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The second thing I should point out is that handgun you are holding would not hit a barn door from
three feet; you would stand a better chance of hurting me if you were to use it like a tomahawk

instead.

The third thing is that you are an accountant and although you may have been trained in the basic
use of firearms, it would have been in the manner of self-defence and self-preservation. You would
require a great deal of provocation to kill me, whereas I have been trained in the use of firearms
specifically to kill people and shooting you, a traitor, would probably win me a medal.

And Fourth but never least, is the fact that I am holding a Smith and Wesson Magnum under the

table aimed directly at your stomach.’ I tapped the underside of the table.’ It is said the Magnum is
capable of firing a bullet through an engine block and if I saw your trigger finger start to turn white
with pressure this table would be shattered and you would have a hundred and fifty grams of lead
rattling around your organs. Now! Put it back and sit down.’

Warner stood looking at me, not certain if I was telling the truth, so I tapped the underside of the
table again but this time a little heavier.

Warner put the gun back and I now held the Smith and Wesson on the table pointing at him. I took
the miniature tape out of my pocket and set it on the table.

‘Right, Stephen Caldicot alias Arnold Warner alias Stepan Chernetsky alias Mick Hagley, we will start
at the beginning. I want to know when the Russians first contacted you, the exact date please. I

want the names of every Russian you met both here and in Moscow. I presume that is where you
spent your two year sabbatical. I want to know who helped you set up in Boston and I want to
know why you flew to London on the fourteenth of March this year, who you met in London and
why. I also want the Guatemala memo or details of its whereabouts.

Warner stayed silent.

‘Arnold, I think I need to make a couple of points clear to you again. I really am sorry if this sounds

like a lecture but you really do have to make informed decisions and not decide to stay silent out of
anger for instance. Point one. I could make contact with certain people in the CIA who would dearly
like to learn about the Russian methods of turning people against Uncle Sam. I promise they would
not be having such a cosy chat in your sitting room. Point two. I could just as easily make contact
with people in the FSB who would be extremely concerned that one of their agents failed to report
back to them that a British and American operational code had fallen into his hands. Arnold, I will
not miss my flight. Either tell me what I want to know or tell me which intelligent service you want
me to call.’