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> SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
>
> < I must have missed what happened in the dinner meeting at the last
> Olympiad, which was supposed to help solidify plans for doing
> something about Kirsan. Can anyone fill me in? > -- Jerry Spinrad
>
> Readers may recall that the board authorized $2,000 for our FIDE
> "team" to persuade friendly nations that Kirsan had to go. I publicly
> opposed this waste of money on another useless junket.
>
> As it turned out, Kirsan thumbed his nose at the USA again by not
> allowing the motion to replace him to be placed on the agenda of the
> FIDE meeting.
>
> What happened at the dinner or the $2,000?
>
> The silence of the lambs tells us all that we need to know.
>