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"And if Lugovoy succeeds in each case?" asked Min Koryo

"So"Our influence would reach further than we originally dared hope But I someti imprisonment and the loss of our business"

"Do not forget, Grandson, the Americans killedthe war"

"Revenge ame"

"All the ainst double-dealing by the Russians President Antonov will do everything in his power to keep fro our fee"

"Should they be stupid enough to betray us at this crucial stage, they'd lose the whole project"

"They don't think that way," said Min Koryo gravely "The Cority is beyond their comprehension They're driven to take the devious path And that, randson, is their Achilles' heel"

"What are you thinking?"

"We continue to play the role of their honest but gullible partner" She paused, thinking

"And when Lugovoy's project is finished?" Lee Tong prompted her

She looked up and a crafty slea from under them"

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ALL inENTIFICATION AND WRISTWATCHESwere taken froainvilles' men transferred them from the Staten Island ferry in minchannel They were blindfolded, and padded radio headsets were placed over their ears that e chamber music Minutes later they were airborne, lifted froined seaplane

The flight seeovoy judged by the s was a lake After a drive of twenty minutes, the disoriented Russians were led across a metal ay and into an elevator Only when they stepped out of the elevator and were led across a carpeted corridor to their bedrooms were the blindfolds and the earphones removed

Lugovoy was profoundly iainvilles The electronics and laboratory equipment went far beyond any he'd seen in the Soviet Union Every piece of the several hundred items he had requested was present and installed