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This chapter introduces one of the final strands in the latter
part of the novel: the mission of Andres to deliver Jordan\'s letter to
Golz.
Jordan and Pablo are sitting across a table from each other.
Jordan is making notes; Pablo is getting drunk. It looks like business
as usual.
But these aren\'t ordinary notes. Jordan is writing to Golz to inform
him that the fascists know of the upcoming offensive. He feels it will
not succeed or will not be worth the price. But he doesn\'t want to
lose face. Golz must know that Jordan\'s reservations about the
attack do not come from cowardice or timidity. We realize again that
Jordan himself doesn\'t know what the overall plan is- and that it\'s
possible the plan isn\'t even meant to succeed.
Andres is selected to carry Jordan\'s communication across enemy
lines to the Republican headquarters.
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NOTE: The Military Information Service, represented by the S.I.M.
seal that Jordan puts on his letter, was not a particularly
admirable arm of the Republic. Organized to investigate deserters
and opponents of the Republic, it became controlled by communists. Its
success relied greatly on secret prisons and torture chambers.
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