Berk had the men's complete attention. He continued.

"The embassy got on the phone to the General immediately. The General called President Sargent. They were classmates at West Point. Castilla is also on good terms with a lot of other people here, including Senator MacPherson.

"The story is the nephew was in Tokyo on business, with two of his colleagues from the New York investment bank where he works. MacPherson had been there as well, as Castilla's representative at some meeting. Mac left Tuesday, after the meeting. Wednesday, one of the bankers turned up dead. The police claim heart failure. The next day, the nephew was kidnapped and the third banker disappeared. No one knows where he is."