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This article is about a secondary character in the short story "Ready for the Fatherland." For the law student and POV character in The Wages of Sin, see Peter Drinkwater.

Peter Drinkwater
Fictional Character
"Ready for the Fatherland"
POD: February 19, 1943
Type of Appearance: Direct
Nationality: United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 20th century
Occupation: Spy, fisherman
Affiliations: British Military Intelligence

Peter Drinkwater, code name Pietro Bevacqua, was a British Intelligence agent. In July 1979, he and fellow agent George Smith traveled to Rijeka, Croatia to meet a Serb partisan who wished to purchase British weapons. Traveling in the guise of Italian fishermen, Drinkwater and Smith met a Serb known as Bogdan, in Trsat Castle late one night. Bogdan was not happy at the prospect of dealing with the West, but his group had been betrayed by the Soviet Union in the past. After the Englishmen closed a deal to sell Bogdan various weapons, a group of Croatian secret police raided the meeting, injuring Bogdan.

In truth, Drinkwater and Smith set Bogdan up as a favor to Croatia's ally Germany, to secure access to German oil in the North Sea. The Soviet Union had recently gained exclusive access to the Middle East, leaving Britain with few options.

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