The Man Called X - Rendezvous with Death

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The Chief says to Ken "A few minutes before midnight, in a small telegraph cable office in Rangoon, Burma, Lal Raul gave a hand written cable to the clerk and then walked out into the blackness of the night. A few seconds later, someone then shot and killed that clerk in the office. Lal Raul is now missing, along with the original cable he had written to you. That's the story, Ken. Luckily, the Rangoon police were able to make out the message from the impression left by Lal's pencil on the pad of message blanks. Here's a copy of it". Ken says "Thanks, Chief". Ken reads the message "The shadow from the north spreads swiftly over this land. For the welfare of all our peoples, I pray that you will come at once to Rangoon. Signed, Lal Raul". Ken asks "Oh, Chief. You remember Lal Raul?" Chief says "Sure. He worked with the bureau when the Japs were in Burma. He practically ran the underground resistance there, single-handed". Ken says "Yep. Nothing meant as much to him as his country's freedom". Chief says "Yes, I know, Ken. But what about this cable?" Ken says "The United States has slapped an embargo on strategic war materials from Asia, such as rubber, tin, and antimony. So, what's been happening? We get reports of ten cords of crude rubber turning up in Budapest. A thousand tons of tin are dumped at a Baltic port. Borneo oil turns up in Sophia". Chief says "I know, Ken. I know. It's obvious we've been giving priorities to somebody who's been selling us out, rerouting strategic war materials and shipping them behind the Iron Curtain". Ken asks "Well, what have we been doing about it?" Chief says "You know, the bureau's got men in every ECA country in Europe working on it". Ken says "Sure, but we don't have any in Burma. Look at the map and see what lies north of Burma. Lal Raul tries to warn me about the shadow coming from the north. Then, he disappears".

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