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James Bond did not dare to follow Chi-Chi back to the guest suite. She was
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good, but the sudden knowledge of the imminence of Hung Chow H’ang’s
arrival and of another operation on the boil might just throw her into speaking

questions aloud. He simply hoped that he could give her some comfort as they
went through the farce of examining the Lords and Lords Day intelligence.
Neither Chi-Chi nor Bond were in any way qualified to judge the importance
of the technology.

When M and Franks had spoken to him about the further possibility of
Brokenclaw being involved in Jericho, he had suggested that Chi-Chi should
be briefed, but time was pressing and the likelihood of the matter arising
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seemed so remote that M had actually said, ‘If, by any unhappy chance, it does

come up, you’ll have to busk it, 007.’
Franks had commented that, for the Chinese, the operation was so remote
and vague that he would put hard cash down on Brokenclaw having no
knowledge whatsoever. ‘Mind you,’ Franks had said towards the end of the

briefing, ‘if it were the Japanese, the picture would be different. There’s
already been a leak from the Japs. A complete document, circulated on the Hill
and under analysis at Langley, seems to suggest a covert operation against the
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economy of the United States.’
There it had been left, and Bond cursed himself for not having at least given
her the sketchy improbabilities during their journey. What he had to do now
was give his imprimatur to the material Brokenclaw had produced, and so
force the question of money which appeared to be Brokenclaw’s obsession.

There was little doubt in his mind that Mr Brokenclaw Lee was, like so many

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