Dead Easy by Don Pendleton & Peter Leslie

Author:Don Pendleton & Peter Leslie [Pendleton, Don & Leslie, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: det_action
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"There is one other thing, Hanson," Colonel Vanderlee said. He cleared his throat. "It's better we should get it out of the way now."

The mercenary had already moved away from his chair, on the way out. He retraced his steps, frowning. "Namely?"

"The man Bolan, as you know, is on the hit list of several security agencies, among them the KGB. He is also wanted in a number of European countries and in many parts of the United States."

"So?"

"But not at present in South Africa. If, on the other hand, we could persuade one of those bodies to ask formally for his extradition…" Vanderlee left the sentence unfinished.

"What are you getting at?"

"Such a request could not involve the security forces here, but it would provide an excuse for the civil police, country-wide, to be put on the alert, with a warrant issued for his arrest."

"So why not do that?"

"The necessary procedures have been… set in motion." The security boss straightened a pile of papers on the desk, patting the edges with his fingertips. "But even if he was caught and detained, there would have to be a trial before the authorities decided whether or not there was a prima facie case for extradition. And Bolan would be permitted to advance a defense, to show reason why he should not be sent back to wherever it was. In some countries, what are known as political crimes…" the colonel pronounced the words with distaste"…are not considered sufficient reason for extradition."

"What would be the point, then? Are you trying to say…"

"I am saying that although such a move could effectively neutralize Bolan so far as activities in this country are concerned, it would take time. And time is what we lack."

"You're telling me," Hanson said, "that I could get police help to locate Bolan — given sufficient reason? Is that it?"

"I am pleased to see that we think along the same lines," Vanderlee replied.

"But that the extradition reason, though it might work in the long run, doesn't move fast enough for you?"

"Exactly."

"So what other reasons did you have in mind?"

"Assuming you cannot eliminate the man at once…"

"I figure we can."

"We have to plan for all eventualities. Assuming you cannot," Vanderlee said carefully, "it would place much more pressure on the police, give them a far more urgent reason to find him, if Bolan had committed — or was supposed to have committed — some crime in this country. Murder, for instance."

On the ledge outside the office window, the subject of the conspiracy shook his head. He had heard it all before. It was precisely because of such a frame that he was now an outlaw.

It had started with the death of a Russian test pilot during one of the Executioner's clandestine missions inside the Soviet Union. The pilot's father had sworn revenge. And the father happened to be Major General Greb Strakhov, ruthless head of the KGB's Department Thirteen terror squad.

Stage one of the revenge was the KGB-inspired assault that almost took out Stony

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