earlier error in mapping had been
corrected. Perhaps the reference to Athens was uncomfortable for
Hayes---the fact that a 'dictatorial regime' had chosen not to alter
the name---or perhaps it threatened his claim that the United States
had been the first true democracy. The argument that Greek Athens was
not wholly democratic because it relied on the use of slave labor made
little difference, since 18th Century America also kept slaves.

4) Whether or not the Commonwealth Supercarriers were omnipotent
remained to be seen, since not all functions had been tested under full
combat conditions. The Soviets were also said to possess four very
large and formidable carriers.

5) The metaphor comparing the use of star-gate potential to the lacing
of a boot was a good one---the time required for the final passage was
relatively slight---but it neglected one very important step. First
one had to construct the boot. Star-gate potential was not some
magician's trick. The commander of a fleet could not simply press a
button and 'poof', make his ships appear in another part of the galaxy.
The creation of the star-gate was a very real, and therefore
complicated process. Reduced to layman's terms, it utilized principals
of anti-matter similar to those found in the implosion of a star (thus
forming a black hole), to forge a corridor between two given points in
Space, thus cheating the normal laws of space and time. Preparing such
a corridor could take days, away from any kind of supporting base,
possibly weeks.

For this reason one had to be certain he could defeat his enemy upon
arrival, and control the designated area (or be prepared to retreat by
conventional means) before any attack could be considered. In short,
as an offensive weapon it was virtually unstoppable; but it offered
absolutely nothing in the way of defense.

6) The Secretary referred to the Soviets of the 1940's as 'Slavic
hordes which would dominate Eastern Europe.....' In fact the Slavs had
dominated it for some time, having settled there centuries before, and
forming a large segment of the population. Coincidentally, the
expression 'Slavic hordes' had first been popularized by Nazi German
propagandists, just prior to the outbreak of World War II.

7) Hayes' reference to the Yalta Conference of 1945 was confused at
best. While this historic meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
may have anticipated (in Stalin's mind only) the Soviet occup