A Death in Geneva
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With scuba gear on, he was lowered through the trunk, strapped to the same wire stretcher, and lifted to the main deck. The face mask and tanks were eased from him. Flat on his back awaiting transfer to the medevac flight, his eyes traveled first to the white and blue flag with its swallow tails snapping from the ship’s yard, then to the powerful bald agent peering down at him, to the dull black of the wristwatch identifying him as a member of the underseas fraternity.
He squinted at Sweetman, “Got some patching to do on . . . be back . . . tell the skipper not to strike the diver’s flag.”
About the Author
A. DENIS CLIFT is a former naval officer, editor of the Proceedings magazine, and president emeritus of the National Intelligence University. He served in eleven administrations, including tours as National Security Council senior staff member for Soviet Union and Eastern and Western Europe, national security adviser to the vice president, and chief of staff, Defense Intelligence Agency. His books include With Presidents to the Summit.
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