of conspirators that were insidious in their infiltration of many of our own government departments as well as some of our industrial and educational institutions. The range, extent and volume of incursion were boggling. He asked for a personal briefing from me for which I traveled here to England and which I supplied yesterday. He completed his preliminary analysis, which you will find at the end of the report, and sent me to you. I have been working on infiltrating a web of spies and agents, but this agency is not directly tied to a specific country. It seems to be subcontracting out, working for several governments that have opposing interests to our British Crown.” “Indeed, “ I interposed, “ Quite entrepreneurial.” “Rather. There does not seem to be any nationalistic loyalty attached to these agents, only monetary concerns. This has aided us in that bribes have been successful in producing information from several interested individuals that has been quite informing. We know that there is interest in the technical specifications, in particular the capabilities / vulnerabilities, of our naval warships. We have noted seemingly innocent and not so innocent inquires from supposedly above suspicion sources, diverse but coordinated that should not have ties to each other. We know there has been contact and conferring with revolutionary groups here in England. The anarchist and communists are bothersome groups, but they are dealing in rhetoric only so far as can be determined at this time. We know they are in correspondence with like-minded groups on the Continent. We have several agents that have infiltrated these various factions on both sides of the channel. Although they talk grandiose plans and social revolution and social evolution, they have no definitive plans to act hostile to the British government at this time. The criminal element has used some of them as patsies for a couple of small time scams, but overall there is not a concerted effort to involve them in anything serious, as far as we know. We know that special contracts for particular technical equipment has been ordered by foreign agents not known for industrial concerns, but political matters. This concerns us because of the unusual nature of this. We have no idea why these apparatuses have been contracted for. We definitely would like to learn more, but at the moment are clueless as to how we can act on this situation. We know there have been scientific correspondence and contacts with various academic professors including Lord Raleigh.” “Are you referring to John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh who has recently won the Nobel Prize for Physics?” I interrupted. “Yes, we discretely conferred with Lord Raleigh to inquire about his contacts and what they were interested in.” I had grabbed a reference copy of notable people in England and quickly looked up Sir Raleigh’s inclusion. “He was rewarded his prize for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon. There does not seem to be any reason for this expertise and connection to naval warships…” “In fact,” Jack said,” the inquires were on cavitations.” “Please explain…” I asked. “Inertial cavitation was first studied by Lord Rayleigh in the last century when he considered the collapse of a spherical void within a liquid. When a volume of liquid is subjected to a sufficiently low pressure it may rupture and form a cavity. This phenomenon is termed cavitation inception and may occur behind the blade of a rapidly rotating propeller or on any surface vibrating underwater with sufficient amplitude and acceleration.” “There has been extensive correspondence with several scholarly professors and a brilliant hidden inquisitor through intermediaries of the organization. Our experts are trying to wade through the technical jargon, but significant progress is slow. “We do not know why the M Agency is interested in this phenomenon.” “The M Agency?” I questioned. “A name your brother attributed to the organization we are investigating. The member contractors only call their employers the Agency. He said its orderly diverse system and vicious methods reminded him of a criminal network that you had once worked against and had obliterated. I inquired if he meant “murder” with the M designation, since many deaths have been directly attributed to the