John Dall
John Dall
An American industrialist of Native American descent. Dall had dealings with Modesty in the days of The Network, when she stopped a case of industrial espionage against Dall Chemical. Dall wins over £300,000 from Modesty at a casino in Beirut, in a rigged baccarat game designed to create the impression that she is behaving erratically and is desperate for money. Sir Gerald Tarrant contacts Dall for assistance when he receives a message from Modesty and Willie from inside Karz's military camp in the Hindu Kush. Dall alerts the American intelligence network as well as a Dall-Pachmeyer Construction team lead by Dave Connolly, who assist Modesty and Willie after their escape from Karz.
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Following the destruction of Operation Sabre-Tooth, Modesty spent six weeks with Dall on his ranch near Amarillo, and at his cabin on the lake in Idaho's Sun Valley. Dall is one of the victim's on Seff's death list. At Willie's urging, he pays the ransom so that Willie can test his theory that Seff is using dolphins to recover the buoys. Dall's ship picks up Modesty and Willie when they escape from Seff, and he provides the plane that they use when returning to rescue Steve Collier and Lucifer.
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Dall has an interest in a film company that has a unit in West Berlin, filming footage that will include portions of the Berlin Wall. Dall grants Sir Gerald Tarrant's request for the use of certain of the film crew's facilities to be used in the attempt to recover Okubo after he's shot over the Wall using a circus cannon. [GW] Dall commissions Alex Hemmer to carve a mahogany statue of Modesty.
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Dall is vacationing in Idaho with Modesty when two of Paxero's Specials attempt to kidnap them for enslavement in Limbo. When Modesty later deliberately allows herself to be kidnapped for the same purpose, Dall flies to Acapulco to question Steve Collier and his wife Dinah about what is going on, and to offer his assistance.
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Dall is visiting Modesty at Benildon when word arrives of the coup attempt by the Cobras in Montelero. He provides his private jet for the flight to Panama, and accompanies her there to meet Miguel Sagasta.
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Dall-Pachmeyer Construction: a division of Dall Enterprises. A Dall-Pachmeyer construction team in southern Afghanistan led by Dave Connolly comes to the aid of Modesty and Willie after they escape from Karz's military camp in the Hindu Kush.
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