He was told that others would receive a response but not
he and that would be the check on if his message got through. So far he and the
other unknown communist sympathizers were performing as directed. His handler
contacted him by what they called a dead drop and it was rotated. I was usually
just a newspaper, a wadded up piece of butchers paper etc. just something
innocuous that could be written on and a short string of numbers would
sometimes be hidden in some other text or sometimes not. The hand writing
seemed to be different every time. So far he had only been given and sent 13
messages.
The Home Guard had been given the task of once again
patrolling the coastlines. He was a long time member of the Home Guard and
hated the Nazis with a passion. He also hated capitalism for the things it had
done to his family. His father died in the coal mines that refused to install
the safety measures that killed him. He was crushed in a cave in that was
easily prevented. His brother was currently suffering from Black Lung disease
and would not see another Christmas. To be fair he was a repository of hundreds
horrific industrial accidents and safety violations for the union and this
tainted his view of the world. It was hard to look at report after report of
severed limbs, preventable diseases, horrific working conditions and not be
affected by what he saw. He was keeping a list of the names of the people
responsible so that when the communists took over they could be prosecuted for
their crimes.
And he wanted that day to come. Britain needed a
cleansing like France during her revolution. The monarchy and the House of
Lords would be the first to lose everything. He did not wish for their lives
but he did wish for their being introduced to justice. He belonged to no
Communist organizations and was approached after remarks in a pub far from
home. He suspected that they had played on his position with the union and had
been watching him. He was not outspoken and the Government could hardly lock up
or prevent every union member from being in the armed forces or the Home Guard.
The Home Guard presented itself as the best way for him
at age 54 to prevent the Nazis' from invading his homeland. It also was the
best thing he could do to see that the communists to dealt out justice to those
who deserved it. There were a lot of communist sympathizers in Britain than
people realized but not many joined the party. Like him they were not that
blatantly political and kept their cards close to the vest. He was assured that
the Soviets would not invade but just wanted to force Britain into neutrality
and to hasten a home grown communist government.
It took him 15 seconds to flash the message and then he
continued his rounds. He made it look like he was urinating. Him carrying the flashlight was not suspicious
as it was part of this equipment. I was always the longest 15 seconds of his
life and now it was over until the next time. He moved on and did his job just
like always. He always took a piss at the same spot and always took 15 seconds.
He has no idea what he was sending. Just numbers to him
but if he can help to bring the criminals to justice who have put so many
families in dire straits by killing and maiming their men then he was glad to
do it. Justice for the untouchable aristocrats had to be meted out. He didn't
know the right communist terminology but he was all for it. The workers needed
to be avenged and united against the aristocrats and the sooner the better. It
was time for a change.
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