On Slay Down
Written by
Michael Gilbert
Copyright 1962
First published in the UK magazine Argosy (04/1962) with the original title, then as The Future of the Service in 3 issues of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US - Mar. 1963, UK - Jul. 1963 & AUS - Sep. 1963) and the anthology Spies And More Spies (1967). Also published in the anthology To Catch A Spy (1965) and the collection with original title.
A conversation between Calder and Behrens regarding how the younger generation is so much weaker in both moral and mental attitudes. This in turn leads to their discussing the matter of a woman named Maria Lipper who was suspected of espionage against the UK resulting in her being investigated by the pair.