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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 48I figured the movie trick had worked to get me on the balcony, so itmight work again. I asked the waiter if I could speak to themanager, because I was making a movie and this might be a goodsite. Before I could finish my sentence, there he was, sitting nextto me. I told him I had some other places to look at, so I had toleave, but arranged for a meeting that night. We shook hands andI left.Later, all 10 trainees were taken to a park near RothschildBoulevard and told a big man in a red-and-black checkered shirtwould pass by. We were to follow him inconspicuously. It washard to be inconspicuous with 10 <strong>of</strong> us doing the following and 20more following us. It went on for two hours. We had guys lookingout from balconies, others looking from behind trees, peopleeverywhere. But the people watching us were looking for aninstinct. To see how we'd react.After that exercise ended, and we had completed our reports, wewere split up again. I was driven back down Ibn Gevirol Street, butthis time the car stopped in front <strong>of</strong> the Bank Hapoalim. I was toldto go in and get the manager's name, private address, and asmuch information as possible about him.You have to remember that Israel is a country where everyone issuspicious about everyone and everything else, all the time. I wentin, wearing a suit, and asked a clerk the manager's name. Theclerk told me and, on request, directed me to the second floor. Iwent up and asked for him, saying I'd been living for a long time inthe United States but was moving back to Israel and wanted totransfer large sums <strong>of</strong> money to a new account. I asked to speakto the manager personally.When I walked into his <strong>of</strong>fice I noticed a B'Nai Brith plaque on hisdesk. So we talked about that for a while and before I knew it, hewas inviting me to his house. He was soon going to be transferredto New York where he would become an assistant manager. Weexchanged addresses, and I said I would visit him. I told him I wasin transit and had no phone number in Israel yet, but that I'd callhim if he gave me his number. He even had c<strong>of</strong>fee brought in.I was talking $150,000 just to get settled. I told him that

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