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Message no. 1
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Looking for bodyguard?
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 21:27:18 -0700
*****TO: Fact Rat
>>>>>[Hey, you get anybody for that bodyguard job? I only ask, because a
friend of a friend of mine from back East, well Far East, HK corporate
zone, in fact has been..."encouraged" by some local Triad boys to relocate
his business elsewhere. Figured a solid suggestion would cost less than
it would to actually get the muscle to make the point more strenuously.
Anyway, he's relocating, and since Park has vouched for him, I figure, I
can be his contact on this side of the Pacific. Let's just say he isn't
leaving too many friends behind. From what I've heard he's had some corp
experience (DowChem I think), but since he's running the shadows as a sam,
I don't think it was that wonderful of an experience. Anyway, I got the
relay to him, and he's interested. He's a bit new to the area, but he's
good. I'm setting up an account for him. You can get in touch with him
under the alias: Fang. Oh, BTW, although he may speak English with a
faint Cantonese accent, his parents were EuroWars refugees.]<<<<<
-- NewzJunkie <21:27:32/04-19-58>
Message no. 2
From: Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Looking for bodyguard?
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 01:25:23 -0700
*****TO: NewzJunkie
>>>>>[That's not the strongest of recommendations... it's a form of
personal irony that I overlook past experience, though.

I mean this in a serious fashion: Tell your friend Fang that if he can
find Dr. Seuss' clinic that the position is his. Then he's gotta tell
me how he found the place. Details will follow if/when he gets
here.]<<<<<
-- Fact Rat <02:11:14/04-20-58>
Message no. 3
From: Jeffrey Mach <mach@****.CALTECH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Looking for bodyguard?
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 11:56:20 -0700
*****TO: Fact Rat
>>>>>[I regret NewzJunkie could not provide you with a more satisfying
recommendation of my services. If you want a more detailed account, I
suggest you examine these:

+++++include Redford.recommendation

He was my primary fixer in Hong Kong.

+++++include Ruby.recommendation
+++++include Asuka.recommendation

These were a couple of runners I've worked with on occasion.

+++++include Greenbaum.recommendation

This man and I worked together in a corp sec unit I was assigned to for a
time.

Not that all of these people are still in Hong Kong, but I did take the
time to append a translation (computer generated, just so you know I
didn't alter them) to those entries originally in Chinese.

I am not yet fully integrated into Seattle's shadows, but that may be an
advantage since I am also an unknown quantity to those who would wish you
harm.

Expect me to arrive at Dr. Seuss's place of business within the next hour.
Newzjunkie and his network of associates, one of whom had had some work
done by the good doctor, have provided me with the address for a nominal
fee. If you don't mind me being a bit late, I will be checking out the
area outside the establishment before I come in. I am never fond of
trying to protect someone from the inside of an ambush.]<<<<<
-- Fang <11:50:23/04-20-58>

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