sure you want to spend
a lot of gold to set this up.  You will need a yard for doing your own
repairs also.  I would suggest you do that here." David was just flat out
with his statement.

   John smiled and shook his head.  He slipped Joji an envelope and waited
for him to open it.  It had a check for ten billion credits in gold inside.
"Now I hope that is enough to get the company started with?"

   "It lets me buy my offices and not rent them.  That long term will save
us a lot of money.  I prefer buying quality ships and not having to get
into major repairs early on.  If they do good maintence on the engines, we
should get a lot of service before any rebuilds.  I would like to get to
nuclear power plants in the ships and get away from carbon based fuels.  It
gives us freedom to travel the world with no fuel problems."

   "You will find your tech people are building plants like the ones on the
carriers.  So going that route is no problem when the ships need
rebuilding."

   "I need to know exactly what you want for ships the first year, second
and third years.  Right now I see 6 offices of ITI.  They will be in Tokyo,
India, China, Korea and one in South America and on Midway.  I don't want
to run Midway, I just want a point of contact for information.  Then ITI
shipping with be just on Okinawa and here.  In the first year that is all I
want to try to consume."

   "I assume you see expanding that later?"

   "Oh yes by many fold.  We need to be in the Arab world, Russia, the EU
and South Africa at least in year two.  We should be able to buy oil in the
Arab world at very low costs and make good money from it in trade.  Our
office in India would handle that, as they would be received there well. 
It also makes it hard for China to ever go after India.  They would have
become a major oil supplier to China."

   Carlton laughed and it broke the table up.  "Joji you're as dangerous as
John is.  I always considered him the most dangerous man I knew.  But he
has someone who is just as good.  I am glad we are on your side."

   "It has nothing to do with us being dangerous, it is stopping those who
are.  China, Russia and a few others would eat our lunch and spit us out.
We don't have the people, land or money to stop them other ways.  Yes you
could use nuclear weapons, but we also would pay for that with air born
radiation.  Now Russia and China would not worry about that fact."

   "That I think was well said and answers any questions.  We protect
ourselves and in that way protect a world that has no idea of us?" John was
standing and they knew this was over.

   Joji went to the bank and set up ITI's account.  His was the only
acceptable signature other than John's here.  Then he headed to the office
he had now here, it was at the research facility.  He called the
construction group and set up for an ITI building to be built at the ports
docks.  It was a trading company and needed to be where the trade was
happening.

   The man he was considering for his number two came in to the office. 
"Well what am I doing boss?"

   "Have cards for us printed up Intelligent Technology and Information
Company.  Use ITI as its logo.  Here is the Tokyo address to use.  We will
be running the shipping for most of the Islands goods, oil and LNG.  So we
will use satellite phones for most calls.  That way no one knows where we
are talking from.  Pick up the phones here and assign one to you and me. 
We will need one hundred of them in five days time.  Advise the people we
will need five hundred of the phones over the next six months."

   It was a start for them.  Now he needed to talk with Dink.

   Once home he sat and drank tea and enjoyed the time.  Finally Dink came
in and saw him.  "You should have called me."

   "I could wait and it gave me time to think some.  You do know the
intelligence part got robbed from you?"

   "Yes David told me about the meeting today.  He also said you told John
no thanks when offer General stars.  So your Chairman of some new company
that is a cover for intelligence operations?"

   "That is pretty close dear lady.  I just deposited a ten billion credit
check in the bank to fund the company.  I will be buying offices, docks,
warehouses and ships to handle our business in the world.  That means over
time many offices over the world.  What John wants to do will make the CIA
or KGB look small.  We will make a lot of money for the company and for the
Islands."

   "Where does that leave us?"

   "I would be very happy to get married.  But you will have your job and I
will have mine.  My job will at first require some travel to get offices
set up and buying ships.  I must recruit people for many jobs and some for
intelligence work.  You will get any product that you need to do your job."

   This was much different than she had expected.  It was really better as
he did not work for her.  "I like the new division of responsibilities and
can live with them.  You do your job, I'll do mine and we meet inn the
middle.  But we need to be able to talk about our work with each other.  So
if that is a problem for you I need to know now?"

   "Unless I am directed not to talk about something, I will be happy to
talk with you about it.  But it is just between us and not for anyone
else's ears.  Much of what we discuss of my work places peoples lives in
danger.  The money side of what is made is John's business.  But we will be
dealing with many countries and that could become your business.  We will
not be well liked for our assumed wealth.  But John not allowing people
here without his approval, means not many will ever see our real living
conditions."

   She saw a calm in Joji she had not seen before.  "Why are you so at
peace right now?"

   "Here sitting with you I feel completely at peace with life.  It is
something I have never felt before.  So I believe our relationship will
work and grow stronger over time."

   She got up and sat on his lap and kissed him.  "I have never felt this
good either Joji so it must be love?  That is something I don't know much
about?"

   It was a nice day for both to learn and start to build from.

   John was now setting up the base questions he wished answers for.  He
also wanted certain listening points set up for future use.  In his mind
these would see some things coming before they happened.  It was a complex
concept and one e hoped Joji could make happen?

   David walked into the office and sat in front of John's desk.  "I hope
you have a couple of minutes?"

   "Sure what ca I do for you?"

   "I need to know who Joji will work for?  I had originally planned for
that to be Dink.  But you changed the entire concept of the job here
yesterday."

   "That is something I tend to do often isn't it?  I see Joji's job as
serving several masters and working directly for none of them.  It keeps
his independence.  His job will be directed by me for my needs and others
for theirs.  Now I would expect Dink to know a lot about what he is doing
for us.  But don't ever expect her to tell you or discuss it.  She will be
what Dana and Kelly is for me.  But he will do a lot of things that none of
us requested from his people.  He is running a business and its job is to
make a profit for the Islands.  Now is that clear?"

   "Yes just like muddy water.  I just don't know what to do with two of
you running around on this island?  Both of you put Machiavelli to shame.
At least when he worked for Dink and I he kept me informed of what he was
doing."

   "On your requests and things that impact you he still will I am sure. 
But there are lots of things that just are none of your business at least
at first.  They become your business when it is found that a problem
exists. So why worry about what is no problem?"

   He could see he was just not going to change anything.  "I'll live with
it as you set it up.  It is strange to me and I will need to learn to
accept it." He stood and left the office.

   It was the first time David had shown disagreement with John's moves
since Virginia.  So it did make him question if this was right?  But down
deep he knew it was.

   Joji had flown out that afternoon to Japan.  He needed to hire the
people for ITI and some for Hideki to come for training.  It was going to
be a long week for him.

   Once in his hotel room the bank manager stopped by and handed Joji an
envelope he had.  It was the signed letter from the Emperor he needed for
the land at the port of Naha.  The man was advised of the needs Joji would
have and the requirements.  It was agreed that people would be ready to
interview starting in the morning at eight.

   Kei was ready for dinner with his boss.  Having a suite was new to him
as were most hotels not in the US.  "Boss what would you like for dinner
tonight?  I am sure the cost of food is just as high here as this suite
was."

   "We need the suite if we are both to work tomorrow.  You will have to
get used to appearing rich and less caring of costs.  Our rolls are as
wealthy businessmen who are doing very well in bad times.  We will always
be playing a roll based on where we are, so get used to it Kei.  You must
fit the roll you play very well or others will see something is just not
right.  In this game that can get you killed."

   Over dinner Joji place the plan for the next day in front of his
assistant.  It was simple for him as he was looking to hire a shipping
manager, scheduling clerks, warehouse manager and several minor jobs.  All
were to be American born and having a military background.

   Joji had friends coming to discuss setting up his nest of spies in
Japan. He would know if a mouse pissed here.  Most would never know they
were spies as it was a news organization cover.  It was normal in those
organizations to put their nose into everyone's business.  It owned a TV
station in Tokyo that was still solvent and could be purchased for gold. 
So paying street people to bring news tips was a good way to use a lot of
free eyes and ears.  Every office in each prefecture of the country would
do this.  So the station had 47 of these offices over the country and most
had just one or two people working them.  They had cut down their staff in
Tokyo and squeezed a small profit from the advertising they could get.  But
the bank John owned would move it's advertising to this station and that
would help it become stable.

   That next morning Joji after showering enjoyed breakfast.  He had an
American breakfast as did Kei.  "Now this is how people should start the
morning Kei.  Please be sure today not to hire anyone who is not American
born.  Call in the social security number, name, date of birth, city, state
and let the staff check each one out to be sure they are who they say they
are.  I will see anyone who falsely claims to be American born dead if they
lie to us."

   "I understand boss and will be sure they are the person they represent
themselves as.  We can sit tonight and review each file I build.  There
will be all records we can get on them and whatever data the Japanese have
on them."

   "Look really hard for people with ships masters tickets.  Even if their
ticket is not current that can be fixed.  All Navy officers will need to be
looked at as they never got a ticket but are well trained in may areas.  We
are going to have a lot of ships to fill positions on.  I want men we can
trust completely."

   "We have a group of captains on shore at home boss."

   "I have David talking with them for the Midway runs and the ones to the
South American mines for John.  We will have one master running the ITI
port rating department for all ships masters.  He will certify them and the
officers for all our ships.  But running ships today is a high risk
business.  So we must have security troops on each ship for protection. 
There are a lot of pirates out there now."

   They split up and started their day's work.  Joji was enjoying the talk
with his old friend from his brother's problem.  "Look the Islands need
good intelligence it the world and in return it lets us help Japan.  I
could care less that the Emperor got laid and who did it.  But if we have
people looking at things that impact us I am concerned."

   The man saw this could benefit them both.  "If you will provide help on
issues we have I will do the same for you.  The way I see this is we owe
your people a lot, as we are slowly coming back for the brink of disaster.
It will never be as it once was, but people are surviving.  That is far
ahead of where America went.  Much of Europe is in the same condition of
small local governments some places and no national one."

   "But we must trade with China and India to keep this part of the world
afloat.  Korea is also coming back and they now have taken over the north.
That area will become a powerhouse of trade one day.  But for now they are
poor and just starting to rebuild."

   "I did not know about the North.  That is really interesting to us.  Are
you really sure the North is dead?"

   "Yes and many Generals killed.  They have been moving tanks to the steel
mills for using the metals.  We have seen they are also taking the small
Naval boats the North had and scrapping them.  There are troops on the
boarder with China now." He made a call and talked for a time.  "OK when
you get back to your office some satellite photos will be there for you to
look at."

   "I will assist you in getting the needed space on Okinawa.  There were
some old US docks and warehouses there and they have never been used since
they left.  I am sure the prefecture would sell what it really does not own
reasonably to you.  You are bringing new jobs and that is very valuable
since tourist are no longer going there."

   "That would fit my needs nicely.  We will be happy to work out an
agreement for labor with the government there.  But it becomes the Islands
territory after we buy it.  No one comes on it without permission from my
people.  I have the Emperor's letter stating that will be a fact."

   "If he has granted it then there will be no problem at all.  Stop by the
police station and there will be people to help you.  They will take you to
the docks and be sure they are secured for you when you leave.  No one will
go in there until you have your security force take over."

   "I am going down there in three days.  So if they wish to get the
paperwork ready and the price is fair I will act quickly.  Here is a copy
of the Emperor's letter for you to send them a copy.  But as you say they
are selling me something they don't own.  That base would most likely use
over 500 workers when completed.  It will need many construction people to
make repairs and replace buildings that can't be repaired.  My people who
will be living there will be buying from their businesses.  So they would
do well not to try to rape me.  That base could be anyplace I wish it to
be." That was said with a cold tone in his voice.  It was read by his
friend and would be communicated.  This was a man you just did not screw
with.

   The day went well for Joji and he accomplished his tasks in ways that
satisfied him fully.  That had not been the case for Kei.  "Boss I need to
resign as I am just not making headway.  Of the thirty I talked with today
I found four that might fit our needs.  Not one person really impressed me
completely."

   "That is not unusual Kei.  I know your just looking for workers in our
transport area.  But that will be critical at times.  We need good people
and ones that we can depend on.  I have the port facility for us on Okinawa
and we will go see it in three days.  Dink will give me 100 troops to use
for security there until we can train our own.  I have two engineers that
will come in and go through each building, warehouse and check each dock.
He will give us a plan for making it all usable.  It was the old US base
there.  So it has been some time since it was used."

   "If I remember right it had a container loading and unloading area and
another for fuels.  It had a large tank farm for fuel storage.  There were
ten warehouses and six ships could be docked at the same time.  But you had
room for twenty to be at anchor out in the area off the docks.  But the
people really did not like the Americans at all."

   "Where the hell did all that come from?"

   "I was there once and spent ten days inside the base.  It was not a Navy
base it was run by the Army."

   "Was there housing inside the base?"

   "Yes for may be three thousand families.  The homes were very large and
that used to get under the skin of the people who lived there.  Their homes
and apartments are very small.  So we are going to have to over come a lot
of animosity that people will have to our living there."

   "There will be no animosity now.  Our people will be of Japanese decent
and speaking the language well.  They will be Islanders and not Americans.
If they wish for fuel for the airport, the city cars, busses and the local
defense force don't piss me off."

   The message was loud and clear.  "I hear you boss and they will I am
sure respond to that.  I know there are no flights to there from Tokyo. 
People just can't afford to go there any more."

   After their meal they both headed to the large bath downstairs.  It was
indescribably hot and relaxing.  Then both had nice relaxing massages and
headed back to the room and some sleep.

   The next two days were hectic and filled with highs and lows.  But they
did hire the main operations staff for the Okinawa base.  Each would get
Island passports and be considered Islanders.  So that made the deal even
nicer.  The bank on the base would handle their monthly salaries.  Of
course it was a branch of John's Tokyo bank.  They had two people down
there now checking out the bank building and assuring it could be used.

   They left early that morning and landed at the airport at Naha.  The
small jet looked lonely with no other craft on the ground.  As Joji and Kei
got off the plane a van drove up and picked them up.  The man reached back
and shook hands with them.  "I am your guide and the negotiator for the
base."

   "Fine lets clear up what you want for the base?"

   "No money at all.  We would like 120,000 gallons of jet fuel a year for
ten years.  It can be delivered at 10,000 gallons a month or all at once.
That is your choice.  But we need to make some deal with an airline to get
flights coming in here again.  So free fuel seems like a good bet."

   "If that does not work I will run one flight a week until it fills up,
then 2, 3, 4 and so on until I run one flight each day.  It does give my
people the ability to travel back and forth to Tokyo.  Once ITI makes it
popular I am sure other airlines will try to cut in on the profits.  Of
course I will have Islands aircraft coming in bringing people and taking
others back.  We need no passport, visa or any document to come or go from
Japan.  So the people here might want us to run the airport?"

   This the man gave real consideration to.  "How much would you charge
passengers to fly each way?"

   "We would start with 2500 yen each way.  That should get some of the
more wealthy people coming down.  I have two 777's I would be willing to
base here.  So I would need hanger space for them.  They are ITI's own
aircraft.  One would fly from Tokyo to here once a week and the other to
the Islands as needed.  Each would be set up to carry 310 passengers and we
would consider carrying some frozen fish to Tokyo for sale there.  It would
help your fishermen to get some better money for their product."

   "I will call while your looking the base over and make known your offer.
Expect it to be accepted.  It fits our needs and you should get the
airport, as it is costing us way too much to keep it up.  It currently has
ten employees."

   "Look I am an easy man to get along with when treated fairly.  But I
also am related to the Emperor.  My brother was your education minister,
Hideki.  So if politicians or family screws with me I can be very hard to
handle.  I don't use words to do that I kick some ass.  Do we understand my
position?" The red face and anger showing made it very clear.

   "Yes sir I fully understand.  But I was warned of your connections and
to be sure no one pissed in your beer."

   That made Joji laugh.  "Yes my friend does have a way with words."

   "The van will drop me here at the front gate house and take you where
you want to go.  I will have a car come and take me to get the paperwork
done once it is approved."

   "I expect us to be here half the day.  There will be a plane coming in
with security people on it.  It is a C-130 and will have jeeps with machine
guns mounted on the back.  They are not needed right now, but will be once
we get cargo sitting here."

   "You do know the warehouses are loaded with US military tanks, trucks
and all kinds of tracked vehicles.  The ammunition is also there for them.
It also it your responsibility to get rid of it or use it." He left after
that comment.

   They walked miles through the warehouses and were shocked at the number
of vehicles that were here.  The tanks were M1A1's and there were hundreds
of Bradley's and Humvee's also.  It was a load of great armored vehicles
and they would get shipped back to the Islands.

   Joji called Dink and she was blown away.  "You say there are hundreds of
these?"

   "Yes and ammunition for them also.  There must be five hundred Humvee's
here.  Plus there are trucks of which I will keep some here for hauling
goods.  In about two hours it is all ours signed sealed and delivered.  So
I will need to get some ships to start sending this home.  I will bring in
an auto carrier and load it with these to send to the Islands.  I will
containerize the ammunition and that way you have it divided into types."

   "Well love your just full of surprises and ones I really like.  I will
be waiting at the airport for you later tonight."

   They went to the police station and were met by several men.  It was
very formal and they treated Joji with great respect.  All in Japan were
used to deferring to powerful people, but this was much different.  They
respected him and did not just defer to him.

   "I have the agreements here for you to read Joji."

   "What is in them?"

   "Just what you said you would do.  It does include your running the
airport and maintaining it.  That lease is good for 100 years on the
airport.  The old US base and docks are your property.  It is titled to ITI
for good.  All buildings, junk and land belong to ITI.  You agree to hire
general labor for the base from our population.  If they commit any act
against your laws they must be tried under Island laws on your base. 
People will be clearly warned about that before they are hired.  That was
required by our national Intelligence group."

   "I see questions and I'll give you an answer.  "This base will be
shipping goods to many countries.  It is possible that ITI could be seen as
a part of Japan's government and attempts to spy here used.  Our laws say a
spy is killed and it happens fast.  Your laws say they get 5 to 10 years
and then come out and do it all over again.  So ours ends the problem and
yours just keeps it happening.  Now for most people who do something wrong
they will be fired and never allowed back on the base.  You will find we
are the best paying employer on the island.  We will have no layoffs and
will keep all our people working a 40 to 48 hour week.  None will be on
salary and they will get paid for every hour worked.  But if your not
employed on the base your not allowed on it.  Our medical staff will treat
all workers and families for free."

   They after the signing went to the airport and the C-130 came rolling
in. 100 security force troops came off and unloaded two Jeeps.  Two trucks
came down the ramp and the men loaded on them and the Jeeps.  The officer
was given the directions to the base and they headed off.  A group of men
were still unloading the cargo for the camp.

   By the time the small jet was ready to roll the trucks were back to load
up the supplies.  They were out of the airport fast and headed home.