Deep Lie by Wood Stuart

Author:Wood, Stuart [Wood, Stuart]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 1986-01-07T16:35:43+00:00

"Please," Will said.

"What are you doing in Stockholm?"

"Yesterday, I went to see your boss, told him everything, asked him to go to the president."

"And?"

"He was impressed, I think, but cautious. He wouldn't go to the president, but he put me in touch with a man named Sven Carlsson, who's high up at the ministry of defense here. I'm hoping I can convince him to go to his minister and maybe the prime minister. Bmilio. where is this material you stole from Majorov's computer?"

"In my pocket." Appicella replied, "but we'll have to Find an IBM computer in order to be able to read it. I know a fellow at computer shop in Stockholm where we might be successful." He looked at his watch.

"He will be open at ten. Have your breakfast, then we'll go to see him.

I think what I have brought will help to convince this fellow at the ministry. I may be able to get you a great deal more. We'll see."

"Fine." she said.

"Listen. Kate." Will broke in.

"You're reacting oddly to all this. I would have thought you'd be extremely happy to get what Emilio has brought you."

"Oh. Will. I am happy about (hat, but I haven't told you everything." She told him what had happened at the airport earlier that morning.

"And you think he was waiting for you?" Will asked.

"I haven't the slightest doubt he was waiting for me.

No one in Stockholm, except you. knew that anyone named Rule would be here. Don't you see what that means?"

"It means somebody found out. I guess."

"Exactly. And they found out from somebody in Washington."

"Who knew you were coming?"

"I'm not sure. any more; I've no way of knowing who's talking to whom. The point is. somebody wanted very badly for me not to reach Carlsson."

"You got any idea who?"

Rule explained about Snowflower.

"It was Simon's operation. He's terrified that it will come to light. He's trying to force me out of the Agency "But Jesus. Kate. he wouldn't resort to killing you to get you out of the agency, would he?"

She shook her head.

"No. at least not for any personal reason."

"What other reason could he have?"

"Well. there's Snowflower. He certainly doesn't want any light thrown on that. But Simon wouldn't kill me to save his career. Not his career with the Company, anyway."

Appicella spoke up.

"I think maybe something is rotten in Denmark."

"I was just thinking back," Rule said.

"When Simon was head of the Rome station--that's when we met, you'll recall--he was friendly with one of the Soviets in their embassy. They did quite a lot of drinking together. It isn't all that unusual in the field; if one of our people can cultivate one of their people, sometimes we can turn him."

"Or the other way around," Will said, slowly.

There was a knock at the door. A waiter wheeled in a tray and bustled about, setting it up. He switched on the television.

"You have not seen the excitement?" he asked.

"Look."

Rule, Lee, and Appicella stared at the television set.

The shot was from a helicopter. In the upper right-hand corner , a Soviet Whiskey class submarine sat, immobile.

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