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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Chapter 17

By Robert Heinlein

Chapter 17

Stu has their illegal recording cut, slanted in their favor, and sent to news outlets.
During the next meeting, the Chairman reminds Prof that the sessions are closed. Prof retorts they are the only ones who said it was closed.
The committee asks about the grain shipments, and Prof responds that they are open to negotiations but that the contracts the Authority had before are null.
Prof makes a speech, the gist of which is that if the committee accepts Luna as a free state and negotiates with it as such, grain shipments will increase.
That evening, Stu lines Prof and Mannie up for an interview with reporters, placing some of his own men in the bunch to make sure the right questions are asked.