"Unless, mi General," Mart¡n said. "Unless the person who was there when General Rawson was elected president of the Grupo de Oficiales Unidos was also there when it was decided where General Rawson would go once Blue Sk
y was issued."
Ramirez considered that thoughtfully.
"If Arturo is arrested, that will considerably reduce the number of people who could be betraying us, won't it?" he asked. "Where did you say O'Farrell was?"
"I was told he was inspecting the First Infantry Regiment," Querro said. "I don't think Castillo's source is General O'Farrell," Mart¡n said.
Ramirez shrugged, then asked, "And where will you be, Coronel Martin, for the next ninety-six hours?"
"I'll be in touch by telephone, of course,"" Mart¡n said. "I really don't know-where I'm going to be. But I don't think I'll be missed."
"Why not?"
"It will be presumed I'm out looking for you, mi General," Mart¡n said. "May I suggest that we all leave now-you, General Ramirez, fifteen minutes after General Rawson, and you, Coronel Per¢n, fifteen minutes after that?"
"And you, Martin?" Per¢n asked.
"I'll make sure you are all gone before I leave," Mart¡n said. "If you are ar-rested, I may be able to have you turned over to me."
[THREE]
The Office of the Military Attach‚
The Embassy of the German Reich
Avenida Cordoba
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1005 15 April 1943
Oberst Karl-Heinz Gr?ner did not rise to his feet when Standartenf?hrer Josef Goltz walked into his office. He raised his right arm from the elbow in a casual Nazi salute, which Goltz returned as casually.
"Have you a minute for me?" Goltz asked.
"Of course. Would you like some coffee?"
He waved Goltz into a brown leather couch against the wall.
"Thank you," Goltz said. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I would. I think I'm go-ing to get coffee nerves. I'm still taking advantage of drinking all the coffee I want."
"They truck it in from Brazil. It's not only good, but it's cheap," Gr?ner replied. He raised his voice: "G?nther! Would you bring the Herr Standarten-f?hrer and me some coffee, please?"
"Jawohl, Herr Oberst!" his driver called from the other office.
"I presume you have heard about the Comerciante del Oceano Pacifico, Gr?ner?"
"Not officially," Gr?ner said.
"Excuse me?"
"When the radio came in, it was classified 'Most Urgent For Ambassador Only.' Since the cryptographic officer was at the dentist, I was pressed into ser-vice decoding it."
Goltz chuckled. "Herr Oberst, you may now presume you have the Right to Know what you already know."
"Thank you, Herr Standartenf?hrer," Gr?ner said, smiling.