Ed Satterlee wrote it. Now, hear this: The rumors persist. Coded phone calls have been received. There’s been L.A. pay-phone to Baja pay-phone traffic. The Baja pay phone was tapped and thence transcribed. This was revealed: There are hidden Jap airfields in San Berdoo County. No exact locations have been determined. Indio and Brawley are both rumored. He should talk to Juan Pimentel. Juan developed the phone-tap technique. Opium. The tar, the match, the pipe. His mind untethered, his imagination adrift. He pictured a lineup stage. The lights remain bright. The height strips extend. The dead
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