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There was no point in pondering why he had been given this onerous task. There would be
jubilation throughout British Intelligence if he came a cropper and the American Liaison

department was closed down.

George was determined that whatever action Sir Peter Povey thought his instruction would
determine, there was no way George Mcluskey or the Cottage was going to be responsible for
covert operations in Guatemala. That was his “Red Line”. Whatever may be revealed in the future,
it would not be that his department was involved in clandestine activities paid for with American
Dollars. He had to find a way of resolving this situation, a way that would keep the Prime Minister
off the hook and keep his department intact.

The thought of payment in Dollars gave rise to the germ of an idea but first he had to create a cover
should the account at G.H.THORPES private bank ever come to light, a cover that would justify
American Dollars paying for an operation in Guatemala.The answer was a no brainer, assistance to
negotiate a trade deal. That would be a response that everyone would expect from the Americans
and George and his American Liaison Department would be the logical help America would turn to.

He wrote a memo to Collinson to arrange a meeting to confirm that he was to assist the American’s

trade aspirations in Guatemala and that he had been given an initial budget of one million dollars.
The protocol was a simple one, bribery of those responsible for procurement in the government
and large industries. Not a moral protocol but one that the rest of the World employed with
impunity.

George was certain that Collinson would leave enough of a trail to divert attention away from
America’s real aims.

He poured himself another drink and switched on the red outer door Do Not Disturb sign. He
unlocked the bottom drawer of his desk, inserted the code for the safe section in the drawer and
removed a file marked “FOR YOUR EYES ONLY”.

He could almost recite the text, he had read it many times but it was the black and white

photographs which he wanted to study. He ignored the photographs of the male and let his eyes
linger on a set of pictures of a dark haired middle-aged woman showing her sat at a desk, leaving
her place of work and in several locations wearing various clothes but always carrying a large
satchel shoulder bag.

He eventually shifted his attention to the bottom line of the text.

“Action at this time is to let both suspects run under close observation.”

It was signed by Herbert Morrissey, Legal Attaché (London) Federal Bureau of Intelligence and
Representative of the Director of National Intelligence.

There was a written note scrawled at the bottom of the page.
“George, your friends do not want you to know this but you we trust. Herbert.”