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Mediator: I must remind you both that the proceeding is being recorded for future references,
as we speak. And we must not waste time. I have to leave the states. President Truman is
calling for a Peace Treaty in Vietnam.
Salim: Do you accept your surrender, Shaitaan?
Malcolm: I never intended to. In fact, I have some terms for the peace treaty.
Salim: Outrageous!! Have you no shame?
Malcolm: My first demand is that I and my fellow soldiers are set free to return to our
Homeland.
Salim: You are in no position to make claims, sergeant. But your freedom is yours. I don't
want anyone of foreign blood in my country.
Mediator: So, it's done. The sergeant will return to Belarus. And I am going to take the
Chariot to the nearest train station.
(Silence for a few seconds)
Salim: (Marches towards the mediator and throws the water from the glass on his face.)
Salim: Are you out of your mind? You will leave when I tell you to leave.
(Walking back to the podium)
(Mediator calm as always)
Malcolm: Of course, my demands are not over. I want a 10% year of the oil reserves of Iraq
to be shipped to Belarus every January.
Salim: (Laughs, still angry)
I don't think you understand what is going to happen in this room, sergeant.
Mediator: King Salim Khan, do you accept this demand?
Salim: (Sarcastically) Why not? And given the occasion, I will even send a wife and daughter
on the same ship every January. And let us three eat, drink and make merry.
Mediator: Thank you both for giving your time and patience. You will both soon receive a
formal copy of each of this treaty from the League of Nations.
Salim: (tries to interrupt) But...
Malcolm: Any attempt to breach the terms of the Treaty, or to modify them will incriminate
the alleged party and any Alliance of it with the league of nations will end immediately.
Malcolm: Congratulations, King Salim. You are a part of the league of nations now.
(Salim stamps toward mediator and throws another glass of water on him)
Salim: (Enraged) This is Madness!
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