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Mekong River Dam

The Man Called X · August 8, 1948 · 29 min · 4,084 words

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And all Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, the man called X. Here's the report from Cochin Charnican, on the latest accident that the Maykong River Another dynamite explosion chief? Right. Destroyed the new anchor block.

What does John Dryer have to say? He's pretty sick about it. The French government requests his services from the Bureau of Reclamation because of his terrific reputation as a hydroelectric engineer. And now Dryer can get the first base building that dam across the Mekong River because of accidents.

Chief, I'd rather show off a coaching china. Well, there are American business interests in mineral deposits there, and hydroelectric power could make it a pretty productive area. More than that, Chief, with that damn built, a couple hundred thousand enemy villagers want their father to their homes every year.

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