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The Reluctant Agent
A Compelling Story of Espionage
around the forthcoming surveillance and what he would tell Ed that evening. The
overriding factor was that he had promised Bart results, and knew that if he wasn't
there to see for himself how the outcome evolved, success or failure, he would
have to accept the result second-hand and not know whether he was being told
the truth or a lie. He had to take the risk and go.
Ed was waiting, eager for Will's decision. "I'll give a definite yes or no when
I've heard what you've planned to do."
"We've had some meetings to thrash out the details. These Croats are certainly
going to great lengths to prevent being spied on. Going out into the middle of Port
Philip Bay on a hired pleasure boat is certainly unique!" Ed was about to continue
when the door opened and Tony walked in, "this is the man with all the details,
he'll explain everything to you."
Tony opened his briefcase and removing a folder opened it out on the desk.
"There will be four, possibly five agents involved to cover all the bases." As he
outlined the plan Will began to realize that they were going all out to get a good
result.
Early on the appointed Sunday morning the pleasure steamer would leave it's
dock in South Melbourne and go to the embarkation point which was the pier at
Point Ormond. When everybody had embarked, the steamer skipper would leave
and go ashore and a Croat skipper would take over for the excursion out into the
bay, thereby keeping top security. A recorder would be put on the steamer before
it left the dock and another recorder planted in the building on the pier, where the
Croats would wait for the steamer to arrive. The organization would arrange for
a delayed arrival at Point Ormond, to enable conversation to be recorded whilst
everybody was waiting for the steamer to arrive.
"You seem to have covered just about everything," Will remarked, "there's
virtually nothing for me to do."
Ed smiled. "You're not going to get away that easy, we want you to plant the
recorders on the boat and at the pier."
Will sat bolt upright and swallowed hard. "What will you be doing, sitting at
home with your feet up, I suppose?"
"No, we'll be with you all the way. The steamer skipper is taken care of and
we've already had a look at the building on the pier. All we want you to do is
choose the places where to hide the recorder, in case we make a mistake."
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