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Jim Hacker: Humphrey, I'm told there's a situation at Diego Garcia.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Only geographically, Prime Minister.
Jim Hacker: Geographically?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes. It's still in the Indian Ocean.
Jim Hacker: Humphrey, Iran fired missiles at it!
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Towards it, Prime Minister.
Jim Hacker: Towards it?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: One missile ceased to function and the other was intercepted. So the island remains entirely where it was.
Jim Hacker: I'm not worried about the island moving! I mean the implications.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Ah. Strategically speaking, the implications are extremely stable.
Jim Hacker: Stable?!
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes. Since nothing actually hit us, we can express grave concern without the administrative complications of retaliation.
Jim Hacker: But the base is on British territory!
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Indeed, Prime Minister. Which means we are in the enviable position of being attacked in principle while remaining uninvolved in practice.
Bernard Woolley: It's what the Foreign Office calls a very tidy situation, Prime Minister.
Jim Hacker: Tidy?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes. Untidy situations are the ones where the missiles land.
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