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British Spy Recalls Suez Canal Stock Purchase Plot
A veteran recalls a Berlin embassy cipher dispatch authorizing a purchase of Suez canal stock in Cairo. He evades German agents via Genoa and a Turkish-appearing woman, survives an attempted murder at sea, reaches Cairo to find Britain already owning the stock, and completes the covert journey home unharmed.
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Suez Canal
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