166 | John W. Warner IV Ill visit. Simpson opened his handcuffed briefcase. Always remember that our little club has three factions, first the oddball mystics like you, then the Freemasons, then the really conservative guys that think Hitler and the SS boys are not all that bad, so take heed. White hats, grey hats, and black, just like the cowboys. Heres the Navys airship file you requested, Project KITE. Its all we have on that program; keep it for your groups briefing, but then burn it afterwards withyoar eyes on the furnace. Got it? He then pulled out a large pale blue folder with a coiled metallic seal and opened it. Now to the big one. Pile B. Direct from FDR via Marshall via King, the newly-amended version. Apparently, King wasnt read-in a hundred percent at first, but FDR finally relented, all covert hands needed on deck. What I heard was…King cried at his desk like a baby, his faith cracked apart at the waterline. Then he got boiled on whiskey and smashed up his office tor good. Almost quit the service. (Assistant Secretary of the Navy) Forrestal calmed him down in the hallway at the War Department, told him to shut the hell up and take it like a Navy man. I was there with him. Unlike Knox, Forrestal is fully read-in. Tough politics. That rough, eh? This is going from bad to worse… Thats why they sent me with the cutlass-wielding boarding party and the handcuffs, the files one seriously hot potato, the hottest. See this overbuilt briefcase? Courtesy of our gadget boys in Newport News. Its got an explosive manganese thermite cartridge in the side. I push these three latches in sequence andpoof!up she goes with me at 3000 degrees like a goddam welders torch. How bout them sour apples? He blew a plume. Yikes. Its a five-second delay, so maybe I have time to ditch it, maybe. He tightened his tone for emphasis. Christ almighty, Bernie, dont screw this one up! They read me the riot act and meant it. Im to see to it personally that you memorize File B right here, right now. Eyes only, mac. It goes back stateside with me tomorrow morning. To-morrow. Sensing his old friends rare onslaught of concern, Bernie opened File B. Pretty quick turnaround. So this is really it? Heavy. Hmm, Foo Fighters, eh? Is that what Doolittles calling them now? Good a name as any, I guess. Whoa-a-a-a Nelly, Proj’ect TETRAHEDRON, Project ASTRA, now thats new to me, this shit too. What the flying.. .Admiral Byrd and Antarctica, Project ICEHOUSE, a future naval base in the works. Yeah, that jibes with Hesss story on the Neuscbwabenland expedition a little bit. Personally, I dont see much benefit for us in that godforsaken frozen place. Uh-oh….