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“Of course, I personally agree with much of what you say, although the adolescent games do
keep some of us rather gracefully employedHowever, there’s no way I could convince my more
rigid superiors, starting with the one standing above me
“All right,” said Conklin from his table, his eyes still on the ceiling“Down and dirty—we deal
You get him into Novgorod and you keep Ogilvie
“We’ve already got him, Aleksei
“Not clean, you haven’tWashington knows he’s here
“So?”
“So I can say you lost him and they’ll believe meThey’ll take my word for it that he flew out of
your nest and you’re mad as hell, but you can’t get him backHe’s operating from points unknown
or unreachable, but obviously under the sovereign
quilted chanel purse protection of a United Nations countryAs a
matter of conjecture, I suspect that’s how you got him over here in the first place
“You’re cryptic, my fine old enemyTo what purpose should I entertain your suggestion?”
“No World Court embarrassments, no charges of harboring an American accused of
international crimesYou win the stakes in EuropeYou take over the Medusa operation with no
complications—in the person of one Dimitri Krupkin, a proven sophisticate from the cosmopolitan
world of ParisWho better to guide the enterprise? The newest hero of the Soviet, a member of
the inner economic council of the PresidiumForget the lousy house in Geneva, Kruppie, how
about a mansion on the Black Sea?”
“It is a most intelligent and attractive offer, I grant you,” said Krupkin“I know two or three
men on the
prada fairy Central Committee whom I can reach in a matter of minutes-everything confidential, of
course
“Nyet, nyet!” shouted the KGB commissar, slamming his fist down on Dimitri’s table“I
understand some—you talk too fast—but all is lunatic!”
“Oh, for God’s sake, shut up!” roared Krupkin“We’re discussing things far beyond your
grasp!”
“Shto?” Like a young child reprimanded by an adult, the Komitet officer, his puffed eyes
widened, was both astonished and frightened by his subordinate’s incomprehensible rebuke
“Give my friend his chance, Kruppie,” said Alex“He’s the best there is and he may bring you
the Jackal
“He may also bring about his own death, Aleksei
“He’s been there before
“Belief,” whispered Krupkin, his own eyes now on the ceilingVery well,
the order will be issued secretly, its origins
louis vuitton travel bags untraceable, of courseYou’ll enter your own American
compoundIt’s the one least understood
“How fast can I get there?” asked Bourne“There’s a lot I have to put together
“We have an airport in Vnokova under our control, no more than an hour awayFirst, I must
make arrangementsYou, my imbecilic commissar! I will hear no more
from you! A telefone!” The once all-powerful, now subdued superior, who had really understood
only such words as “Presidium” and “Central Committee,” moved with alacrity, bringing an
extension phone to Krupkin’s table
“One more thing,” said Bourne“Have Tass put out an immediate bulletin with heavy coverage
in the newspapers, radio and television that the assassin known as Jason Bourne died of wounds
here in MoscowMake the details sketchy but have them parallel what
buy chanel bags happened here this
morning
“That’s not difficultTass is an obedient instrument of the state
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“I haven’t finished,” continued Jason“I want you to include in those sketchy details that among
the personal effects found on Bourne’s body was a road map of Brussels and its environsThe town
of Anderlecht was circled in red—that has to appear
“The assassination of the supreme commander of NATO—very good, very convincingBourne or Webb or whatever your name may be, you should know that this story
will splash across the world like a giant tidal wave
“Are you prepared for it?”
“Yes, I am
“What about your wife? Don’t you think you should reach her first, before the civilized world
learns that Jason Bourne is dead?”
“NoI don’t even want the slightest risk of a
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