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well.’
Frederick stumbled over his words.
    Churchill waved his
hand grinning. ‘It’s alright Professor your secret is safe with me, my former
private secretary Edward Marsh was a member, he did a little digging around for
me the other day. I thought it might be useful if former Apostles made up this
group, given your code of secrecy.’
    ‘That is a very good
idea sir.’
    ‘Good, as from now
you are to head up the science division of The Angel Committee. I’ve contacted
Malcolm Chambers and said you’d meet with him an hour from now. I’m sure you’ll
both come up with suitable people for your team. I want this group kept under
wraps, don’t want to ruffle Tizard’s Feathers.’
    ‘I’ll keep you
informed at every turning point Prime Minister.’
    Churchill nodded. ‘So
how’s Elizabeth and Susan? Both doing well I hope.’
    ‘Yes sir, Elizabeth
sends her regards.’
    ‘Fine woman you
married there Ralph, proud to have her as a member of staff during the war.’
    ‘Thank you Prime
Minister, if there is nothing else to discuss I will get on with the matter in
hand.’
    Churchill gave a
dismissive nod, and Frederick stood and marched towards the door.

 
    Chapter 2
     
    Ministry of Defence –
Whitehall – 12:32pm
    Sir Malcolm Chambers
stood up and stepped out from behind his desk to greet Frederick. ‘Ralph, how
are you, it’s been too long old boy, how’s the family?’ The World War One
veteran smiled broadly at Frederick shaking his hand.
    ‘I’m very well thank
you Malcolm, Elizabeth and Susan are fine, how’s young William I’m afraid I
haven’t had time to pop in on him yet at Cambridge.’
    ‘He’s settling in, he
did mention he has yet to see you, but he’s been a little busy himself, he’s
already been accepted by the Apostles.’
    ‘Really, didn’t take
him long to jump into your shoes did it.’ Both men laughed.
    ‘So how have you been
since last year? ‘Frederick’s tone indicated concern for his friend who he had
first met at Bletchley Park. ‘Elizabeth was extremely worried when Agnes
telephoned and told her about your heart attack.’
    ‘I’m fine, blasted
doctor has got me taking all kinds of pills, can’t enjoy as much of the good
stuff as I used to.’ Chambers returned to his seat.
    ‘Well I’m sure it’s
for the best.’ Frederick remarked.
    Chambers nodded. ‘I
take it the Prime Minister briefed you on what he wants.’
    Frederick sat down.
‘Yes he did, I’m still a little puzzled as to why he wants a separate team
working on this, when Henry Tizard has already been assigned with the task.’
    Chambers took a deep
breath. ‘Henry doesn’t know that our team exists, and we’ve been given strict
orders not to reveal ourselves. Which means we have to do a lot of sneaking
around. We also feel that Henry’s ship has a leak.’
    ‘Leak?’
    ‘A steady stream of
Newspaper articles is being fed to the press. Most notably the Sunday Dispatch
and The London Evening Examiner.’
    ‘You think someone
from Henry’s team has being going to the newspapers?’
    Chambers nodded.
‘It’s a possibility, there are a lot of high ranking people gossiping about
UFOs, including Hugh Dowding and Lord Mountbatten. There are rumours that The
Duke of Edinburgh has an interest in Flying Saucers. The Prime Minister also feels that the American’s haven’t
been very cooperative sharing information with us regarding captured German
installations during the war. Quite frankly Ralph I’m inclined to agree.
Intelligence reports suggest that they’re busy improving on the V2 rockets they
snatched from Germany. The Russians are also well into their atomic weapons
development. Churchill feels that we’re dragging our heels a bit even though
we’re doing a lot of research.’
    Frederick nodded. ‘So
what’s all this got to do with Flying saucers?’
    Chambers leaned back
in his chair. ‘We’ve been receiving reports of these flying saucers for years.
Since we first used