"Find Mr. Trippe and ask him if I have ever made an idle threat," the Old Man said, and hung up.
[THREE]
Office of the Director
The Office of Strategic Services
Washington, D.C.
1105 IB April 1943
"This just came in." Colonel A. F. Graham, USMCR, handed OSS Director William J. Donovan a large manila envelope with TOP SECRET stamped on it. Donovan took it wordlessly and read it.
TOP SECRET
LINDBERGH
URGENT
FROM AGGIETW0 AGGIE 0400 GREENWICH 15APR43
MSG NO 0003
TO ORACLE WASHDC
EYES ONLY FOR DDWH0 GRAHAM
1. IN RE LINDBERGH
A. GALAHAD CONFIRMS ABSOLUTELY LINDBERGH EXISTS.
B. MONTEVIDEO OPERATION RUN BY SS MAJOR WERNER VON TRESMARCK, SECURITY OFFICER OF GERMAN EMBASSY HEREAFTER BAGMAN.
2. AGGIE EN ROUTE BIRDCAGE AS OF 1700 GREENWICH 14APR43.
AGGIETW0 END
TOP SECRET
LINDBERGH
"Interesting," Donovan said.
"Somehow I thought you would be pleased," Graham said. "Am I missing something here, Bill?"
"Well, for one thing, we don't know who Galahad is," Donovan said. "It would really be helpful to me if I could tell the President that the reason we re-ally believe there is an ongoing operation down there ransoming concentration-camp inmates is that we are getting our information from somebody who knows what he is talking about for the following reasons, one, two, three, and is moti-vated to tell us all this for the following reasons, one, two, three. Galahad won't cut the mustard, Alex. FDR has a very droll sense of humor. If I go to him and tell him what we have learned from Galahad, he'll ask me what we have heard from King Arthur and the rest of the Knights of the Round Table."
"I messaged Frade to identify Galahad and Cavalry," Graham said.
"And he has decided he doesn't want to tell us," Donovan said.
"We don't know that," Graham said.
"Oh, but we do," Donovan said, and went into the side drawer of his desk and came up with two other messages.
"The one from Frade came in while you were in Havana," Donovan said.
TOP SECRET