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and your beard will be permanently removed. When Helen gets through with you, you won't even want to be a man.” He paused to light a cigar- ette, then continued, "You will become Greta Prein. You will study movies of her until you duplicate every habit and action of hers. You will study tapes of her voice until we can't tell your voices apart. You will study and learn her life history until you believe you ARE Greta Prein."

"That's a big order, Sir," I replied, “but what about the differences in our sizes and actual physical contours?”

"Those are her clothes you are wearing," he said, "and hormone treatments will round you out."

“But I'm a man, Sir," I protested. "To be a successful woman, wouldn't I have to have surgery and lose my manhood?”

He laughed, then said, "I was waiting for that. Sergeant, you are in luck. Greta Prein is also a man. In her youth she was a Transvestite and later became a very successful female impersonator in Europe. It was because of her impersonation that she got involved in intelligence work. She has feminized her body as much as possible without actually being emasculated, so you would be doing the same."

"How long will this whole thing take?" I asked.

"About three years," he said, “one year, at least, in training and two in Europe getting the information we need. You will learn all about it as you become Greta including speaking, reading and writing five lan- guages English you know so that leaves German, French, Russian and Swedish."

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"No Portuguese?” I quipped.

"That comes later," he smiled as he answered my question.

I looked at the others and asked, "How much time do I have to de- cide?" I unconsciously brushed at a lock of hair that was tickling my cheek.

"Twenty-four hours," the Colonel said. “I can't tell you what a ser- vice you would be doing your country if you accept. You sec, Sergeant, you were selected because of your physical likeness to Greta. You may go change your clothes now, and think it over." I arose and went back

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