Eye of the Needle Page #3

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- Going fishing?

- And a little bird-watching as well.

If you're lucky.

Best keep to the far side of the canal.

Restricted area this side.

- Really?

- Starts half a mile from here.

The man, codename: The Needle.

Also known as Henry Faber.

He was born on May 26, 1900,

at a village called ln in West Prussia.

At the age of 13 he went to

the Karlsruhe cadet school in Baden.

Two years later, he was transferred to

the more prestigious Gro-Lichterfelde

near Berlin.

He already spoke fluent English because

his father, Baron von Mller-Guder,

had worked in Washington

as a military attach,

and had sent his son

to private school there.

But back in Germany,

the boy rebelled constantly

and was often flogged for it.

He passed his final exams

with extremely high marks.

In the '20s, the Needle was a cadet

at the war school in Metz,

and Wilhelm Canaris befriended him.

In '31, Hitler visited the family estate

and met him.

In '33, Hitler came to power.

The Needle was made a captain

and sent to Berlin for unspecified duties.

He had an affair with a German actress.

He never married.

He made no close friends.

And in '38, the Needle disappeared.

God.

Clever bastards.

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

- And who might you be?

- I should be asking who you are.

You're on my boat.

- What's in that bag?

- Binoculars, camera, reference books.

No, you don't. Put your hands up.

Would you mind? Thank you.

How nice to hear from you.

Of course.

Yes, that shouldn't be too difficult, sir.

You would prefer it in the morning?

By all means. Yes.

Good night.

I want that in the diplomatic pouch

to Lisbon this afternoon.

- And on to Berlin?

- As soon as possible.

Fine.

May I ask you...

It's insurance.

You don't come to us very often.

- Not very.

- You keep to yourself.

A cautious man.

A cautious life. But then,

how else could one survive these days?

One could stop.

But not you.

Training.

- Patriotism. Good.

- Here, please.

Pull in here, cabby.

Thank you.

Do you know what these are, Godliman?

American aircraft.

These are photographs of Patton's

Allied invasion force in East Anglia.

The Germans think

there are only two possible places

for an Allied invasion of Europe.

And they're right.

From East Anglia here

to the Pas-de-Calais,

or from the south coast of England

to the beaches of Normandy.

Operation Overlord

has decided on Normandy.

Then what is General Patton's army

doing in East Anglia?

There is no army.

These planes are made out of plywood.

We did it to fool the Germans. The man

who took those photographs knows it.

Consequently, he must also know

that we intend to invade Normandy.

Find him, Godliman.

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