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                        THE WINNING OF THE MOON

                            BY KRIS NEVILLE

                    The enemy was friendly enough.
                     Trouble was--their friendship
                    was as dangerous as their hate!

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
             Worlds of If Science Fiction, September 1962.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


General Finogenov notified Major Winship that the underground blast was
scheduled for the following morning.

Major Winship, after receiving the message, discussed precautions with
the three other Americans.

Next morning, before the sunlight exploded, the four of them donned
their space suits and went and sat outside the dome, waiting. The sun
rose with its bright, silent clap of radi