I did not return to Berlin for a couple of weeks. It just so happened that because of my work for the occupying allies, the Economat accepted my credentials as part of the occupying forces. Hot xxx It was, therefore, shortly afterwards that the two of us presented ourselves in the Cite Joffre for an evening chez Dominique “elle”. Thus it was that I succumbed to power of Napoleonic might. Dominique “lui” was engaged in the enciphering and deciphering of codes on behalf of the French authorities in the divided city. Jean Marie (JM) Renard was French, he lived and worked in what, at the time, was West Berlin. This was not a total surprise since JM’s philanderings were legendary. Eventually we met at some point when he perchance remarked that he had spoken to Dominique “elle” and that she was in accord
