The Berlin Tunnel by Roger L Liles

Author:Roger L Liles [Liles, Roger L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947392274
Published: 2019-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

At the meeting of the Security Committee the next day, Scott and I described our exploits.

Mark Powell said, “Colonel Morgan would have raised hell if you’d been caught, and most of the skin would have been taken off my ass.”

“But, sir, it was….”

“You could’ve at least brought me in on your scheme,” he insisted.

“We feared that you’d squelch the idea and we’re running out of time,” I protested.

Before Mark could reply, Kurt said, “My men have spent countless hours trying to find the communication pipe’s route. They weren’t prepared to see what was obviously there. A trained eye solved this problem. We should all be pleased!”

Scott handed Kurt a small piece of metal—roundish, dull gray on one side and somewhat shiny with a serrated surface on the other.

“Is this what I think it is?” Kurt asked.

“Yes, it is. The area around the Kupfergraben Canal was deserted yesterday. I borrowed a small boat and managed to get it under the pipe Robert located last week. Climbing on top of the wheelhouse, I used my folding hacksaw to remove that piece.”

“I’ll send this off to Washington via courier immediately,” Kurt said, smiling. “This bit of metal will allow us to determine the Soviet solution to EMP hardening, and it may help us to find a way to negate the protection they believe it provides.”

The committee covered other topics and was about to adjourn when I said, “Kurt, I need one of your men to place this exactly five feet above a piece of concrete in the vacant lot. It’s a surveyor’s target.”

“From your description, there are a large number of bits of cement scattered on that mound of earth. How can we ensure he finds the correct piece of concrete?”

“I placed an American half-dollar coin under that particular piece. Once you put the surveyor’s target in place, I can use a theodolite to accurately determine the location of their pipe relative to our tunnel.”

“I know what to do. We’ll find a No Dumping sign and place this on its back. Hiding it in plain sight…”

On Wednesday of the next week, I spent several hours on the roof of our building with my theodolite pointed at the back of the No Dumping sign. After intense calculations, I determined that the sign and, hopefully, the communications pipe were in a straight line, precisely 1846 feet from the entrance to the tunnel.

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