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Wisman, who has had the chief controller's job for four years, calls the signals for a team operating three rows of dull-gray consoles studded with lights, switches and buttons.
At least a dozen men, some armed, are never far away from him.
In front of him is a gold phone.
In emergencies the SAC commander, Gen. Thomas Power, or his deputies and their staff would occupy a balcony that stretches across the length of the room above Wisman and his staff.
At General Power's seat in the balcony there is also a gold phone.
General Power would participate in the decision making.
Wisman, below, would listen in and act.
His consoles can give him instant contact with more than seventy bases around the world and with every SAC aircraft.
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