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There were also four American specialists present, and they were

introduced in turn. But the most overpowering figure sat at the head of the table
– Franks, as he was called.
Nobody knew his real name, but he answered to Franks or, more often, the
Grand Inquisitor. Even James Bond was a little in awe of Franks, who could
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eventually break down anyone under interrogation – his methods ranging from
the cosy fireside friendly chat to the more sinister deep examinations which he
could only carry out together with one of the service doctors, usually the
Witchdoctor.

As soon as they were seated, it was Franks who took command, not even
deferring to M.
‘This is all straightforward,’ he began, and everyone turned in his direction.
‘Known facts – five officers and other ranks concerned with the highly
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classified joint Anglo-American project Lords and Lords Day, have been
abducted. Late today I was also informed that Professor Robert Allardyce, the
original brains behind the project, has been found shot dead in British
Columbia.

‘Fu-Chu Lee, commonly known as Brokenclaw Lee, a local gangster of
supposed American Indian and Chinese descent, is known to have arranged the
abductions, and appears to have added to his many nefarious operations that of
espionage for CELD, the Intelligence Service of the People’s Republic of

China. With the help of United States’ agencies and a penetration agent
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ferreting close to Mr Lee, we were alerted to the fact that two couriers were
about to enter the United States with a view to contacting Mr Lee, evaluating
the product he has on offer and taking it back to the People’s Republic. My

brief was to interrogate the two persons identified by our own Service’s China
watchers. We have had them here for a matter of forty-eight hours, and it is my
understanding that you, Captain Bond, together with you, Miss Chi-Ho, are to
take their places.

‘It has not been an easy interrogation, and Doctor Orr here will bear me out
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in this. I tried straightforward methods and found that the two subjects were
well prepared. The Chinese have evolved very clever anti-interrogation
techniques as you all know. The truth is buried deep in the unconscious of both

these people, but I believe we have finally managed to drag it out – with the
use of the latest derivatives of the sodium pentathol family. Even then it was
like peeling the skin from an onion. Like surgeons we went through five major

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