It was all downhill from there: the cave and his good fortune. The jump across the Czechoslovakian border had been unnerving, but not due to any real physical danger. Sax had already developed his acute loathing for bureaucrats, and with the Velvet Revolution in full swing, Warsaw Pact governments were toppling like dominoes—so there were a great many bureaucrats looking for something to do. In addition, there was a heavy NATO presence on the Western side, with a lot of commanding officers who had risen through the ranks during the Cold War now deeply concerned the tide of freedom would rise up high enough to wet the shoes of their jobs. They were bureaucrats, too, but with tank battalions. Luckily the borders were chaotic, and many stretches had been stripped of barbed wire and left unguarded, so Sax’s primary team was able to enter the country through West Germany without much difficulty. Bribes were paid, of course. But Sax was accustomed to that.
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