Memo

From: Expenses Team, Finance Division, HQ

To: Section Chief, Paris

Cc: Head of Region, Western Europe

Dear Colleagues,

It has come to our attention that one of our agents in your region appears to be submitting, and getting approved, expenses at rates significantly above those normally expected. For example, a recent trip to Paris for what should have been a simple meet with an asset, normally justifying a few Francs for coffee, appears to have been claimed as a meal with several glasses of wine and a quite extravagant hotel bill. And what appears to be lingerie, but we assume that's a misprint. Not that linguine is much better, in the circumstances.

Please remind all your agents of what should be considered to be reasonable expenses when claimed in the execution of their duties.

Yours, etc.