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intelligence-surveillance
There is a focus on espionage activities, including the monitoring of foreign agents and the challenge of tracking covert operatives under cover names.
1 chapter across 1 book
The Man in the High Castle (1962)Philip K. Dick
Chapter 13
The chapter follows Freiherr Hugo Reiss, the Reichs Consul in San Francisco, as he navigates bureaucratic tensions and intelligence concerns within the Nazi administration on the Pacific Coast. Reiss deals with strained relations with the local Sicherheitsdienst chief, Kreuz vom Meere, regarding the whereabouts of an Abwehr agent, and receives a coded radiogram about a Japanese general traveling incognito in the area. The chapter also reflects on the political intrigues and power struggles within the Nazi hierarchy, as well as Reiss's personal weariness with his role.