The Mission

Take one man on a relentless search that is strange and beautiful woman and the answer in the shifting sands of the desert. That's our story, the mission, taken from the files of John Steele, adventurer.

Hello friends, this is John Steele. We're back this week to bring you another story of action and excitement. So sit back, relax if you can and listen. Because this is an unusual tale of far off places.

As I've said before, these stories are not mine, but those of friends and people I've met in my travels. Our story this week happened to Mickey Banyan, whom I came to know while I was working overseas for the State Department.

I've asked Mickey to come over and tell the tale himself. So here he is. Mickey? Excitement. Brother, that's something I've been living on all my life. Things were never going to settle down for this baby.

That's why when I got in the Army I signed up for the OSS, a office of strategic service to the high-browse action and excitement of the guys that were in it. After the war was over, I stayed on with the State Department as a special agent, and I had several assignments, mostly routine stuff, and life was getting kind of dull.

I just about made my mind to move on to something else when I was ordered a hanker. Anchor during the war, a hot bed of political intrigue where enemy agents rubbed shoulders in the menika phase and were the dirtiest, most unscrupulous politics in the world were played.

This assignment I liked. My orders read to report to steal the consulate, So I checked into the reasonable hotel, cleaned up and beat it over to Steel's office. Hello, Banyan. Hi. I expected you two days ago.