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Y, siempre con medias palabras, le había dado a entender que ese consejo se lo daba por consejo del servicio que, en otro país y en otra época, llamaban de inteligencia, y que, quizás, aquí y ahora no podía calificárselo de inteligente, pero en fin, había ciertas cosas que conocía y al menos —aquél había sido el punto importante de todo el discurso del Jefe— «se conocían entre sí», que era la actividad principal de esas inteligencias de los distintos países.
Still giving the impression of leaving the bulk of his information unspoken, he let it be understood that he had been tipped off by that service which in other times and in other countries would be called ‘intelligence’; which perhaps here and now did not merit the title intelligent; but, be that as it may, who were aware of certain things and who in any case – this was the gist of the Chief’s talk – ‘knew each another’, this being the very peak of the endeavours to which the Intelligence Services of every country dedicated themselves.
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