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Berlin?East and WestMoscow, Leningrad, Tashkent and KamchatkaVienna, Paris, Lisbon
and IstanbulThen back across the world to stations in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Cambodia, Laos,
and finally Saigon and the tragedy that was VietnamOver the years, with his facile mastery of
languages and the expertise that came with survival, he had become the Agency?s point man in
clandestine operations, its primary scout and often the on-scene strategist for covert activitiesThen
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one morning with the mists hanging over the Mekong Delta, a land mine shattered his life as well
as his footThere was little left for a field man who depended on mobility in his chosen work; the
rest was downhill and out of the fieldHis excessive drinking he accepted, and excused as genetic
The Russian?s winter of depression carried over into spring, summer and autumnThe skeletal,
trembling wreck of a man who was about to go under was given a reprieveDavid Webb?Jason
Bourne?came back into his life
The door opened, mercifully cutting short his reverie, and Peter Holland walked slowly into the
loungeHis face was pale and drawn, his eyes glazed, and in his left hand were two small plastic
containers, each presumably holding a cassette tape
?As long as I live,? said Peter, his voice low and hollow, barely above a whisper, ?I hope to
Christ I never go through anything like this again, never witness anything like this again
?How?s Mo??
?I didn?t think he?d liveI thought he?d kill himselfEvery now and then Walsh would stop
Let me tell you, he was one frightened doctor
?Why didn?t he call it off, for God?s sake??
?I asked him thatHe said Panov?s instructions were not only explicit but that he?d written them
out and signed them and expected them to be followed to the letterMaybe there?s some kind of
unwritten code of ethics between doctors, I don?t know, but I do know Walsh hooked him up to an
EKG, which he rarely took his eyes offNeither did I; it was easier than looking at MoJesus, let?s
get out of here!?
?Wait a minuteWhat about Panov??
?He?s not ready for a welcome-home partyHe?ll stay here for a couple of days under
observatio
