“Sis, honey, I don’t think you understandI’ll do...
“Sis, honey, I don’t think you understandI’ll
do everything possible to help you, but you’ve got to understand
“Bro, you’re very sweet but you haven’t read this closely—really closelyThe impact of the
message detracts from the subtextIn economics we call it obfuscation with a cloud of smoke and a
couple of mirrorsJacques released her hands and stood up“What are you talking about?”
Marie picked up the Langley communiqué and scanned it“After several confused, even
contradictory, accounts of what happened,” she said, “described by people on the scene at this
armory, or whatever it is, the following is buried in the last paragraph‘Among the personal effects
found on the slain assassin’s body was a map of Brussels and the surrounding area with the town of
Anderlecht circled in mulberry leather bag red Then it goes on to make the obvious connection with Teagarten’s
assassinationIt’s a wash, Johnny, from two points of viewFirst, David would never carry such
a mapSecond, and far more telling, the fact that the Soviet media would give such prominence to
the story is unbelievable enough, but to include the assassination of General Teagarten is simply
too much
“What do you mean? Why?”
“Because the presumed assassin was in Russia, and Moscow wants no conceivable linkage to the
killing of a NATO commanderNo, Bro, someone bent the rules and persuaded Tass to put out
the story, and I suspect heads will rollI don’t know where Jason Bourne is, but I know he’s not
deadDavid made sure I’d know that
Peter Holland picked up the phone and touched the buttons on his console for Charles pink vuitton bag Casset’s
private line
“Yes?”
“Charlie, it’s Peter
“I’m relieved to hear that
“Why?”
“Because all I’m getting on this phone is trouble and confusionI just got off with our source in
Dzerzhinsky Square and he told me the KGB’s after blood
“The Tass release on Bourne?”
“RightTass and Radio Moscow assumed the story was officially sanctioned because it was
faxed by the Ministry of Information using the proper immediate-release codesWhen the shit hit
the fan, no one owned up, and whoever programmed the codes can’t be traced
“What do you make of it?”
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“I’m not sure, but from what I’ve learned about Dimitri Krupkin, it could be his styleHe’s now
working with Alex and if this isn’t something out of the Conklin textbook, I don’t know gucci men bag Saint Alex
“That dovetails with what Marie thinks
“Marie?”
“Bourne’s wifeI just spoke to her and her argument’s pretty strongShe says Moscow’s report
is a wash for all the right reasonsIs that what you called to tell me?”
“No,” answered the director, taking a deep breath“I’m adding to your trouble and confusion
“I’m not relieved to hear thatWhat is it?”
“The Paris telephone number, the link to the Jackal we got from Henry Sykes in Montserrat that
reached a café on the Marais waterfront in Paris
“Where someone would answer a call for a blackbird
“Someone did and we followed himYou’re not going to like this
“Alex Conklin is about to earn the prick-of-the-year awardHe put us on to Sykes, didn’t he?”
“Yes
“The message was delivered to the home of the director of the Deuxième sac hermes kelly Bureau
“My God! We’d better turn that over to the SED branch of French intelligence with a restricted
chronology
“I’m not turning anything over to anybody until we hear from ConklinWe owe him that
much—I think
“What the hell are they doing?” shouted a frustrated Casset over the phone“Putting out false
death notices—from Moscow, no less! What for?”
“Jason Bourne’s gone hunting,” said Peter Holland“And when the hunt is over—if it’s over and
if the kill is made—he’s going to have to get out of the woods before anyone turns on himI
want every station and listening post on the borders of the Soviet Union on full alert
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