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1330 Zulu, Thursday, July 5, 1984, The Agency Director’s Office Jason is summoned to Director Allen’s office. He arrives, knocks on the door and is told to come in by Allen. “You sent for me Sir?” “Yes, Jason. I need to see the senator privately so I don’t want the call on my phone log. Would you contact Mary Sue Lee and set up a meeting? I’ll keep my schedule open so I can meet any time he can meet without calling any attention to our meeting. And please keep this between us for now. If things go as I expect I’ll have a new assignment for you and David but don’t say anything yet, particularly to Jackson.” “Yes Sir, I’ll talk to Mary Sue immediately. Sir, I’d like you to know Mary Sue and I are dating and it’s starting to get serious. I assure you our personal lives will not interfere with our jobs or compromise the back channel communication with the SIC.” “Ok Jason, that can strengthen the channel as it should increase trust as long as the relationship is going we...

2300 Zulu, Saturday, August 22, 1981, Maria’s Apartment in Arlington, Virginia Everything goes just like they planned. Maria selects an apartment in Arlington, although small and expensive, it has the virtue of her being able to come and go with little notice from neighbors. More importantly, Klaus can visit with little notice. Maria makes the call to the number Klaus gave her, asks for Karl Schultz and gives the address of the diner she selected for meeting Klaus at 9:00 am on a Saturday. She says the message is from Heidi, which means everything is going smoothly. Klaus, rather Claude now, arrives without incident on Friday morning and stays at the Key Bridge Marriott. They connect on Saturday morning at the diner as planned. They decide Claude should maintain a separate apartment until he settles in his new job and they can make plans to marry without causing suspicion from either of their employers. Claude will take an apartment in the District a short Metro ride from th...

1700 Zulu, Tuesday, June 26, 1984, The Agency Director’s Office “Ah, Jackson, thanks for coming so quickly. I just got a message from my contact at MI6 you and the Fox Trot team need to know. The Brits got a message earlier today from their agent in West Berlin. The agent says his informant got the planned order from the leather goods salesman. The salesman told him his trip to Poland is back on schedule. He said the Polish military officer told him the planned exercises were canceled . No reason was given .” “That’s a curious turn of events Sir. Do you want us to see if we can confirm this new intel via the young Israeli Levi Meissner?” “Yes, if you can do it quickly. I have to report to the NSC on Friday and I’d like to have more than just the MI6 story to report.” “Ok, I’ll convene the Fox Trot team and develop a plan.” “ Thanks, Jackson, and please keep me up to date on this.” “Will do Sir.” 1730 Zulu, Tuesday, June 26, 1984, CID SCIF Jackson begins ...

1200 Zulu, Saturday, August 8, 1981, Klaus’s Apartment, Dresden “Klaus, I succeeded in arranging everything you demanded, or I should say I convinced my network contact to have the arrangements made. We’ve waited so long for the chance to get a source of American intelligence on Europe the network agreed to do what you want.” “Wonderful Heinrich, I am relieved and happy. I can't thank you enough. Tell me, how is it all going to happen?” “I can only tell you the first step. Tomorrow you are to leave for the port in Sassnitz. Here are papers authorizing you to attend an engineering society meeting in Stockholm. You are to take a suitcase with clothes for a three-day trip and to board the ferry from Sassnitz to Trelleborg, Sweden. When you are on the ferry ask for Werner. Say he is an old friend. That is all I am allowed to know. I suspect you will be following a plan used before and the network wants to protect it. I am sure you are aware there are luxury goods from the W...