Chapter XXIV
"You're here!" Li Xiaoning stood up awkwardly, and Tang Wei quickly put down her clothes.
"That. Yimin. I'll be back in a minute, and I'll bother you more here! Fortunately, Dai Yimin didn't say anything more, and Li Xiaoning quickly returned to normal.
"Okay, Sister Wei is nothing big anyway, then you can go back!" Dai Yimin also understands Li Xiaoning's difficulties. did not continue to make things difficult for Li Xiaoning, after all, Li Xiaoning cannot be blamed for many things. Although the scene just now made a sour water rise in my heart, but strictly speaking, I am a third party. Forget it, let's live a little more chic.
After Li Xiaoning left, Dai Yimin asked Tang Wei with a smile: "Did he want to eat milk just now?" β
"Yes!" Anyway, Dai Yimin had already seen it, and Tang Wei generously admitted it.
After Tang Wei finished speaking, the cheerful laughter of the two sisters immediately sounded in the ward.
As soon as Li Xiaoning returned to the embassy, he was called into the secret room by Lin Zuotao. Li Xiaoning knew that something important must have happened, and after sitting down, he waited for Lin Zuotao to speak.
Lin Zuotao said with a stern face: "Comrade Li Xiaoning, the conversation we are going to have next is a top secret. Hope you understand. β
Li Xiaoning nodded and said, "Understood." β
Lin Zuotao said: "Kevin? Have you ever heard the name Lynch? β
"Yes. is the U.S. government's national security assistant. Li Xiaoning nodded and said, "The real real power." Does it have anything to do with him? β
"Yes. You take a look at this first. Lin Zuotao said and handed over a note.
Li Xiaoning took it, unfolded it, and found that it was written in scribbled English: Please list this as a top secret, and send someone as much as possible, I have something important to tell him. Don't talk about it at your embassy.
"Who wrote this note?" Li Xiaoning's expression also became stern. Obviously, this note must have come from an American person, and it was an American person who wanted to defect. The status is certainly not low, and with the US National Security Advisor Kevin? Lynch has a relationship. Otherwise, Lin Zuotao would not have asked that question before.
"This note is from Kevin? Tom, Lynch's assistant? Jackson's Hand. The note was addressed directly to Ambassador Feng. Lin Zuotao said, "This is top secret. At present, only Ambassador Feng, me and you are the only three people on the embassy side who know about this matter. On Yanjing's side, there will be no more than five people who know about this. β
"Is it true or not?" Li Xiaoning asked. He wasn't asking if the note was true or not, but Tom? Jackson's apostasy is true or false, after all, Jackson's status is too high, and it is unlikely that he will apostatize.
"I can't confirm it." Lin Zuotao said very frankly, "So we need to send someone directly to contact him." β
"What if it's fake?" Li Xiaoning had a bad premonition in his heart. This is a top secret, it stands to reason that he is only an assistant to the military attachΓ©, and he has no right to access this level of confidential content, and now that Lin Zuotao has taken the initiative to talk to him about this matter, it means that he wants to participate in this project. As for his identity, he is probably the connector.
"Jackson's identity is worth the risk." Lin Zuotao answered Li Xiaoning's question very straightforwardly.
Li Xiaoning fell into deliberation. If it had been put before, he would probably have chosen to take risks for the sake of his country without hesitation. But now it's different, he just became a father, and he doesn't want his child to become a fatherless person without even being able to call his father.
Lin Zuotao didn't know what Li Xiaoning was thinking, but continued: "Who will be the "person in charge" of this extremely important intelligence agent is actually a lot of brains for us. You know, the FBI and the CIA have a lot of surveillance capabilities in their own countries. If we send a new man, he will be monitored as soon as he arrives in the United States; And if field agents were to be used, they would not find a reasonable explanation for their contact with Jackson, and if they were spied on, our spy network in the United States would suffer a lot of damage. Since it was difficult for us to safely connect with him in the United States, we could have made contact with him in Canada or Latin American countries, but as a high-security official, Jackson could not travel abroad casually. β
After a pause, Lin Zuotao continued: "After careful consideration, we feel that you are the most suitable candidate. Now that China and the United States are cooperating in counter-terrorism, you happen to be in charge of counter-terrorism, and the United States knows your identity, so they will not suspect that you have other purposes when you go to serve as this liaison officer. The most important thing is that we all believe in your abilities, and you have proven your abilities. β
Li Xiaoning actually understands that since he told himself about such a confidential matter, it is not a discussion, but an order. If you don't accept it, you will be immediately placed under house arrest. Therefore, after a little hesitation, he put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and said sternly: "Please rest assured that the party and the country will ensure that the task will be completed." β
Although he took the task, Li Xiaoning didn't have any bottom in his heart. Although he had been exposed to spy work before, it was all petty fighting. Now it's different, he's going to have to face the world's largest security agencies, even though they're not very efficient.
Li Xiaoning first transferred all of Jackson's information, and he must first thoroughly understand this person and study his resume and psychology, so as to maximize his survival rate.
Judging from the data, Jackson is a typical good American, his parents are descendants of New England immigrants, he has no habits of drugs, promiscuity, alcoholism, and is well-educated, "grew up under the stars and stripes, and shouted God bless America once a week." You must know that patriotic education in the United States is sometimes more numb and "preachy" than that in China, and ordinary Americans are convinced of God's demand that the United States save the world and peace. It is hard to imagine that such an activist in the upper echelons of American society would offer to work for their hostile country, the "communist state".
Although the truth of Jackson's apostasy has not yet been determined. But after some research, Li Xiaoning felt that he could not be disguised. Because Jackson's rank is so high, his boss can actually be regarded as a direct superior of the CIA, and it is impossible for him to do such low-level work for the CIA.
In addition, a few hearts are not short of money, and according to intelligence, this man is a bit puritanical and not interested in a luxurious life. Although his income is not large, his father-in-law was once a Wall Street broker and left them an inheritance of tens of millions of dollars after his death. Obviously, he would not come to Huaxia for money. The rest may only be that he "likes the game itself" or "ideological reasons".
Anyway, I'm going to have to deal with this person below.