The Berlin Spy Trap by Geoffrey Davison

Author:Geoffrey Davison [Davison, Geoffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781913335441
Publisher: Sapere Books
Published: 2019-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

The following morning Stack was up and about very early. He still felt stiff and bruised from the rough handling he had received the previous evening, but he also felt a pre-match type of excitement.

It was all happening. He could sense it. The sudden pattern of events was bringing the issue to life. Hessler had worked for Ruddi. So did Sue, and Sue had been brought into the play. Somebody knew about Stack’s movements at the time of Berak’s escape. Somebody had tipped off the Communists. That somebody had to be close to Stack.

Stack’s memory still hadn’t given up all its facts, but some had come back. He remembered visiting Sue at Ruddi’s studio to sort out some legal matter. There could be a tie-up through Sue somewhere. It was a possible line of investigation. There was also Max, who knew more about Stack than anyone else. And there was Hendrich Lieffer. But it was no good trying to play detective, he thought. His intuition told him that there wasn’t time. It also told him to let them make the play. They had so far. What he had to do was to go along with it until he got his memory back, but he had to take precautions. It was time to inform his Control what was going on.

He went to his apartment in Kurfiersten Strasse and prepared a carefully worded message. It gave a complete resumé of his movements since he had flown to Spain. It also asked Control to get information on the contacts he had made. He photographed the coded message and placed the microfilm in a metal sachet the size of a small postage stamp. This was stapled to the corner of a ten mark note. A note which was later used to buy a morning newspaper from the stand outside the Ernst Reuter underground station — Stack’s main post box to his Control.

After preparing his message, he returned to his hotel for breakfast. Lehna joined him.

‘I would like to come with you today,’ she said eagerly. ‘The last thing I want to do is sit about, and I don’t care if there is a risk. I have an Israeli passport.’

Stack shook his head. ‘Sorry,’ he said. ‘I don’t think that would be wise.’

He was going to be out in the open, he thought. Everything he did now could be observed and reported back to the opposition. He was even going into their territory. But there was no need to take Lehna into the front line. He wanted to protect her as much as possible. He shook his head. ‘Sorry,’ he said again. She looked crestfallen.

‘When will I see you?’ she asked.

‘Lunch time,’ he replied cheerfully. ‘I know a nice restaurant where we can have lunch. I’ll meet you at one o’clock.’

He gave her the name and address of the restaurant, and suggested that she remained in the hotel during the morning, where she was safe. She smiled faintly at his suggestion, and made no comment.

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