Chapter 36 Summary

The operator of the Guangdong garrison phones Col. Soo Jiang in the middle of the night. He is stunned to be talking to the Frenchman. He asks about the incredible news coming from Beijing and Shenzen. The kidnapper's own people have killed him, reports the Frenchman (Delta) and believe that the imposter Bourne is an innocent hostage. Having been inside the U.S. consulate's secret house, Delta (posing as the imposter Bourne) has much to tell Soo's "leader-one" and no one else. To add credibility, Delta adds details from the glen that only the "assassin" could know. The late kidnapper is the original Bourne, on the run for two years, who the Americans believe had been in the hire of someone in Beijing. Kuomintang secret societies in Taiwan are involved, and the name Sheng keeps coming up. Delta wants a response in three...