“Gentlemen, I give you Red October, courtesy of the British Secret Intelligence Service,” Ryan said formally. The folders had the photographs arranged in pairs, four each of four-by-four prints. In the back were ten-by-ten blowups of each. The photos had been taken from a low-oblique angle, probably from the rim of the graying dock that had held the boat during her post-shakedown refit. The shots were paired, fore and aft, fore and aft. “Gentlemen, as you can see, the lighting wasn’t all that great. Nothing fancy here. It was a pocket camera loaded with 400-speed color film. The first pair was
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