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‘He is cleared for the classified information?’ she asked.
‘He wouldn’t be here if he were not project cleared.’ For the first time in
her presence, the old, sharp edge of M’s personality peeped from his tone of
voice.
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American Chinese. I was born an American citizen. My mother died when I
was a child and my father was once a wealthy jeweller. From my teenage years
I wanted to serve my country in some active way, so I enlisted in the United
States Navy when I was eighteen years of age – I am twenty-six now. I am
proud of my success, because, to use the jargon of our times, I’m a high-
achiever. I studied electronics, and for the past two years I have been one of
three Intelligence officers working on the project known as Lords and Lords
Day. As you probably know, most of our work was carried out from the
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Treasure Island base, and I had permission to live ashore. I have a small
apartment on Laguna, close to the Marina. I should also tell you that I love my
father deeply and would do anything for him. Anything but sell out my country,
which, in the end, I suppose he invited me to do, in order to save his own life.
It began three weeks ago. I had a twenty-four-hour off-duty day.’ She gave a
tight little smile, looked up, caught Bond’s eyes and immediately looked away
again. ‘I was having my first cup of coffee when the telephone rang. It was my
father, and within an hour I knew we had to use what he finally told me. I was
aware that I had to become one of the primary active agents in Trojan Horse.’
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