How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
His hands were shaking. Call from Doctor Goebbels; did that do it? Awed by the mighty? Or is it resentment, feeling of being hemmed in... goddam these police, he thought. They get stronger all the time. They've got Goebbels working for them already; they're running the Reich.
But what can I do? What can anybody do? (11.44-5)
Let's not feel too bad for Reiss—or maybe we should feel bad for him. He's just one guy, trying to get along, doing the easy thing. (He's basically a Nazi Childan—which is a little redundant considering how much Childan loves the Nazis.) Dick's great trick is to show us an evil jerk and then show us that he's not so evil, he's just weak. He's not going to stand up to Goebbels. Although…
Quote #8
In fact, he thought, it might be worth seeing how a little foot-dragging here and there could possibly stall your activities, Herr Polizeifuhrer. Something negative that could never be pinned down. For instance, when the Japanese come in here to complain, I might manage to drop a hint as to the Lufthansa flight on which this fellow is to be dragged away... or barring that, needle them into a bit more outrage by, say, just the trace of a contemptuous smirk—suggesting that the Reich is amused by them, doesn't take little yellow men seriously. It's easy to sting them. And if they get angry enough, they might carry it directly to Goebbels. (11.54)
In our last quote, Reiss thought he couldn't fight the system. But here he goes on to think how he can get Kreuz vom Meere in trouble (possibly because he hates that guy's name, which is so long). By this point, he's imagining using the system (and Goebbels). That's kind of tricky and clever, but also like he's willing to go along with the system.
Quote #9
Mr. Baynes said, "Administration of the East—that is, the area now held by Japan—would be by the Foreign Office. Rosenberg's people, working directly with the Chancery. This was a bitterly disputed issue in many sessions between the principals last year. I have photostats of notes made. The police demanded authority but were turned down. They are to manage the space colonization, Mars, Luna, Venus. That's to be their domain. Once this division of authority was settled, the police put all their weight behind the space program and against Dandelion." (12.55)
Here's one side effect of the Fascist system of pitting one agency against another: the police were given control of the space program, so they're going to try to slow down (or stop—or sabotage) the "war with Japan" program. That might work out for Japan, which now has a reason for interfering in Germany's politics. (But do you think Japan's government has dueling agencies?)