it’s very hard to give somebody information he doesn’t want to hear, and the more senior they are, the worse it is. This was General Clay’s problem. He was a very bright man, but he wished so much to be able to run Germany with the Four Powers in agreement, that his wish became his thought. It was almost an ideology.” The old spymaster gave a wry smile. “And what happens to ideologues when they finally see they were wrong? They go completely the other way. That always happens, you know.”
