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tbe into way my pushed I when ten past little a W&S lt

••na Beirut's in bar smoke-filled a ,Salah Club crowded

.quarter tive

glancing after but ,front up roorn no was mjere

alongside rear the in booth empty an spotted I ,around

and in myself eased I When .OOC. dance dime-sized the

waiter a ,seat leatber stained the against back settled

,barstool a as tall as about was He .ay. my scooted

.mile. matching a and eyes bright with

nodded and look up-and-down quick a me gave He

.nfidentially. whispered he ",halik Kayf" .pprovingly.

.Amricanee" .ead. my shook I

English the speak t ,see You .ngricanee. ,Aha"

of name is One .merica. in cousin many have I .od.

"maybe? ,Ahmcd know You .troit. live He mede.

there and ,Detroit from wasn't I him told I When

and off it shrugged he ,cousin his know l'd way no was

the at girls three tbe toward napkin soggy his flicked

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Lrbanese—-dark typical were Two .ar. the of end

stunning a wa.S girl third the plumpish—but and haircd

she When .enties. eerly her in and ,shapely ,redhead

and brightly smiled sbe ,way ber looking us noticed

.a.SS. ber raised

name Her$' rme. my nudged elbo:v waiter's little The

,EngIish the speak She .irl. friendly Very .ananna.

".ing. I ,like You .O.

.aid. Look,"I" .ead. my shook I but ,tempted wa.S I

see to here rm .avor. a me do you'd if it appreciate ltd"

'him? know you Do .ai. named man a

his and slight!y popped eyes waiter's llle "Rafai?"

tO waat you wby But RafaL know ٦ .ished. smile

,'see?

.ere. is mricaneeÅ the him tetl L'Just

like off took and ,nodded ,briefly over it thought He

,back WZS he minutes three about ln .bbit. nushed O

.ray!. battered ,small a on glass shot a carrying

the set he as whispered he ",someone tO speak I"

,wait you But .OW. here not Rafai say He" .own. glass

"Ho-kay? .ing. I ,COme Rafai Vnien .ink. have

a slipped an4 back smiled r SO ,again smiling wa.S He

scampered he When .and. his into note pound folded

no by but ,brandy WdS lt .rink. the at soiffed I ,off

drink tO nevet rule a it make I and rate; frst means

it see I unless Salah C1ub the like places in anything

cigarette a OÜt got ,aside glass the pushed I .ured.

.shed. ptetty felt I Suddenty .p. lit and

few a rush unexpected a,n in bcgun had day My

in phone the when morning that eight before minutes

WZi3 lt .awake me jolted X3m€r hotel Washington my

.tary. effcient very Hawk's ,Stokes DeI1a

he but" ,said she ",Nick yout on in break to Sorry"

.u. see tO wants

muttered vacation"l on be to supposed rm But"

•sleepily

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it play is Hawk with do don't you thing one The

lt .mp. ÜYO ,order an gives man old the When .te.

,clothes SOtne on pull tO minutes ten than less took

light a street the hit I When .have. aod teeth my brush

a brought whist!e doorman's the but ,falling was rain

—morn D.C.'s made had drizzle The .alt. fishtail a tO cab

•cab the time the by and ,usual than worse traffc ing

,Circle Dupont of side west the on me dropped bie

.y. dragged had minutcs twenty-five another

,up elevator the taking minutes three another lost I

DeIIa offce outer AXE's through strode I when and

.M. chattering her from up glanced

the How's" .OOC. closed Hawk's toward nodded I

"climate?

thumbs-down the me gave and sweetty smiled She

and knob the turned I ,shoulders my Bracing .sture.

•. went

.led. Hawk ",time About"

the nnd weather the about something say tO started T

Never'€ impatientlye. head his shook he but ,traffc

"Nick? ,Arabic your How's" .interrupted. he ",ind.

Never poinL tbe to Always .wk. vintage was That

.rt. help could he if talk small in words wasting

could I suppose I" .plied. ir,"l. ,while a been lt's"

.p. brushing SOtne u.se

and drawer top desk's his inside reached ,g-untcd He

-be it Clamping .igars. foul his of one with up came

of cloud a exhaled slowly and up lit he ,tips his tween

Gregor na-tne the Does" .moke. grey eye-smarting

"bell? a ring Salobin

.ew. a quite rang lt

.mptly. replied I ",rse. of ,Russian He's"

-be I .uthorities. missüe best their ot one Probably"

-Bom Orbital Fractional Soviet's the perfected be lieve

had he's that around talked it's and ,System bardment

also I .ctwork. Defense Tallinn the planning in hand a

,II War World in engineec combat a as served he think

left his lost and bravery for medal Lenin the received

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in be he'd gue.SS I .talingrad. of battle the during eye

"he? now—wouldn't sixties early or 'fifties late his

i. show didn't he impressed WäS Hawk If

",N3 ,files our with up keep YOtJ that see tO LGo»:I'

about facts some are there W'But .ryly. responded he

desk the inside back ow."Dipping. don't you Salohin

my it tossed and folder thick a produced he drawert

Whea .hrough. this read and comet quiet a Find" .ay.

.tt. about talk we'll and back come ,finished you've

but ,digest. tO hour an than morc took material The

SaIobin*s about right was I .ding. fascinating made it

read I when came kicker real the but ,expertise missile

tO data missile vital on passing been had Salobin that

.ears. three to close for lnteiligence U.S.

hy prepared ,sheets fact 4-ITG the tO According

Russian the ,loscow. in controller Ameriean Salobints

,thing ideological an WdS lt .oney. the for it in wasn't

with disenchantment growing SaIobin's by on brought

kept sheets fact the ,Repeatedly .se;S. Kremlin his

of criticism harsh expressed Salobin how out pointing

or scientists toward policy harassment government's his

slightly evetl disagreed who citizen Russian other any

.eaders. tbeir with

—an took I material the reading finished had I

was that Salobin of snapshot small the at look othcr

of front in standing him showed lt .ossier. the ot part

Moscow a in dacha his ptobably .house country small a

magnifying a through featutes his checked I .uburb.

tO dip slight a was there ,sixtyish and Grey-haired .ens.

indicated have could which ,mouth his of side right the

the way the By ,ye. left the checked I .troke. recent a

doubt No .alse. obvious!y was eye the ,drooped lid

.it. about

,offee Hawk's reentered I when ,afterward Short1y

inches of couplc a ,chair creaky his in back leaned he

.outh. his of corner a into screwed cigar dead of

on views your What're" .sped. he ".ight. Atl"

"now? Salobin

best our be to got Salobin's" .eplied. I ",lncredible"

".ate. tO Russia inside pipeline

value Whatever" .ack. shot Hawk ",anymore Not"

that's least At !Finished .one. is us tO becn Sa1obin's

-van has man The .oment. this at stand things where„

•••care listen Now .ce. a without Disappeared .ished.

".. you fill I while fully

.ints. the off ticked Hawk ,Briefiy

Salobin's to according ,before wecks tWO Only

had expert missilc aging the ,controller American

his with up Fed .tlessness. of signs increasing shown

-cit its of lives and minds the on stranglchold country's

-de had he that controller U.S. his told Sa1obin ,izens.

Russia leave and complete defection his make tO cided

important An .est. the to over come and good for

,Tißig in held bc to scheduled WÄS conference scientific

Turkish the from far not city Russian southeastem a

conference the attend to was plan Salobin's and ,border

.urkey. into over süp ,moment opportune an at ,d.

.nctuded. Hawk ",off it pulJed actually he And"

of set a had he and ,disguise of kind SOtne used He"

stopped train his whcn him on papers traveling forged

the on Once .inspection. usual the for t«rder the at

for headed train Turkish a boarded SaIobin ,side othcr

".ived. never he But IstanbuL

".in. the on get did never he Maybe"

-.be ,right atl it on got He" .ead. his shook Hawk

,lcast at ,side our on things bandling people the cause

Turkish the aboard spotter a put tO sense good the had

the when again and ,on getting seen was Salobin .in.

But .ast. Turkish the along Ordu at stopped train

is this and ,night the during 8tops. other two were there

-con be's Although .gue. becomes spotter our where

he ,compartment his in remained Salobin that vinced

the lstanbul into pulled train the when it in wasn't

.orning. following

.uggested. I 'Russianswt the been bave could lt"

defect tO plan SaIobio$s to on caught had they Maybe"

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stops two made train the Since .irn. aftcr came and

off hjm get tO managed could've they ,night the during

".rdcr. OWt1 their tO back it beat then and

CBut' .id. Hawk ",first at thoughts OWfi my Exactly"

last this received I when mind my change tO had I

".night

he ,desk clutteted his on papers some through Sifting

٢ AXE's in transmitted teletype a with up came

-rub wa.S it and point dispatch Lebanon a bore lt .ode.

-al had Hawk .URGENT CRITICALLY stamped ber

.in. me filled he and ,decodet the through it run ready

•for Salobin's by dispatched been had message The

for cry blunt a was it and controller American mer

the ,informant underground rcliable a Through .elp.

that tip a received had agent intelligence American

ina person a if learned be might whereabouts Salobin's

name the by man a contact would authority of position

.Beirut in Salah C1ub the at Rafai of

Hawk ",nothing maybe or ,something be could lt"

file Jnterpol the checked already l've" .out pointed

hit interndtional level lower a as Rafai this list they and

——prostitution ,goods stolen ,drugs in deals who man

•••CON But .uck. quick a into turned be C,an that anything

be tO have will Rafai ,importance Salobin's sidering

".ut. checked

out hlowing After .igar. hig rclight to paused Hawk.

be not may lt" .earily. head his shook he match the

share who services other the of some critieize to fair

After .ick. ,is it how know you but ,work of• kind our

Otl knocking COme usually they ,up things foul they

happens that when And *ut. them bail tO door AXE's

"Right? .ou. on calling up end lgenerally

gone evet had man old the as far as about was This

one only W$S there and ,compliment a me paying in

•. thank tO way

I "Beirut? for leave to me want you do SOOt1 How"

.ked.

but ,smile tO going WAS he thought I moment a For

and suddenly throat his clearing of point a made he

of out fly tO booked You're" .tch. his at scowled

about just you give Tbat'lJ .ours. tWO about in Dut1es

".ings. few a pack to time enough

,pale His .t. ca!led he ,door the reached I When

high people are There" .erious. deadly were eyes blue

They .ick. ,one this watching government our in up

—spe his on value highest the place They .alobin. want

living the among still Salobin's If .owledge. cialized

how care don't I ,ive. in him bring tO you want I

the get tO kill tO have may you many how or ,it do you

".ter. the faster the And itv. do just But .one. job

after and ,Rome tO me took flight my of leg first The

Lebanon to directly continued I. layover hour an

at artiving After .ight. AirIine East Midd1e a aboard

clerk baggage the had I ,Airport lnternational Bcirut's

and Geotges Saint Hotel the tO on luggage my send

..wn. into ride the for cab a grabbed I then

is Arabic though and ,city cosmopolitan a is Beirut

widely are English and French language oflicial the

almost Sometimes .hree. all spoke cabbie My .poken.

of front in me dropped he time the By ,imultaneously.

kids four had ,ied. was he knew I SaIah Club the

he when chef pastry a as moonlighted he that and

.b. his pushing wasn•t

in geated myself find to happened I how that's And

no in and ,tired ,bar Beirut grimy a of booth rear the

.pect. tO what knowing way

had Hawk .d. in plan game no had I ,Frankly

be tO out turn easily could lead Rafai ne .ight. it said

ag ,Meanwhi1e .rm. false time-consuming a ,nothing

kept bar the at redhead the ,by dragged minutcs the

her of one me flash to barstool her on around swiveling

later bit a but her encourage didn't I .iles. come—on

-disap and booth my past right walked ,up got she

the of end far the at curtain beaded a behind peared

,one fresh a up lit ,cigarette my out snuffed I .m.

musicians three and partcd curtain txaded the then and

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