"Kennedy is not worried, I have a way to clean him up. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info "John confidently assured Donovan.

"You have his handle in your hand?" Donovan was clearly interested.

"That cronie of his, Taylor Kent, had a private deal with the Germans." John swore by this: "As far as I know, he sold intelligence to the Germans before the war. ”

"Are you sure?" Donovan was taken aback, this Kent was Kennedy's most trusted subordinate, and at one time served as the head of the secret department of the U.S. Embassy, the cipher room.

"Pretty sure. I don't know if he's been in contact with the Germans lately. But I am sure that in July 1938, two months before the outbreak of war, he made a deal with the Germans. ”

John wasn't talking nonsense with his eyes open, this Taylor Kent was indeed a German spy. Historically, he has repeatedly betrayed the contents of the correspondence between Ambassador Kennedy and US Secretary of State Hull, as well as the confidential telegrams between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, to German intelligence agencies.

"How do you know?" Donovan was amazed that John could get hold of such classified information.

John pretended to smile mysteriously, but did not answer. He couldn't tell Donovan that he had seen it from later historical materials.

"Yes, you were in Berlin then." Donovan began to make up for it automatically. After working with the Vanderbilt family for so many years, he has long vaguely felt that the other party has a certain layout in Europe. Recall the 1938 encounter with the John family of three on a ship on his return from England, and the death of Frederick last year. Could it be that the Vanderbilt family's network in Europe is now in the hands of this kid?

Donovan felt like he had guessed the truth of the matter. I knew that this was the case, and I wanted to snatch this kid down from my side. Donovan has begun to regret that a full-fledged European intelligence network has cheapened Stimson for nothing.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?" Donovan quickly turned his attention back. It's too late to say anything now, and Stimson won't let him go. But that doesn't mean that the resources at John's disposal can't be used to him. He decided to do his best to help John deal with the "crisis" in front of him, which was regarded as an investment in advance.

"Now the key is the need for the cooperation of British intelligence agencies. Betraying information is such a thing, as long as you do it once, you can't stop it. I'm sure Kent made a deal with the Germans definitely more than once. As long as they could be sure that Kent was a German spy, Kennedy would not be fine. ”

"That's right, Roosevelt was already very dissatisfied with him, and if there was such a big scandal, Kennedy would definitely not be able to serve as an ambassador." Donovan nodded: "Brigadier Halk told me that they found out half a year ago that someone was leaking secrets to German intelligence. On several occasions, the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers had just been made, and within a few hours the Germans knew about it. MI5 has been checking for a long time, but it has not been able to find out who it is. ”

"They themselves wondered how the minutes of such a long cabinet meeting reached Berlin in such a short time, now with the complete interruption of Anglo-German communications? If it was Kent, it would make sense. The embassy in London is the hub of communication between all European embassies and the United States, and he has access to ......" Donovan was suddenly stunned when he said this.

He remembered that Kent still had the gray code in his hands. This is now the highest level of cipher in the U.S. government, and it is not only Roosevelt and Churchill who are connected through this cryptographic system. When other U.S. embassies in Europe need to send top-secret information, they also have to send a special person to the embassy in London first, and then contact the country through this cryptographic system.

John had another question in mind: if the man who had betrayed intelligence to Germany was really Kent, how did he get the minutes of the British Cabinet meeting, and was there still his accomplices in the upper echelons of the British government?

"Brigadier Halk is downstairs, we'll go look for him now." Donovan felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer, that Kent was too dangerous and that he had to deal with it immediately, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Brigade Commander Halke, although he has just taken over the position of acting MI5 this year, has previously been the head of the agency's "Area B of Operations". He has been staring at the case of the leak of cabinet minutes for half a year.

"Taylor Kent is a man we have suspected of having been extremely anti-Semitic. But because he is a staff member of your embassy and has diplomatic immunity, we can't use any means against him, so we have never had direct evidence. "The meaning of Brigadier Halk is obvious, if you want them to move Kent, there is no problem. But John and Donovan had to give them a plausible reason.

"So be it, John. Didn't I tell the delegation that you had a special mission? This excuse can be put to good use. Donovan's mind was quick: "Let's just say that I stumbled upon Kent as a suspected German spy, so I arranged for you, a fresh face, to assist MI5 and conduct a secret investigation against him." ”

That's a good statement. After all, it was our own embassy that sent spies, and it was better for our own people to find out first, and it looked better on the face. John nodded in agreement. Great, there is a perfect explanation for the few days since I "disappeared".

"Yes, that's it. I'll arrange it when I go back. Brigadier Halker was also refreshed: "Lieutenant Colonel Vanderbilt, thank you for your contribution to our work. I will apply for a commendation from my superiors, please don't refuse, it will be regarded as an apology for our work mistakes. ”

A few days later, MI5 raided a private home in Kent. There, they found a set of keys that would open the U.S. ambassador's secret safe, as well as more than 1,500 classified documents. Although Kent vehemently denied that he was a German spy, MI5 arrested him on the spot and informed the US side of the findings.

Upon learning of this, the US State Department immediately expelled Kent, removing his diplomatic immunity. In order to save face for the Americans, the British court ultimately did not identify Ken as a spy, but sentenced him to seven years in prison on charges of theft and illegal possession of classified documents.

In this way, Brigadier Halk succeeded in bringing together a major work blunder (John is also a character and was locked up for so many days for no reason. If he really insisted on pursuing it, Halke, the acting director, would probably have to take the blame and resign) turned into a brilliant victory in the counter-espionage war. It not only repaired the relationship with John and Donovan, but also resolved the huge pressure brought by the "Cabinet Meeting Minutes Leak Case" to MI5 in one fell swoop, and saved a lot of image points among cabinet ministers.

Donovan revealed his "innate" talent in the field of intelligence to those who questioned him by uncovering Kent, a hidden German spy in the U.S. Embassy. Both the White House and the State Department were very satisfied that he was able to eradicate the cancer on the spot, and to avoid more major losses in a timely manner. As director of the White House Press Coordination Office, he is one step closer to the throne of the first person in the country's foreign intelligence work.

As for John, in this espionage case, he "played" nothing more than a small errand role. Harque had a good conscience, and gave John a lot of credit in the report, and also helped him get a certificate of appreciation signed by Churchill himself. In fact, John didn't care about awards or anything, and he was already very satisfied with being able to cover up the scandal of his "arrest".

Now it seems that the only unlucky one was Ambassador Kennedy, who was innocently lying on the gun. Both President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull were outraged by the Gray Code leak, and Kennedy, who had single-handedly hired and promoted Kent, was firmly labeled as incompetent. John knew that it would not be long before he would be recalled to China by Roosevelt, and he would never have the opportunity to appear in the political arena again.