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forced labor, of course...

have been liquidated soon

as they finish their jobs.

Up to this point we've been stymied...

thoroughly stymied...

except for one vitally

important lead...

this face, this name, this man...

is still alive.

Monsieur Duclois.

A very important man to the Germans.

Burn that face, that picture,

into your memory...

because the success of your mission,

and subsequently...

the destruction of the target,

is linked to that man.

- Duclois.

- Duclois.

- Duclois.

- Well, what is his connection

with the bomb depot?

He... a Frenchman...

designed and built it.

This is only a draft

of your cover story.

Do not hesitate to comment

on any detail...

- which you may find

difficult to support.

- Right.

- Your name is Henri Masson.

- Henri Masson.

You were born, educated, and later

worked as a petty government official...

at the Ministere du Travail

in the small town of Carcassonne.

- That's in the south.

- Yes.

- Ah, about, uh, 50 miles north of

the Pyrenees. Dpartement d'Eau.

- Oui.

[Narrator] Much of the success

of Secret Intelligence operations...

was due to foresight

and meticulous preparation.

No detail was permitted

to be overlooked.

Do you think maybe there's

too much crease in the pants here?

All right, sir,

I'll have it taken up.

Vous tes prt?

- [Clicks]

- Et voil. C'est fini.

This is your food ration book,

clothes ration, tobacco...

automobile license, bus tickets,

your travel permit...

and this is your certificate

of demobilization.

This is your identification card.

And this is a certificate to

prove that you're an inspector

of compulsory work service.

I'll need your thumbprint

right here.

[Machines Clattering]

These operators will receive

your transmissions.

- I want them to be familiar

with your touch.

- Is it enough?

- I'm sure we'll recognize it.

- Thank you.

- Good-bye and good luck.

- Thank you.

- Mr. Mason...

- Mm-hmm?

I'm so sorry to keep on

bothering you, but...

have you had any word

about my husband?

Uh, not yet,

Madame de Beaumont.

But we've contacted

an agent in the Le Havre area.

You'll be informed as soon as we hear.

- Thank you very much.

- Not at all.

- Where you been?

- Where have you been?

- Walk off in the middle

of the night, huh?

- Had to leave in a hurry.

- How about a cup of coffee?

- With ya.

I don't know what's going

to happen with me.

- Haven't you a good assignment?

- Important, not much action.

Looks like I'm grounded. What are

you doing... prepping for a mission?

- I can't tell you what it is.

- I knew you were a bad investment.

- How much do I owe you, 13 million?

- I don't know.

- Fourteen.

- As much as that? I'll whittle it

down as soon as I get back.

- When are you leaving?

- I don't know.

I didn't think it would happen this way.

Wish I were going with you.

Me too. Well, I better meet Simpson,

get back to the holding area.

- Bring me back a souvenir.

- Sure thing.

[Knocking]

Come in, Jeff.

You know Mr. Gibson.

Jeff Lassiter.

- Hello, Lassiter.

- How do you do, sir?

- Sit down, Jeff.

- Yeah.

You, uh...

- Two days ago you saw

your friend O'Connell.

- Yeah, in the canteen.

- We had a cup of coffee.

- This is not, uh, an accusation.

- You didn't reveal the nature

of your mission?

- Of course not.

- You understand why I asked.

- No, I don't understand.

Your chum O'Connell...

is an agent of the Nazi government.

- What?

- His name is Kuncel.

He's a clever, thoroughly

trained German secret agent.

Oh... Oh, you're kidding.

- No, I'm not kidding.

- But that's silly.

I was with him all through school.

L... I lived in the same room

with the guy for months.

Jeff, this is a tough, realistic

business with a thousand twists.

- Don't feel badly. He fooled me too.

- I can't believe it.

It was hard. Harder to find him...

although I'd been told there

was a German agent in the school.

- German agent...

- Not just a German agent.

One of the best they have.

Planted there for a reason.

That's why he's still in the group.

That's where you with

your disarming naivet came in...

to keep him from suspecting

we knew anything about him.

- You did a very much betterjob

not knowing who he was.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I did a good job.

Now you got a tougher one.

Ajob that you can't do

without knowing.

O'Connell has been assigned

a mission in Holland.

That's the clincher

to all the misinformation

we have allowed him to obtain.

- Holland?

- The invasion of Holland.

That's the lie we're trying to sell...

to the German High Command, and Kuncel...

O'Connell... is the salesman.

- That's where you come in.

- What could I do?

- O'Connell asked for you.

We're going to send you with him.

- What about Duclois?

Still your mission as planned.

You'll proceed to Le Havre.

- How?

- You'll be dropped near Rotterdam.

Contact a man

by the name Wolfert Bockman

at the Department of Public Works.

- Bockman will see that you and

Suzanne get through to France.

- S-Suzanne?

She'll be briefed for the Holland

mission with you and O'Connell.

The briefing will be short

and, of course, a phony.

You'll be on your way

within 48 hours.

Now comes the rugged part.

- Yes.

- We think O'Connell is sold.

If we're right, he'll make his break

and you'll never see him again.

Could he know anything

about Duclois?

- Not unless he gets it from you.

- He won't.

Never forget you're dealing

with an extremely clever man.

Drop your guard one minute,

we'll have failed, you may be dead.

Don't forget the time he slugged you.

He thinks fast...

he's ruthless,

lets nothing interfere.

- That's why we're gonna do it his way.

- His way? What's that?

If he isn't sold,

and should in any way suspect

that you're on a double mission...

if he doesn't make his break

and tries to follow you...

you're going to shoot him.

- Shoot him?

- And make sure it's for keeps.

- Tha... That's rough. Tha...

- That's war.

And that's your mission.

Yeah.

O'Connell can do it.

Can you?

Yeah, I can do it.

- That's all for now.

- Right.

- Jeff...

- Yes?

- I know how you feel.

- Right.

- Some more?

- No, thank you. I had too much.

Isn't it the most exciting evening

in our lives?

- The room is so beautiful,

and the food was so delicious.

- Yes, indeed, yes.

- Kind of like the Last Supper.

- Not the Last Supper.

There is noJudas.

Not the Last Supper, no.

To the success of your mission...

to your safe return, to the good things

in life for all of you.

To a better, happier world.

A message for you, sir,

and the car is ready.

- Oh, we'll be right there.

- Thank you.

- Luck, Jeff.

- Luck.

Well, let's get started.

Suzanne.

Oh, have they heard?

Yes, Suzanne, they have.

Oh.

Pappy, I'll...

I'll be back in a minute.

Sorry.

Bad news?

- Yes.

- Your... husband's... dead?

What a rotten break.

- Maybe it's just as well

you're not going back to France.

- [Simpson] We have to go now.

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