Chapter 87 - Misdirecting intelligence

28 December, Military Base, City K

Major Hung realised that he needed to get is intelligence team under control. He had been able control them, directing the in the direction he wanted them to go, but he needed to keep them that way, but also willing to report anything to him. Grabbing a Coffee, he headed out into the main area to speak to the staff before crashing in his office, given he was technically back on duty in a few hours. Tonight, he was not on duty, but subject to what he could do to misdirect people he might have to stay nearby. David needed as much time as he could give him, even if it was just to get away.

Entering the main area, Major Hung called out "Ladies and Gentlemen your attention please. Any intelligence about the potential kidnapping of someone from City K, needs to come in its raw form to me. We may have a situation, and I am working with senior officers on this. That includes details of the sources, and a preliminary assessment of the reliability of the intelligence. I have been directly instructed to report to General Man who is liaising with the police, within seventy-five minutes, and regularly after that, unless otherwise instructed."

"I require a first report from you within an hour, and then every ninety minutes after that unless I tell you otherwise or the intelligence is such it requires immediate action. Now in between those times, as I have been on duty for sixteen hours, I will be sleeping in my office. My concern is that last time, we were too late in getting enough actionable intelligence that does not jeopardise our sources. We do not need that again."

As he headed back to his office, his assistant confirmed that his windows had been blacked out, and a bed had been set up in his office. Major Hung told his assistant to wake him up in an hour, when he was expecting his first report from those working in intelligence presently.

Before Major Hung knew it, there was a knock on his door. He realised that he had fallen asleep and as he checked his watch, he realised that he had slept for almost an hour. As he called the staff in, he realised that the sleep was what he needed. It was, for him clearer on how he needed to balance the competing interests he had.

"Gentleman, tell me what you have?"

"Sir, we have been over the previous intelligence and worked our sources. None of them have been able to do anything more than provide a level of verification for the information that you previously were given by your source."

He paused, knowing that things were working out for him presently. "Gentleman, please make sure that you keep on top of this, but do not let anything slip through. While we did nothing wrong when the Yao child was kidnapped, if something happens that we could have prevented, this time we may not be as lucky. I will try and contact my source again, but I need to deliver this report to the General."

"Sir, do you know why the Colonel is not involved? The General is in the hospital," stated one of the junior officers.

"All the General has told me is that a family emergency has hit that the Colonel has to deal with."

Nodding, the soldiers left the officer and Major Hung walked out, taking the folder he needed and his phones.

Heading into the General's hospital room, he sat down and gave him a rundown of the intelligence as he was giving it. At the end of his briefing, General Man said "Thank you Major. It appears that you have nothing more than that, that I can give to the police. The Colonel's adjunct is presently at the police station handing over the information you previously gave me. Keep collecting regular reports from your staff, but unless something changes just give me a report, say at 8pm tonight."

"Yes Sir," responded Major Hung, walking out of the room.

As he reached his quiet smoking place, he made another call, this time less secretly to David, to overtly obtain some misdirecting intelligence to buy him as much time as he could. Walking back into the intelligence office, he gave the misdirecting intelligence David gave him for the team to follow through, while he returned to his office to get some sleep.

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