"Meaning I can't.  You've dreamed up a hypothetical situation in which a - pardon me - major executive of an intercontinental network could speak to the Secretary General under conditions of dire necessity.  But I can't hand this entrée over to somebody else.  Look, Jubal, I respect you.  Besides that, you are probably four of the six most popular writers alive today.  The network would hate to lose you and we are painfully aware that you won't let us tie you down to a contract.  But I can't do it, even to please you.  You must realize that one does not telephone the World chief of government unless he wants to speak to you."