Agent in Place
“Almost two weeks of silence. Each morning, he would rise and go through the motions of making breakfast, an ear cocked—even when he was taking a quick shower—for the expected ’phone-call before he left the apartment. In the evenings, with all engagements cancelled, he waited once more. But the signal never came. Oleg made no attempt to get in touch with him. There were no Monday messages, either, from his usual contact, and when he tried to reach her (five times in all) there was no answer. All... communications were cut off. He was isolated. Temporarily, of course. But why? Either there was an alert, a time for caution; or he was being disciplined. And again, why?
Not disciplined, surely. There was no cause for that. He had taken grave risks and acted promptly to procure the NATO Memorandum for Mischa. Any divergence from his instructions had been made necessary by the mugging incident in Central Park: he had delivered the microfilm on Sunday as soon as he returned to Washington, instead of waiting to hand it over to Oleg on Tuesday.MoreLess
Not disciplined, surely. There was no cause for that. He had taken grave risks and acted promptly to procure the NATO Memorandum for Mischa. Any divergence from his instructions had been made necessary by the mugging incident in Central Park: he had delivered the microfilm on Sunday as soon as he returned to Washington, instead of waiting to hand it over to Oleg on Tuesday.MoreLess
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