 Why wasn't Read wearing his green beret when arrested Umluana?
Sergeant Rashid handed Premier Umluana the warrant. If Umluana noticed Read's gun, he didn't show it. Umluana turned back to Rashid a second too soon. Read went through six months training on Madagascar. Rather than resign, he accepted punishment which assigned him to weeks of dull, filthy extra labor. Umluana was defying world law. They would enter Belderkan, arrest Umluana and try him by due process before the World Court. "There's no military base near Miaka," Rashid said. I'll bet Umluana's lieutenants are hoping he'll become a dead legend. Rashid put on his gas mask and Read copied him. Umluana breathed like a furnace, still unconscious from the injection Rashid had given him.
 Read was in plain clothes. They were undercover.
 His beret was knocked off his head in the scuffle.  Read doesn't really like wearing hats.  Read was in plain clothes. They were undercover.  Read forgot that he placed it in his pocket earlier.