High Requiem_A Johnny Fedora Espionage Spy Thriller Assignment Book 6 by Desmond Cory

Author:Desmond Cory [Cory, Desmond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Sean O’Neill Fedora has excellent record with this Department in war and immediately post-war period He is considered politically reliable but personally unpredictable If sympathies genuinely engaged may be most brilliant operative in Western Europe but always individualistic in method Nevertheless thoroughly trustworthy Give him my regards Full details from archives follow Wainwright.

“… John Squires’ cable is on very similar lines.” Mr. Mitchell recovered the flimsy, crumpled it between his fingers and dropped it back into his pocket. “So that, although your situation is altogether unprecedented, I’m quite confident of the course that I shall adopt. My information at the moment is that, purely fortuitously, you’ve managed to gain some idea of what is going on in this ostensibly Secret Establishment. Is this true?”

“Some idea, yes. But a very vague one.”

“Well, to be perfectly safe I should, of course, imprison you forthwith. However, Emerald tells me that you have given your word not to attempt to leave the station nor to communicate with the … er … outside world. And so, in view of your excellent connections, I’m inclined to respect your parole.” The Director paused for a moment, though more as a rhetorical device than from any need to collect his thoughts. “But furthermore, Emerald tells me that he is anxious to enlist your positive assistance, and that you have, indeed, already been of great help in tracing this O’Brien fellow. So if you are willing to act as Emerald’s assistant for the next few weeks - by which time we hope our experiments will have reached a happy conclusion - I’ve no objection to revealing to you the precise aims of the establishment.”

Johnny nodded. “I like to have things to occupy my mind. And as I’m going to be stuck here in any case—”

“Pre-cise-ly. You are most certainly stuck here in any case. And tomorrow will be a dull day for you, anyway; the Security formalities must be complied with. But, as I take it you are willing to assist us—”

“Perfectly.”

“Then,” said the Director, glancing at his wrist-watch, “I will devote five minutes to outlining our purposes here at Bir Azahara. Now, this” - and he raised to the desk the object that until now had been concealed in the deep shadow - “this is the Bandit. You may care to examine the model closely.”

Johnny got up, stooped over the desk.

“Yes. As you see, it has the appearance of a conventional swept-wing jet-powered monoplane with, of course, many unusual features. Since the scale is exactly one-fiftieth of actual size, you will appreciate that it is slightly larger than one might expect.” The Director tapped the fuselage with his forefinger. “The machine takes off in the vertical plane with initial rocket assistance. These installations partly account for the tubbiness of its aspect. At a height of approximately five hundred feet a Rolls-Royce ramjet takes over; the angle of ascent is lowered to sixty degrees and the plane climbs at a steadily increasing velocity to thirty thousand feet. It then accelerates to supersonic speeds in a shallow dive.

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