Chapter 788: Eat a trench and grow a wisdom
More than 20 kilometers outside the city of Joburg, there is an unknown small lake, there is a 12-meter-high hill on the shore, and a building is looming in the woods of the hill when you drive through the highway on the lakeside. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Like the mansions of most wealthy people, there are few neighbors around, and the nearest house is five kilometers away.
In fact, the building covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters, including the owner's woods and gardens, and is very secluded, with an iron gate at the entrance, a state-of-the-art surveillance and alarm system, and even patrols in the woods, and a winding and narrow tree-lined path that is the only way to get in and out of the place.
Only when you come to the hillock can you find that this hillock is not small at all.
It is a modern three-storey building with a 5.5-metre-high living room and large floor-to-ceiling windows that surround the lake. Outside, there are landscaping such as a swimming pool, bar, pond and waterwheel, a helipad at the back, and even a trail leading to a private dock by the lake.
However, it is only when you are there that you will find out that this is not a mansion in the usual sense.
There is a front desk in the living room, a huge background wall, the wall is inlaid with the company's logo and English name, there is no bedroom, no living room, and there is an office up and down. The most incredible thing is that these are just ground buildings. The underground space is larger than the ground and the security measures are tighter!
Hart was happy with the current office environment, sat in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and said to his old friend proudly, "West, you know, those guys want you to go to Nigeria." I couldn't believe that I had been there for three years, and the heat, poverty, and malaria threatened me all the time, and I dreamed of getting out of that place. β
"I owe you a favor. β
"Two," Hart reminded with a sly smile, "if it weren't for me, you would have died in Sierra Leone." β
"Sierra Leone doesn't count, I can fix it myself that time. β
"Well, it doesn't matter if it's one or two, you owe me anyway. Hart sat up straight, moved the swivel chair to the table, flipped out a stack of papers and threw it in front of the old man: "Look, don't waste time on that Chinese, like a fake policeman, not a spy, it has no value to us." β
It is an open secret that embassies and consulates of various countries are places where the sending country obtains intelligence, and it can be said that diplomats are all intelligence officers, but there are professional and unprofessional among them.
West was not very interested in the ordinary diplomats of the Chinese embassy in South Africa, nor in the military attachΓ© whose identities were almost public, and only wanted to find out the most professional spies among them.
Chinese diplomats live in seclusion and are difficult to approach, and they have been in office for more than three months without getting anything.
I finally got my eye on a guy with a lot of activity and suspicious behavior, but it turned out to be not!
West couldn't help but feel a little lost, and after reading the document, he asked angrily: "These are all obtained from open channels, what are those guys stationed in China doing, I can't imagine that it takes three months to investigate a policeman!"
"Maybe they have something more important. β
Hart has always believed that China intelligence should be handled by China experts, and that the geographical advantages of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao should be fully utilized, and he feels that it is simply a joke for his boss to let people in South Africa engage in China's intelligence, but now is indeed a critical moment, and the boss's instructions have a certain amount of truth.
He thought for a moment and lit a cigarette: "Man, China wants to build a beautiful embassy, and this opportunity is not always available. Something had to be done for next year's budget. β
West shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Hart, I know this is an opportunity, but the current China is no longer the China we thought it was." They have money, they have a lot of money, they have enough resources to come by themselves, they don't pretend to others, they have extremely high requirements for the secrecy of engineering construction, and all technicians, workers, and building materials come from China. β
It is an open secret that embassies and consulates of various countries are places for obtaining intelligence, and it is also an open secret of the international intelligence community to listen to the communications of other countries' embassies and consulates, to follow and monitor, and even to plot against other countries' diplomats.
The international situation is not as tense as it was 20 years ago, and during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two countries engaged in fierce confrontations over the issue of embassy tapping and counter-wiretapping.
At that time, the U.S. Embassy in the former Soviet Union was located in the center of Moscow, and during construction, Soviet agents installed a large number of bugs, making the U.S. Embassy the most bugged in the world.
Then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with the former Soviet ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Breinin, and bluntly said that the American ambassador to the former Soviet Union was suspected of having leukemia, which was probably related to electromagnetic radiation around the embassy. Since eavesdropping equipment, code-breaking equipment, and communication jamming equipment all rely on electromagnetic waves, it may be a scandal for the former Soviet Union to make the US ambassador's illness public. Based on this situation, can Moscow stop electromagnetic radiation directed at the US embassy?
Dobrynin immediately fired back, telling Kissinger that he himself had been suffering from laryngeal and respiratory ailments for many years, and that Soviet doctors had repeatedly warned him to stay away from electromagnetic environments. The meaning of the Soviet ambassador was clear, and the United States did the same with the former Soviet embassy.
Wiretapping has occurred not only on both sides of the hostile or cold war, but also on United Nations missions.
Every word spoken by delegates to the General Assembly during meetings and voting is authorized by their own Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When the representative was talking on the phone and receiving instructions in the hallway, his call was eavesdropped. Before the representative walked into the room to speak, the eavesdropping party already knew his views and positions.
Because it was not safe in the corridor, the delegates later ran to the park to make phone calls.
But now that eavesdropping technology is becoming more and more developed, as long as you stand in one position, whether it is a park or a corridor, there is a way to eavesdrop. So the diplomats kept walking around on the phone, which became one of the wonders of the United Nations General Assembly.
When is the best time to install bugging equipment, isn't it during the construction of the embassy?
As a director of intelligence, Hart really didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and stared at the old man and said with great exaggeration: "Dear West, think of a way, I know what you are capable of, for God's sake." β
The construction site is there, it's not that I haven't tried it, and every time it fails.
West patted the file with Han Bo's photo and shook his head: "Hart, don't you think it's more appropriate to let the agents in charge of China do this? They are extremely vigilant, similar to the North Koreans, and my people can't get close to them at all, let alone expect to be able to blend in." β
The work handed over by the headquarters to the South African station, Hart didn't want others to get involved, and looked at the photo of Han Bo that was taken, and his eyes lit up: "How about getting this policeman, although it has no value in intelligence." β
"The Embassy Counsellor, the Police Liaison Officer, with his authority should have access to the site. β
"That's it, money is not an issue," Hart smirked at the thought of China's harsh private life demands on government officials, "and there are other ways to think of it, like women." β
"Frankly, I'm not hopeful about it. β
"Why?"
The past two months have not been in vain, West spread his arms: "He came to South Africa with his wife, that woman is very beautiful, it seems that they have a good relationship, I don't think he will be interested in other women." β
"What about his assistant?"
"It was a real police officer, who followed the rules, and that was already proven. Hart, stop daydreaming, they're not the same as the corrupt officials in South Africa, they're completely different. β
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Just when the spy leaders of two Western countries were racking their brains to infiltrate the Chinese embassy, Han Bo sat uncharacteristically in the office of the police liaison team, and Qu Sheng, who also did not go out, studied the underworld force hidden in the Chinese community in South Africa---- Minqing Gang.
"Han Bureau, where did these clues come from?"
"Transferred from above. β
"The superiors already knew about this, why didn't they transfer it to us now?"
This gang of underworld forces has a bad record, and is suspected of organizing smuggling, opening casinos, organizing the sale of yin, usury, extortion, robbery, deliberately wounding people, and even killing people, and it is all aimed at his own compatriots and even fellow villagers.
Eat a trench and grow wise, Han Bo no longer dares to act rashly.
In fact, not only do I not plan to go out today, but I will also have to reduce my going out for a period of time in the future, and even if I have to go out, I can't meet Chen Wei again like before.
"If you want to defeat them, it's not enough to rely on our strength alone," Han Bo took a sip of water and raised his head: "I reported some immature ideas to the Sand Bureau in the morning, and the Sand Bureau asked us to wait for news, and he had to report to the ministry leaders." β
"Immature thoughts?"
"Carry out more in-depth cooperation with the South African police, send more people to assist the South African police in investigating and collecting evidence, assist the South African police in arresting, and then go through the extradition procedure to extradite them all back for trial!"
As many as 36 gang members have been grasped, and this is not as simple as arresting one or two suspects and extraditing one or two. In order to turn all this into reality, Ambassador Chen's coordination may not be effective, and it requires consultations between the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the South African side, and even the vice national level.
Although Qu Sheng is one round older than Han Bo, his service experience is far less rich than Han Bo, and he is not very familiar with the organs of the Ministry of Public Security, so he can't think about it.
Looking at his thoughtful look, Han Bo continued: "I reported to Ambassador Chen and Minister Yang before reporting to the Sand Bureau, Ambassador Chen and Minister Yang are very supportive, and the international environment and political environment are also relatively favorable. I think our next task is to find out Yu Qingfang's whereabouts as soon as possible, and if we can find out where she is hiding before we act, we can hope to use this situation to extradite her. β
"It's not the same as last time, it's easier to persuade her to return, and she is different from Wang Haiyan, Interpol has issued a red notice, as long as she can be found, she has no choice than Wang Haiyan. β
"If she is obsessed and always has unrealistic illusions, then she can only ask the South African police to arrest her, and she can only go through the extradition procedure. It is too risky to do it like last time, and we cannot pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon, which will affect the relations between China and Africa. β
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PS: I wish you all dear brothers and sisters a happy May Day holiday!