Jeffery Deaver
Carte Blanche
A book in the James Bond series, 2011
To the man who taught us
we could still believe in heroes,
Ian Fleming
AUTHOR’S NOTE
This is a work of fiction. However, with a few exceptions, the organisations referred to are real. The world of intelligence, counter-intelligence and espionage is one of acronyms and shorthand. Since the alphabet soup of security agencies can be a bit daunting, I thought a glossary might prove helpful. It appears at the end of the book.
J.D.
‘What is needed is a new organisation to co-ordinate, inspire, control, and assist the nationals of the oppressed countries… We need absolute secrecy, a certain fanatical enthusiasm, willingness to work with people of different nationalities and complete political reliability. The organisation should, in my view, be entirely independent of the War Office machinery.’