Mike Dixon

„Dr Hansen. You must have recognized them.‟
„I did.‟
„So. Why didn‟t you report?‟
„I was not the action officer. Agent Pulnitz occupied that
role.‟ He turned to the man from the Attorney General‟s De-
partment. „I often see plain clothes agents in the street. I
ignore them. Standing orders require me to do so.‟
Cecil tried a different approach.
„Suspects Price and Paget were observed to spend over
four hours at your residence yesterday.‟
„I didn‟t know they were suspects. I‟ve already made it
clear, in answer to a previous question, that I was not
briefed on this case.‟
Again, he addressed his remarks to the man from the
Attorney General‟s Department, who was making copious
notes. He knew he had scored some points but was acutely
aware that he was vulnerable.
Cecil looked up.
„Dr Hansen. Why would a man of your age wish to invite
young men, like Price and Paget, to your house?‟
Humphrey did his best to look perplexed.
„Why not?‟
„You can‟t have much in common with them.‟
„I go diving with them.‟
„Is that all?‟
„My mother once worked for Sir George Paget. She was
one of his top intelligence agents. David is Sir George‟s
grandson.‟
Cecil said he didn‟t know anything about George Paget
and would have said more if he‟d not been interrupted by
the man from the Attorney General‟s Department who told
him Sir George had been one of Australia‟s foremost spy
catchers.
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