Yon are the President of the United States.

. . . You have fallen into a secret and pas-

sionate entanglement with thc beautiful

young wife of Senator Augustus Owen, your

most powerful roe. Across the hall from

your bcdroom in the White House. your

eighteen-year-old daughter is defiantly

carrying on a startling love affair

There are days when you think that

those are the least of your problems. In

Mexico. a revolutionary party, the Sword

of Justice. is turning that country into an-

other Vietnam. American youths are flock-

ing south ro fight beside the Mexican

guerrillas in the Che Guevara Brigade.

There are generals and congressmen who

arc urging you to send the Green Berets

south of the border to support the Mexican

government and tight the guerrillas,while

other voices, equally strong, are demand-

ing that the United States keep its hands

off

In the midst of this. you learn from

secret reports that the guerrillas may be

setting up short-range nuclear missiles on

the border, pointed at the nearest Ameri-

can cities. Racing against time, taking the

responsibility of avoiding public panic by

restricting the public s knowledge, you fly

to Mexico and a last-ditch truce talk be-

tween the Mexican goverment and the