The Hawkeye team arrived in Marseilles less than two days after Grant"s initial communiqué to Broadway. There was no fanfare, no notifying of local SIS, and the only time they would meet their man on the ground, who went by the cryptonym Gorilla, was when they had finished their surveillance operation and had something to report.
A base was set up on the outskirts of the city, vehicles were hired, equipment was unpacked and a routine was organized. They were self-reliant and very much left to their own devices as they were used to. All were ordinary, spoke fluent French and were experts at blending into their environment. The men and women of Hawkeye set up a static position in a hotel adjacent to the Hotel Azure, camper vans were parked opposite it and roving teams of Hawkeye operatives
