Book 3, Burton Crane
Chapter 7“THE SHORT OF IT, Crane, is that Wiesbaden has formally requested of your masters across the pond that you make no further inquiries without a nod from the NSA. That is where we stand; any thoughts?”
“I have a gut feeling about this, Sidney.”
“That is not the way we work.” The voice was softer than the summer wind. “Wiesbaden put a painstaking year into planting Konrad with Helmut Mayer. They are not about to blow their chance on your wild goose chase. There is too much at stake in Germany. They actually want your head. All we want over here, is that you take a few weeks off on paid leave.”
Crane threw back his chair and barely avoided kicking the transparent burn basket as he rose. Sidney waited for an outburst. Best not give it to him.
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