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Puzzle 102: Defectors are like grapes. The first pressings from
them are the best. The third and fourth lack body. Maurice
Oldfield
Puzzle 103: . . . an intermediary between several of Major
Tallmadge’s agents in Manhattan and Major Tallmadge himself.
Puzzle 104: He is, after all, an officer in His Majesty’s Army,
and no common spy.
Puzzle 105: You cannot claim the status of gentleman yourself.
Puzzle 106: Second, I disagree with your means. You wish
me to safeguard the Confederate gold to provide for another
war. In essence, you have asked me to betray the oath of loy-
alty that I took to the Union upon the cessation of hostilities
inthe War Between the States. You clearly have no notion of
the importance of an oath to a man such as me. An oath once
taken must be fulfilled. Honor and duty are the pole stars
of life. I would no more countenance breaking my oath than
Iwould hanging myself — indeed, the latter would be the
more honorable course.
Puzzle 107: But I know of a man who might be able to help
you — formerly one of our generals, now in the nation’s
capital. Although by vocation an attorney, he has a power-
ful position as the head of a large fraternal organization with
branches throughout the country outside the Northeast.
Puzzle 108: Incidentally, my internal telephone directory for
the FBI in Washington is out of date. Please pass me a current
directory at your convenience.
Puzzle 109: Don’t worry about Loretta or the children. We’ll
take care of them. Spare them the agony of a trial. Now is the
time to do the expedient thing.
Puzzle 110: Be subtle! Be subtle! And use your spies for every
kind of business. Sun Tzu
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Puzzle 111: The British are not the only ones with spies on the
ground.
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Puzzle 112: Major André is now convinced that the would-be
traitor is who he says he is.
Puzzle 113: No doubt this message will come to you as some-
thing of a surprise.
Puzzle 114: . . . your decision about my compensation.
Puzzle 115: . . . one pulled away from the United States alto-
gether into a benevolent kingdom of its own. You and I can
accomplish great things.
Puzzle 116: . . . South Carolina’s vote for secession. Open
warfare is only months away.
Puzzle 117: The new commander of the Union forces, that
General Grant, has a firm grasp of the concept of total war,
and he is pursuing that policy most vigorously, not only
defeating us on the field of battle, but destroying our capacity
to produce even food, wherever he can.
Puzzle 118: Not so. Even during the years of travel that I took
in Europe, I knew that I was followed, someone Federal no
doubt suspecting that I have accomplices, and seeking to find
them.
Puzzle 119: I can tell you about one such agent. His name
is Jasper Halligan, an attorney with the United States
Department of State.
Puzzle 120: With the single-minded dedication to your profes-
sion for which you have become known at the FBI . . .
Puzzle 121: More than any other time in history, mankind
faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hope-
lessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have
the wisdom to choose correctly. Woody Allen
Puzzle 122: What is espionage but the very thing we exercise
daily in our lives? John Le Carré, attributed
Puzzle 123: You know what charm is: a way of getting
the answer yes without having asked any clear question.
AlbertCamus
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Puzzle 124: Duty is the moral magnetism which controls and
guides the true Mason’s course over the tumultuous seas of
life. Whether the stars of honor, reputation, and reward do or
do not shine, . . . that unerring magnet still shows him the true
course to steer . . . To perform that duty, whether the perfor-
mance be rewarded or unrewarded, is his sole care. And it
doth not matter, though of this performance there may be no
witnesses, and though what he does will be forever unknown
to all mankind. Albert Pike (Morals and Dogma)
Puzzle 125: As instructed, I have placed myself under a false
name as a serving maid to the officers within the circle of
General Clinton.
Puzzle 126: . . . that this offer is truly from the person whose
name was signed at the bottom of that message.
Puzzle 127: . . . the maps carry the plain signature of General
Benedict Arnold. Please advise us regarding both Major André
and General Arnold.
Puzzle 128: He shall make arrangements to put a great deal of
the material assets of the Confederacy in your hands.
Puzzle 129: Bickley must make it apparent to all that the heav-
ily agricultural interests in this area — including Cuba, Haiti,
Mexico and all of Central America — requires the entry of
these territories into the United States as slave territories. Of
our later ambitions for that region, you shall say nothing to
Bickley.
Puzzle 130: My intermediary shall see to it that you take pos-
session of the last of the gold immediately.
Puzzle 131: Your young prospect, Special Agent Mannheim,
was permitted to lead the team to arrest this Halligan fellow at
State. They found Halligan dead, having taken his cyanide pill.
Puzzle 132: People who make history know nothing about
history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.
G K Chesterton
Puzzle 133: This contract is so one-sided that I am surprised
to find it written on both sides of the paper. Lord Evershed
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Puzzle 134: Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country
from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day
against the people. Roy Hattersley
Puzzle 135: You will with all due haste have your agents in
New York City, behind British lines, take former General
Benedict Arnold into custody by force, and return him to my
camp.
Puzzle 136: For the sake of my reputation and my innocent
family, can we not keep this between ourselves?
Puzzle 137: I shall make no exchange for Major André unless it
be for Benedict Arnold.
Puzzle 138: After the death of Clement Vallandigham this past
June, I lost my last tenuous link to your organization.
Puzzle 139: I understand the terrible predicament you are in:
guardian of a vast fortune in gold, scattered about the coun-
try, yet being without the means to safeguard it adequately.
(Keyword = FORTUNE)
Puzzle 140: This will also help cover the fact that
Vallandigham runs all of this from Canada. Make sure he
thinks it is his idea.
Puzzle 141: Last night, I happened to be in Heron’s Tavern, in
the upstairs room, working on my sculpture of the head of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Puzzle 142: The enemy’s spies who have come to spy on us
must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and com-
fortably housed. Thus they will become converted spies and
available for our service. Sun Tzu
Puzzle 143: So long as men worship the Caesars and
Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make
them miserable. Aldous Huxley
Puzzle 144: Good manners are a collection of intelligence, edu-
cation, taste, and style mixed together so that you don’t need
any of these things. P. J. O’Rourke
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Puzzle 145: . . . terms of compensation . . .
Puzzle 146: . . . proceed with the suitable arrangements.
Puzzle 147: . . . it was an autumn evening, in the churchyard of
St. Andrew’s Church, of the Church of England.
Puzzle 148: . . . working with diligence to infiltrate this group.
Puzzle 149: . . . more formally an organization with an inner
circle, on the one hand, and an outer circle that knows next to
nothing about that inner circle, on the other.
Puzzle 150: I suggest that you consider Clement Vallandigham,
soon or in the near future; his political connections will be
valuable.
Puzzle 151: With the death of Wilkinson in Mexico City last
year, I had hoped that the pressure would have lifted from me.
Puzzle 152: The name of our public organization, “Knights of
the Golden Circle”, smacks too much of the British orders of
nobility.
Puzzle 153: . . . which I am slipping out with a renewal notice
to the Scottish Rite magazine in the name of my deceased
grandfather — then they can bring it to the attention of the
right people.
Puzzle 154: Rather, use the contents to develop your own
investigation and your own evidence. If necessary, you may
say that you received an anonymous but untraceable tip by
telephone.
Puzzle 155: My message will be much more shocking. I am in
desperate straits and I look to you to help, not just me, but
your country.
Puzzle 156: I have every reason to believe that your code of
honor encourages you to help me, a stranger in need, in this
dark hour.
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