The Bourne Deception [antikvár]

Munich, Germany/Bali, Indonesia I SPEAK RUSSIAN well enough," Secretary of Defense Bud Halliday said, "but I prefer to speak English." "That suits me," the Russian colonel said with a heavy accent. "I'm always happy to speak foreign languages." Halliday gave the Russian a sour smile in response to his jibe. It was well told that Americans overseas only wanted to speak English. "Good. We'll get this done faster." But instead of beginning, he stared at a wall full of very bad portraits of jazz greats like Miles Davis and John Col-trane, copied, he had no doubt, from press photos. After seeing the colonel in the flesh he had begun to have second thoughts about this meeting. For one thing, he was younger than Halliday had imagined. His blond hair was thick, without the slightest wave, and cut short in the style of the