The Fighting Agents (Men at War 4)

LOCATION OF EX LAX AND TIN CAN ONE AND TO EXPLORE

POSSIBILITY ESCAPE OR RELEASE BY FORCE. EXPECTED TRAVEL

TIME FOUR REPEAT FOUR DAYS. STATION V TO STATION VII

COMMUNICATIONS SLOW AND UNRELIABLE REPEAT UNRELIABLE.

6. REQUEST PERMISSION EFFECT RELEASE EX LAX AND TIN CAN ONE

BEST MEANS AT MY DISCRETION. IF SO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE

DISPATCH VIA STATION VIII NEXT AVAILABLE HUNGARIAN

SPEAKING TEAM. STANDARD TEAM EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE AUGMENTED

WITH THIRTY POUNDS COMPOSITION C2 AMD EQUIVALENT TWENTY

THOUSAND US DOLLARS IN HUNGARIAN, GERMAN AND YUGOSLAVIAN

CURRENCY. TEAM SHOULD HAVE HUNGARIAN AND OR YUGOSLAVIAN

IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS.

7. IM VIEW NECESSARY ABSENCE EX LAX CONTROLLER SUGGEST FINE

AS TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT.

CftHIDY

"Oh, shitf" Chief Ellis said.

He picked up the telephone and dialed a number from memory.

Staley's familiar voice came on the line: "Capitol 31991."

"Is he up yet?" Ellis asked.

"I heard the crapper Hush," Staley reported.

"Well, don't say nothing unless he tells you to go anywhere but here," Ellis said.

"If he does, say I called and said I think he should come here straight from there."

"What's up, Ellis?" Colonel Wild Bill Donovan's voice asked.

"There's something I think you ought to see as soon as you can, Sir."

"Will it wait until after breakfast, would you say?"

"Yes, Sir, it'll keep that long."

"We'll be there inside of forty-five minutes,

" Donovan said, and the line went dead.

Ellis tapped the cutoff button on the telephone with his finger and dialed another number from memory.

"Capitol 3-2772,"a male voice answered.