There’s a doctor in Falls Church that we’ve used... There’s a doctor in Falls Church that we’ve used before in special
operationsI’ll get hold of him, he’ll know what to do
“Good,” said Bourne, his mind racingI’ll give you everything Flannagan
gave meHurry up, I’ve got a lot to do
“You’re on tape, Delta One
Reading from the list he had written down in Flannagan’s cabin, Jason spoke rapidly,
enunciating clearly so that there would be no confusion on the tapeThere were the names of seven
frequent and acknowledged guests at the general’s dinner parties, none guaranteed as to accuracy or
spelling but with broad-brush descriptions; then came the license plates, all from the far more
serious twice-monthly meetingsNext to last were the telephone numbers of Swayne’s lawyer, all
of the estate’s guards, the dog kennels and the Pentagon extension for assigned vehicles; finally
there was the unlisted telephone in New York, no name here, only a machine that took messages
“That’s got to be a priority one, Alex
“We’ll break it,” said Conklin, inserting himself on the tape“I’ll call the kennels and
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Pentagonese—the general’s being flown to a hush-factor post and we pay double for getting the
animals out first thing in the morningOpen the gates, incidentallyThe licenses are no problem
and I’ll have Casset run the names through the computers behind DeSole’s back
“What about Swayne? We’ve got to keep the suicide quiet for a while
“How long?”
“How the hell do I know?” replied Jason, exasperated“Until we find out who they all are and I
can reach them—or you can reach them—and together we can start the wave of panic rolling
That’s when we plant the Carlos solution
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“Words,” said Conklin, his tone not flattering“You could be talking about days, maybe a week
or even longer
“Then that’s what I’m talking about
“Then we’d better damn well bring in Peter Holland—”
“No, not yetWe don’t know what he’d do and I’m not giving him the chance to get in my way
“You’ve got to trust someone besides me, JasonI can fool the doctor perhaps for twenty-four or
forty-eight hours—perhaps—but I doubt much longer than thatHe’ll want higher
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And don’t forget, I’ve got Casset breathing down my neck over DeSole—”
“Give me two days, get me two days!”
“While tracking down all this information and stalling Charlie, and lying through my teeth to
Peter, telling them that we’re making progress running down the Jackal’s possible couriers at the
Mayflower hotel—we think Of course, we’re doing nothing of the sort because we’re up to our
credentials in some off-the-wall, twenty-year-old Saigon conspiracy involving who knows what,
damned if we know, except that the who is terribly impressiveWithout going into statuses—or is it
statae—we’re now told they have their own private cemetery on the grounds of the general officer
in charge of Pentagon procurements, who just happened to blow his head off, a minor incident
we’re sitting onJesus, Delta, back up! The missiles are colliding!”
Though he was standing in front of Swayne’s desk, the general’s corpse in the chair beside him,
Bourne managed a tentative, slow smile“That’s what we’re counting on, isn’t it? It’s a scenario
that could have been
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“I’m only along for the ride, I’m not steering—”
“What about the doctor?” interrupted Jason“You’ve been out of operation for almost five
yearsHow do you know he’s still in business?”
“I run into him now and then; we’re both museum mavensA couple of months ago at the
Corcoran Gallery he complained that he wasn’t given much to do these days
“Change that tonightWhat are you going to do?”
“Delicately pull apart everything in this room
“Gloves?”
“Surgical, of course
“Don’t touch the body
“Only the pockets—very delicatelySwayne’s wife is coming down the stairsI’ll call you
back when they’re goneGet hold of that doctor!”
Ivan Jax, Mby way of Yale Medical School, surgical training and residency at Massachusetts
General, College of Surgeons by appointment, Jamaican by birth, and erstwhile “consultant” to the
Central Intelligence Agency courtesy of a fellow black man with the improbable name of Cactus,
drove through the gates of General Swayne’s estate in Manassas, VirginiaThere were times,
thought Ivan, when he wished he
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notwithstanding, he never regretted that Cactus had come into his lifeThanks to the old man’s
“magic papers,” Jax had gotten his brother and sister out of Jamaica during the repressive Manley
years when established professionals were all but prohibited from emigrating and certainly not with
personal funds
Cactus, however, using complex mock-ups of government permits had sprung both young adults
out of the country along with bank transfers honored in LisbonAll the aged forger re quested were
stolen blank copies of various official documents, including import/export bills of lading, the two
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people’s passports, separate photographs and copies of several signatures belonging to certain men
in positions of authority—easily obtainable through the hundreds of bureaucratic edicts published
in the government-controlled pressIvan’s brother was currently a wealthy barrister in London and
his sister a research fellow at Cambridge
Yes, he owed Cactus, thought
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