In the next three consecutive days of travel, Andrei always had a small tail behind him, and there were two waves of people, one was the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, the predecessor of the OSS CIA, and the FBI, speaking of which, the American intelligence agencies were chaotic enough, after Roosevelt came to power, he was very dissatisfied with the status quo of the American intelligence agencies, and he had to constantly coordinate the disputes between the various intelligence agencies. In late 1938, he gave the FBI $300,000 to expand its counterintelligence efforts, much to the dismay of other intelligence agencies. FBI Director Edgar? Hoover took the opportunity to draw up a plan to exchange information with the Army and Navy Intelligence from time to time, but the two would not buy him. At the same time, other non-military intelligence agencies, such as the State Department and the Treasury Department, are reluctant to weaken their intelligence functions, feeling that the FBI is too arrogant. The intelligence community was in a state of arguing for a while. The treacherous Hoover found an opportunity to push this mess back to the White House. President Roosevelt panicked, at this time Hitler had already occupied Austria and Czechoslovakia, and Germany, Italy, and Japan had already begun to move, and the international situation was very tense -- these intelligence elites at home not only could not hand over what he wanted, but even quarreled endlessly for control! Therefore, in 1939, the president issued a secret directive to hand over all espionage, counter-espionage, and sabotage work to the FBI and the Army and Navy Intelligence. At the same time, he authorized the FBI to conduct counterintelligence and security work against Axis spies in Latin America.

With the lightning attack of the German army, Hitler made a long advance in the European theater, occupied France, and confronted Britain, which was almost "the only remaining fruit". Roosevelt was so anxious that he set out to support besieged Britain. However, the intelligence agencies have been inefficient for a long time, and the State Department is rigid in its thinking, and loves to play against him, so he really does not feel at ease about these fixed intelligence channels, so he began to reuse private intelligence networks. He has gone beyond the government's dictates and has directly selected and used people who have been extremely loyal and reliable to him, who are directly accountable to him.

Now OSS is the first for the time being, but the FBI's Hoover has always been unconvinced, he is not willing to be just a domestic law enforcement agency, as a veteran spy of the same era as Dzerzhinsky, he also wants to be such a person, but he has not been able to do so, so he has been filthy, but after all, he still has to take care of the overall situation, and Andrei, as their colleague, naturally has to focus on monitoring, and Andrei is really just traveling in Washington!

Today, Andre came to the Washington Monument, which is located in the center of Washington, on the axis of the Capitol Building and the Lincoln Memorial, is a marble obelisk, square, 22.4 meters wide at the bottom, 169.045 meters high, there are 50 iron stairs in the monument, visitors can look at the whole city of Washington, Virginia, Maryland and the Potomac River through a small window after climbing to the top. The monument is surrounded by a large grassy lawn where rallies and processions are often held.

On Independence Day in 1848, the President of the United States laid the foundation stone for the Washington Monument with the same clay knife used by Washington at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Capitol. For the groundbreaking of this project, the organization called the National Monument Preparation Association, which has been raising funds nationwide for 15 years.

By the time of the Civil War in 1854, the monument had been suspended due to the war for about 50 meters. In 1876, construction of the Washington Monument finally began, and by 1885 it was fully completed, with a total height of 169 meters. The white marble of the Washington Monument is slightly darker than the one below, about 50 meters above, and is the result of two sections of construction 22 years apart. The monument is a stone obelisk, with a high cube stele pillar at the top, which is a triangular spire on all sides, which is sharp and impressive.

The interior of the Washington Monument is hollow, and there are 193 stone tablets donated by various countries, states and cities in the United States, major organizations and celebrities on its inner wall, including the Wenyan stone tablet donated by the Ningbo Mansion of the Qing Dynasty, and the text on the tablet is taken from the "Yinghuan Zhiluo" by Xu Jishe, the governor of Fujian.

There are steps and an elevator to reach the top of the monument inside the Washington Monument. The 8 viewing windows at the top of the Washington Monument can overlook the panoramic view of the national lawn, Andre walks step by step on the ladder, although he can't say that he admires Washington too much, but after all, this is also a founding person, no matter what, although there is no good impression of the United States, but it is undeniable that this country is a model of the rise of a great power from weak to strong, step by step, even if he hates and dislikes, Andrei still understands that great powers have their unique charm and culture!

And just on the back stairs,

"Thomas, the target seems to have been visiting various attractions, so are we going to travel with him in Washington like this?" A stout man dressed as a tourist quipped with a toothpick in his mouth. The two kept an eye on André from behind.

"This Russian may have just come out of the country, and for the first time he has seen a building other than a thatched hut, he is dazzled!" Thomas also replied humorously, "Maybe he just came out of Siberia after digging potatoes, and finally came from hell to heaven, so naturally he is at a loss!" ”

"Still, Florida women are so good, you don't know that Ward called in Florida yesterday, where the beach and the girls are not under Hawaii! Hey......" the stout man smirked as he broke his toothpick a little harder, "when should we also enjoy life and have a good rest under the sun and beach!" ”

"It's unlikely anytime soon!" Thomas looked at Andrei as he spoke, and replied, "I wonder why we were told to keep an eye on a Russian guy and report it once a day?" What is the bureau going to do? ”

"It's not something we can know, even if we ask, it's in vain!" The toothpick man shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Anyway, whatever!" ”

"Maybe some people think that they can let a general who is only twenty-three years old and has a bright future betray the motherland!" Thomas laughed as he spoke, and it wasn't impossible, as long as both sides were idiots.

When they were done, they came to a room and went in for coffee and snacks, when someone pushed the door open and came in

"The target has not been anomalous?" The man who just came in was also dressed as a tourist, and asked directly as soon as he entered.

"James, no!" Thomas said helplessly, "The country really took care of us this time, let us accompany a Soviet, and travel everywhere in Washington?" It's the third day, and I'd love to go around with nothing to do, but I don't want to! Why don't you ask the headquarters to find two female agents, young men in their twenties, who are afraid that they won't be able to get something? ”

"Shut up, do you know what he does?" James said solemnly, "This person worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Soviet Union, and like us, he faced agents every day. Anyone who can think of anything close to it has seen it. Only you haven't thought about it, there is nothing he hasn't seen, he is still an important person in charge of theater intelligence and rear security, and the experience in his head is your head full of medium-rare steaks, can you think that the beauty plan will be defenseless? ”

If Andrei knew that someone thought so highly of him, he would have been surprised. Because in addition to shooting a prisoner en masse, what kind of counter-espionage veteran and veteran in James's mouth, Andre is not qualified for all of them, which is really ridiculous. He's really out for tourism these days, but he does have a little other purpose.

It's about finding the lurkers of the future!