Campaign Fever

First published in This Week, November 1, 1964.
A small Red-dominated country on the other side of the world has a band of freedom-fighters is on the cusp to launch a rebellion. Win or lose, it is vital that the US does not look like it is involved. Now a candidate in the States running for high office is about to attend a rally of expatriates from that country, not knowing of the upcoming coup attempt. The problem facing Section Q - and Selena Mead - is how to keep that speech from taking place until after the fighting is over.