Taking out his cigarette to stub it out underfoot on the rough stone-flagged floor, Frank then took out a large buff envelope from inside his corduroy jacket. From this, he slid out another two smaller buff envelopes. Taking up the larger empty envelope, he folded it up and put it away in his pocket. Pushing the two envelopes apart on the table, he placed a thick wedge of US dollars on the table between them. The agreed sum, as bartered between Zhaekaly and Hauter.
Hauter examined the contents of the envelopes, slowly, carefully. One was for passport and ID details for frontier and Custom inspection posts along the Russian/Turkey route. The name: Vladimir Ivan Seigianov. The photograph: that of ‘former’ Georgievich (COMPASS). Should things fall through on that frontier route, at least the
