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carrying a briefcase containing a list prepared by Girard of 200 potential resistance fighters, with full descriptions of their identity and locations. His briefcase was stolen by an agent of the
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asking him to visit him in prison to discuss his escape. Armed with this letter and another to Marsac’s wife, Bleicher set off for
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German officer and could help release him, but this would require the help of a fellow agent. Marsac wrote a letter to
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while he dozed off, and the CARTE network was fatally weakened.
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