“There isn’t another. He is in this country in the interests of a Pan-Pacific network, jointly held by Britain and us. Monitoring and field stations to be included. It would be important if the war moves to the Far East. Major Pembrooke has been studying our stations throughout the country, their working plans with the major networks.”
She asked, “And Mannie Martin?”
“Pembrooke had offered him the management of the new network.”
“Why did you come out here, Kew? Was it because Mannie disappeared?”
He shook his head. “I was here before that happened. I came to get a story. I don’t like to be scooped, even by governments. I heard about the Pan-Pacific deal in Washington. But I couldn’t get a line on it from official sources. I knew Mannie slightly so I thought I’d trek out and he’d give m
