Chapter Eleven

Brief Summary-  At the Norfolk Naval Medical Center, the Russian submariner seems to be on his way to recovery; he is stable and his radiation exposure was not enough to cause physiological effects.  During his recovery, the mans doctor, Dr. Tait, discovers one of the Russians who is overseeing the mans recovery, Petchkin, about to light a cigarette in the patent's room.  The submariner is currently on one hundred percent oxygen, so lighting a cigarette could cause a major fire which could kill the patent.  Dr. Tait, who has been told to save this patient at all cost forcefully removes Petchkin from the room, and instructs a guard to sure he never goes in there again, and that the patent is to never be unattended.  Dr. Tait accuses the Russian of purposely attempting to kill the submariner.

           On the Red October, Melekhin has discovered the leak and, with the help of Borodin, attempts to fix.  During the repair Melekhin determines that they were sabotaged by someone with extensive mechanical and reactor knowledge.

Journal-  I am wondering if the Russians indeed believe that the E. S. Politovskiy is the Red October, and are trying to kill one of the defectors, or if the incident merely contrasts the extreme differences in the safety procedures of the United States and Russia.