PARIS - FEBRUARY 1965Get to Paris and dig in, Masterman had told them. Sitting in his office, he"d briefed them both about the tactical advantages of being based in the City of Light. “It"s the perfect jump off point for Operation MACE; anonymous, central for reaching the rest of Europe and the one place we know this renegade hit team will have to visit at some point. Plus, SIS has a vast range of assets in Paris which you can call on at a moment"s notice.”
They had purposefully kept the conversation on the BOAC flight to Orly light and frivolous. Not only because they couldn"t conceivably talk about operational matters in an enclosed environment surrounded by their fellow passengers, but also because it gave them a brief opportunity to relax and talk nonsense before the tension of the mi
