This book is a very well-written story all about a coincidence. The Big Three decided on a first meeting, and Stalin convinced FDR and Churchill to come to Tehran. Unbeknownst to them, a German SS General was busy hatching a plan to sabotage the oil wells that fueled the British war machine. When the Germans learned of the summit, they hatched a plan to assassinate the Allied leaders. As the Big Three were on their way to Tehran, the Soviets easily captured almost all of the Germans who had been flown in for the attack. The KGB learned that there were, however, six men still in Tehran, and that led the Soviets to request that FDR stay at their embassy in order to reduce his travel time from the American embassy. The Germans intended to access the British Embassy through the water tunnels that supplied the city on the night of Churchill's 69th birthday party, November 30, 1943. After the Soviets put a bounty on the six Germans, they were led to the house they were hiding in. When the saboteurs realized they had no chance, they blew themselves and the house up. The events in Tehran remained a closely-held secret until early in the 21st century.
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