Op Center 01 – Op Center – Clancy, Tom

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Tuesday, 4: 10 P. M., Seoul

Gregory Donald took a sip of scotch and looked across the

“Do you ever find yourself thinking back, Kim? I don’t mean

to this morning or last week, but-way back?”

Kim Hwan, Deputy Director of the Korean Central

Intel igence Agency, used a red stirring straw to poke at the

slice of lemon floating in his Diet Coke. “To me, Greg, this

morning is way back. Especial y on days like these. What I

wouldn’t give to be on a fishing boat with my uncle Pak in

Donald laughed. “Is he stil as feisty as he used to be?”

“Feistier. Remember how he used to have two fishing

boats? Wel , he got rid of one. Said he couldn’t stand having a

partner. But sometimes I’d rather be fighting fish and storms

than bureaucrats. You remember what it was like.” From the

corner of his eye, Hwan watched as two men sitting beside him

paid their tab and left.

Donald nodded. “I remember. That’s why I got out.”

Hwan leaned closer, looked around. His eyes narrowed, and

his clean-cut features took on a conspiratorial edge. “I didn’t

want to say anything while the Seoul Press editors were sitting

here, but do you realize they’ve actual y grounded my

helicopters for today?”

Donald’s brow arched with surprise. “Are they crazy?”


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