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of the recent trial in Paris...

...that has attracted

so much attention.

The Minister of Justice

has resigned.

This news seems

directly related...

...to another item

reaching our desk.

Arriving in Africa

without hindrance...

...the five fugitives

who were on trial...

...have been welcomed

like true heroes.

Let's admit that men

capable of donating $2 million...

...to the cause of a Revolution...

...do not grow on trees,

even in Africa!

Citizens!

Comrades!

Brothers!

Hi, everyone!

Ladies and gentlemen!

Thank you for granting us

political asylum!

I want to tell you one thing.

I, the cyclical neuropath...

...the head of Occidental Paranoia...

...say that power is

at the end of a gun!

We wanted to be free...

...and we are free!

Better a good master

than a bad servant!

The shortest road...

...from barbarism to decadence...

...runs through civilization!

Comrades! Politics is nothing

but show business!

We have declared in high places...

...that all free men should have...

...neither work,

nor family, nor country!

We are paper tigers...

...but we are live tigers!

And we are against

self-management...

...in whorehouses!

I'm selling a 1971 Mercedes

convertible, a one-owner car...

...with 4,000 miles on it!

Long live Mao!

Long live Mao,

who never stole a Ferrari...

...and never ran over anybody!

And long live Free Switzerland!

The present government

is hanging by a thread.

Strikes, unemployment...

...socialist ideas...

everything's rotten.

Honey, shall we have coffee here

or in the living room?

In the living-room.

I'll finish my business first.

The President is a puppet.

If you wish,

we'll overthrow him...

...and take power.

- Us?

- Is power really profitable?

Very profitable!

But if power is very profitable,

General...

...why not take it yourself?

What, a military putsch?

No, very unpopular.

But with five idols like you...

General,

when it comes to politics...

...we know approximately nothing.

Don't oversimplify,

we do have a certain grounding.

You are Marxists?

Marx taught us, primarily,

the notion of capital.

Excuse me, General...

I have one question.

Once in power, what do we do?

Make money.

Lots of money.

- We'd have to live here?

- At first.

So, General,

when do we take power?

Monday won't be possible.

The army is on a mission.

Tuesday, the Pope is arriving

on an official visit.

Wednesday!

Does that suit you?

After arriving in

the East African Republic this morning...

...the Pope was kidnapped.

Later on, the kidnappers called,

demanding as ransom...

...one franc from all the Catholics

in the world.

Yes, one franc

to free the Pope.

That seems surprising...

...but the telex was reviewed...

...before reaching our desk.

It seems authentic...

...since the Vatican

has confirmed it.

Further confirmation

is expected from Africa.

Astonishment persists...

...since security measures

were taken.

How could the Pope disappear...

...be kidnapped between

the airport and his residence?

It's hard to understand.

Furthermore,

one franc per Catholic...

...makes a large sum.

Alms for gangsters!

Those are

all the details we have.

Other reports

should be coming in soon.

Please, stay tuned!

We'll interrupt our programs

to report the news.

The Pope caper?

We cleared about...

I mean net...

$12 million,

and no taxes.

None!

The Pope is marvelous!

Everyone knows that,

but not to that point.

It sells very well,

very well.

So many people love him.

The Pope was just fine.

Just fine!

Yes, I'm very happy

about the Pope.

That's adventure.

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