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  1. Cubierta
  2. Agent 6
  3. 1950
  4. Moscow
  5. Moscow
  6. Moscow
  7. Same Day
  8. Moscow
  9. Moscow
  10. Moscow
  11. Moscow
  12. FIFTEEN YEARS LATER
  13. Moscow
  14. Next Day
  15. Manhattan
  16. Airspace over New York City
  17. Manhattan
  18. Manhattan
  19. New Jersey
  20. Bradhurst
  21. Manhattan
  22. Bradhurst
  23. Same Day
  24. Same Day
  25. Same Day
  26. Manhattan
  27. Same Day
  28. Manhattan
  29. Moscow
  30. Manhattan
  31. Moscow
  32. Manhattan
  33. Same Day
  34. Manhattan
  35. Bradhurst
  36. Manhattan
  37. Harlem
  38. Manhattan
  39. Manhattan
  40. Same Day
  41. Same Day
  42. Global Travel Company
  43. Manhattan
  44. Manhattan
  45. Manhattan
  46. Manhattan
  47. Harlem
  48. ONE WEEK LATER
  49. USSR
  50. Moscow
  51. Same Day
  52. EIGHT YEARS LATER
  53. Soviet–Finnish Border
  54. SEVEN YEARS LATER
  55. Greater Province of Kabul
  56. Greater Province of Kabul
  57. Greater Province of Kabul
  58. Greater Province of Kabul
  59. Greater Province of Kabul
  60. Headquarters of the 40th Army
  61. Greater Province of Kabul
  62. Greater Province of Kabul
  63. Greater Province of Kabul
  64. Kabul Province
  65. Greater Province of Kabul
  66. Greater Province of Kabul
  67. Greater Province of Kabul
  68. Same Day
  69. Greater Province of Kabul
  70. The Border of Laghman and
  71. Greater Province of Kabul
  72. The Road from Kabul to Jalalabad
  73. The Border of Laghman and
  74. Village of Sau
  75. Same Day
  76. Same Day
  77. Same Day
  78. Same Day
  79. Nangarhar Province
  80. Next Day
  81. Same Day
  82. Same Day
  83. Same Day
  84. Hindu Kush Mountain Range
  85. Same Day
  86. Pakistan
  87. Next Day
  88. Same Day
  89. SIX MONTHS LATER
  90. Manhattan
  91. Bradhurst
  92. New York City
  93. Same Day
  94. Same Day
  95. Washington DC
  96. Same Day
  97. Harlem
  98. Harlem
  99. New Jersey
  100. New Jersey
  101. Same Day
  102. Same Day
  103. Same Day
  104. New York City
  105. ONE MONTH LATER
  106. Soviet Airspace above Moscow
  107. Moscow
  108. Same Day
  109. Next Day
  110. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  111. Autor

Jesse laughed.

—Thirty years ago maybe!

Holding Anna’s hand, he moved into the crowd, slowly working his way through the people until he reached the crate. The man was protecting the makeshift stage from other protestors, several of whom were trying to push their way onto it. Seeing Jesse, he put a hand on his shoulder.

—This is your time. Give them everything! Don’t hold back!

Jesse shook his hand.

—Who are you?

—A friend. You have a lot more of them than you know.

Same Day

Yates left the United Nation’s premises before the concert finished. Normally a demonstration wouldn’t have been allowed so close to the headquarters, but redirected to Ralph Bunche Park or Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza at 47th Street and 1st Avenue, one block away from the visitors’ entrance, four blocks away from the entrance used by top-level diplomats. The decision to allow the demonstration unprecedented proximity to the United Nations was symbolic, the idea being that unlike the Soviet Union, America had nothing to fear in the face of open criticism. And there he was – Jesse Austin, making full use of the liberties granted by this nation, freedom of speech, a freedom that didn’t exist in the nation he so extolled.

Exiting onto the street, Yates saw a uniformed cop approaching Jesse, interrupting his speech and pointing at the crate he was standing on. Yates hurried forward, grabbing the supervising officer by the arm and shouting over the din:

—Tell your officer to pull back! No one moves Jesse Austin!

—Who is Jesse Austin?

The name meant nothing to this police officer. Yates was pleased.

—The tall man, the Negro standing on the box! He stays where he is!

—He’s not allowed to be so high, not so close to the main entrance.

Yates lost his temper.

—I don’t care about your rules. You listen to me! That man is not to be moved. The Soviets have invited him here hoping that we’ll force him to leave. If we do, he’ll resist and we’ll end up on the front page of every newspaper dragging him away. That’s what he wants! That’s why he’s here! He’s a famous Communist sympathizer, a popular Negro figurehead. Five white police officers manhandling an old Negro singer is not the kind of image we want. We’re in the middle of a propaganda war. I don’t want any displays of force tonight. I don’t care what the provocation is. Do you understand? No one moves that man!

Same Day