Tick 15
Another smooth tick occurs. More politicians smooth than agitate. The Western bloc, packed with Progressive CICs, again gains significant IE.
Edit: All CICs conducting successful espionage missions have been notified, ending the tick. The newspaper is useless; no news from CICs since Tick 14. It only has the usual business, sports, classifieds, etc. news, although the margins again contain a mysterious phrase: ORFHE RGBQE VAXLB HEBIN YGVAR.