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The Israeli Embassy, Palace Gardens, London – The Next Day
During the entire journey from Heathrow airport to the meeting in central London Eli finessed his reasoning; it was imperative that he immediately take over running Trainer. Besides the break-in, under Rafi’s influence – possibly even led by him – Trainer had nearly caused another incident by leaving the scene of a traffic accident. How could this dangerous state of affairs be allowed to continue? With Rafi involved they were racing towards a major diplomatic incident even before the operation was underway.
Eli was satisfied; his arguments were incontrovertible.
And by being the senior officer on both Red Cap and Sweetbait, his promotion to head of London station was about as close to a sure thing as anything ever could be.
