Chapter 7 - The ConundrumColonel Vic Thompson was in a muddle. He'd sent his staff to the Pine Gap intelligence facility every week for a year offering to join forces and share resources. Each time he was told to 'bugger off'. Now, only a few months after Sundown took command of the Australian Third Army, their commanding officer, US Navy Commander Sue-Ellen Cullen, wanted to talk. Vic was stumped. Why now? Was it because Sundown was in command?
Before he flew out for Alice Springs, Sundown's last word to his management team was to get the troops up to speed with their camel training. Just simple training exercises, that's all he wanted, training and no contacts, not until he was back. He'd spoken to Captain Walker separately asking him to get his Girl Guards up to speed. He wanted to sta
