Oklahoma-based... Pigeon... confirmed... Joe... registered to an owner in Montgomery, Alabama > spy in OK confirmed 'Joe' in jail in AL?
16) attempted to contact... unable to get through
bird spends every day in the backyard... side-by-side with a native dove on a pergola > bird in jail > pergola > trellis > pattern > jail? > someone singing?
17) feeding it pigeon food from within days of its arrival > food = information
given him some food...he’s got a spot...that’s home > not going anywhere
Chinese racing pigeons... Australian west coast aboard cargo ships > Chinese (spies) flocking west coast via cargo ship
18) fears pigeons from the United States... carry... diseases... Joe should be destroyed > Joe's connections to Chinese spies will taint all > hit ordered