RANGEL JOINED THE SPACIOUS tent used by Yuri Andropov. Once again it impressed him the technology deployment exhibited in the primitive atmosphere surrounding them, in particular the communications system powered by a portable generator. The Russian was absorbed with a notebook and a few maps open on the wide folding table. “You called me, Colonel?” respectfully asked the Venezuelan. “Ah!Yes” his Castilian was laborious “have you got news of the activities of McPherson team?” “Yes, but now we have to confine ourselves to looking at them from afar. They have apparently found several smaller ruins in the mountains, nothing of interest to us. They are also exploring the cave system, and have entered it with inflatable rafts, which makes me think that they have found some underground water

