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By Way of Deception

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4SophomoresTHE CADETS WERE constantly told to be flexible and versatile, tobuild on whatever skills we had. Anything we had ever done couldbe turned into an asset at a later date, so we were encouraged tolearn as much as we could about everything. Michel M. and HeimM., both part <strong>of</strong> my tight little clique, had, <strong>of</strong> course, enteredtraining through the back door. The two <strong>of</strong> them were big talkers.They knew most <strong>of</strong> the lecturers and they'd go on about how theywere going to recruit generals and other high-ranking <strong>of</strong>ficials. Ihad the best English <strong>of</strong> anyone in the course, apart from Jerry S.,and was best in what they call operational thinking, that is, how togauge what is going to happen and see the problems before theycome up.Because Heim and Michel seemed more worldly at the time, Ilooked up to them, and they, in turn, took me under their wing.We all lived in the same general area, drove to and from classestogether — usually with an evening session <strong>of</strong> c<strong>of</strong>fee, cake andconversation at Kapulsky's where the best Black Forest cake I'veever had was served.We were very tight-knit. We did a lot <strong>of</strong> thinking together, a lot <strong>of</strong>attacking together. We used to try to get into the various exercisestogether because we could rely on each other — or so we thought.And nobody tried to prevent that.Oren Riff, our main instructor, who had worked for Tevel, orliaison, always stressed the importance <strong>of</strong> liaison. Be-84

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