Thrush In McDaniel's Novels

I think that The Man From UNCLE TV series and novels developed separate terminologies. Thus, "Thrush Central" on TV but "the Council" and "satrapies" in the books, although David McDaniel pulled it all together and gave Thrush a history.

Ward Baldwin, the "Satrap" of San Francisco, was the same age as Thrush. Thus, it had always existed in his experience and he was seventy five when to his surprise it was destroyed in 1970. However, he had been primarily interested in the scientific research aspect of his work for the organization and his life continued without much change after 1970.

McDaniel in effect created characters and an organization that had never been seen in the TV series.