Men at War 5 - The Saboteurs by W. E. B. Griffin

Author:W. E. B. Griffin
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2007-05-29T00:07:48+00:00

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Office of the President’s Physician

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C.

1815 6 March 1943

“That will be all for now, Charles,” the President of the United States of America said, wheeling himself through the side door into the nicely appointed office.

The valet—Charles Maples, a distinguished-looking older black man with gray hair, wearing a stiff white shirt and jacket, black slacks, and impeccably shined black leather shoes—had just put a large wooden tray holding a pitcher of ice, a selection of liquors in crystal decanters, three crystal glasses, a carafe of coffee, and three china mugs on the doctor’s spotless oak desk.

Seated in deep comfortable armchairs across the room were William J. Donovan, director of the Office of Strategic Services; and J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Both wore dark suits and ties. They stood up.

“Good evening, gentlemen,” the President said.

“Good evening, sir,” they replied almost in unison.

The valet said, “Please, let me know if I can be of further service.”

“See that we’re not disturbed,” Roosevelt replied.

“Yes, Mr. President.”

The valet went out the main door and it quietly clicked closed behind him.

Roosevelt—without a suit coat but in pants, white dress shirt, and a striped bow tie, and with a cigarette holder clenched in his teeth—rolled his wheelchair over to where Donovan and Hoover stood.

“Please, sit,” he said.

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