Conner called Veale and quickly agreed on a plan. They would use the same armed security team that had protected Gerry Lallis, the Piraeus lawyer, two years earlier. Conner got his man on the phone and issued his orders. “Get there as soon as you can,” he said. “When you arrive, use the codeword Zulu to identify yourselves, then wait for further instructions.” The Greek outfit were serious operatives. Armed and highly trained, they wore sunglasses and jeans and zoomed around the country in blacked-out cars like a private SWAT team, guarding politicians and businessmen. Conner knew the group
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