Their conversation was laced with deep meaning.
Morins had also run a background check on Song Heping.
He had some understanding of Song Heping's rise in Illiguo, but of course, he didn't know the details.
He knew that Song Heping was at odds with the CIA, but he was unaware that at this time, Song Heping had actually smoothed things over with Simon, the CIA station chief in Illiguo.
Meanwhile, Song Heping had thoroughly investigated Morins, focusing mainly on whether there were any connections between the armed organizations in Colombia and the CIA.
Previously, the CIA mostly controlled the South American arms market, and they did so through a proxy model; cultivating compliant arms dealers, and allowing them to traffic arms in South America.
This was done to prevent Russian arms dealers from entering the market. After all, if you don't do it, someone else will, just like the drug trade—even if a major drug lord like Pablo is taken down, other drug lords will rise.