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Well, good luck, Poul.

Call me again, if you need any more help.

My name is Poul Brink and

I'm a journalist at News 18.

The time is 10:
45 PM and you dropped

me off at the port of Aarhus.

Yeah.

Come in.

This is Orla.

Who is that?

He was responsible for the hangar at Thule.

Sit down.

Yes.

That's Star III.

They filmed it with cameras

that you see there!

The American officers were there.

Hence the films down in my hangar.

There was an object on the seabed.

An object?

The aircraft flew four bombs.

But it were only three that

broke-up when they fell on the ice.

Did you see this?

Yes!

What did you see?

I saw the front of a Hydrogen bomb

poking out between the debris.

Where are the shots now?

The Americans took them as well.

They have kept their mouths shut about the Hydrogen bomb

on the seabed for more than 20 years!

What more have they not hidden?

The actual footage of the bomb?

No and that's why I need to goto

the USA and review their files.

Well, that we cannot afford to.

Poul, you are the best journalist

I've been around.

And you should be on this.

Hi! Can I help you with something?

Hmm, I have a few words that

I would like you to search for.

Hmm, ok.

Yeah? What are the words?

Its...B-52 crash.

At Thule Air Base 1968.

Yes.

Okay...

Pardon, the wait.

It's...here.

Here you go...

I'm going to leave the rest on the cart, here.

If you need copies of anything...

Just let me know.

Excuse me, uh...what do you mean copies?

If you find something here, document,

that you want to copy and take with you.

I can copy it for you.

There was a fire onboard and...

we had to bail out.

Unfortunately we lost a man...Zvitenko.

Half walking, half crawling,

I made my way up to the hangar building.

So I went over to one of the trucks,

and turned the mirror, looked at my face.

I saw that it was all splattered in blood.

I have to tell you...

that was the best looking face

I had seen in a long time!

Bad as it was!

Would you like a cookie, Poul?

No thank you, coffee is fine.

And, could you please tell me about the bombs?

They disintegrated, like they were designed to.

All four of them?

Yes!

To be quite honest, I wouldn't...was more concerned,

let her know I was alright, if anything else..

Well, they were crazy times.

I guess there's all to say about that.

Yes, but I would like to know...

about the debris.

Well, there was clean up.

But I...I already left the area.

What about the Plutonium?

I assume it was all part of the clean up.

Yeah?

You know as I...said there's all

there is to say about it, really.

Well...

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Ummm, I've one more question,

off the record of course

Is that alright?

Okay.

You weren't patrolling just our side,

Danish territory, were you?

I think, it's time we end this conversation.

The United Nations meets in anger and shock on the morning,

the Russians detonated a super bomb.

As you said he would,

Mr.Khrushchev has exploded his giant bomb...

in cynical disregard of the United Nations.

By this act, the Soviet Union

have added injury to insult.

They broke the moratorium on

nuclear weapons testing.

They have raised atmospheric

pollution to new heights.

They have started a new race,

for more deadly weapons.

They have splurged the humanitarian appeal of the

United Nations and of all peace-loving peoples.

From American Embassy, Katherine E. White...

Secretary of State, Washington...

Secretary of State.

John Leddy.

Possibly, Prime Minister Krag will delay

release for as long as possible...

to avoid unfavorable impact on

tomorrow's National Election.

Rather a nodal crow - x K

Release for as long as possible to avoid unfavorable

impact on tomorrow's National Election.

Leddy Residence.

Is this John Leddy?

Assistant Secretary for European Affairs in 1968?

It is.

It is? Poul Brink is my name.

And I'm a Danish journalist.

And I'm reading about the B-52 crash

at the Thule Base in January 1968.

I may be old but there's nothing wrong with my memory.

What...what do you remember, if I may ask?

Yes, yes.

You remember?

Well...it was the beginning

a horrible year, wasn't it?

The assassinations of Dr.King and Bobby Kennedy.

And Tet offensive in South Vietnam where we pretty

much got our asses kicked like never before.

Well Sir, I...I've been reading this telegram

from the former American Ambassador to Denmark.

Eh...Katherine E. White.

Katherine!? But she passed away.

Did you know Katherine?

No, no I didn't.

No.

But she writes in a telegram to you that this

crash was initially meant to be kept secret...

due to the upcoming general

elections in Denmark.

Yeah, that's correct.

That's correct?

Correct.

Yes, why?

Well...we didn't want to violate

our agreement with the Danes.

Agreement?

What kind of agreement?

As I remember, there was a secret agreement

between us and Danes regarding Greenland.

Secret?

Uh...

Sir...Mr.Leddy?

Your time is up.

Please deposit five cents or your

call will be disconnected, thank you.

Mr.Leddy...hello?

Yes.

Sir, would you prefer if we met in person?

Umm...yes.

Alright

Hey there, buddy.

Can I help you with something?

You looking for someone or...?

Well...umm, I have an appointment with Mr.Leddy here.

I'm gonna see your ID please?

Sure.

So what is your business here, Mr.Brink?

As I said, I hoped I could have

a word with Mr.Leddy, here.

I know all about that,

that's not gonna happen.

Now, it would be best if you just get back in your car.

Drive out of here and don't come back..

You don't tell me what to do.

You got one of two choices...

Either you vacate the premises on

your own or I take you out by myself.

Search of ocean bottom beneath B-52 impact found...

contract to US Navy built...

vehicle used will be two man submarine "Star III".

Star III.

Search for object or missing weapon part

is to be treated as confidential.

What about the bombs?

It was further speculated that the missing...

Missing?

In view of its ballistic characteristics, may have come to

rest beyond the observed concentration of the heavy debris.

I view of its ballistic characteristics...

Stay away from the area.

Stay away from the area.

Study 5, TV-Byen, Copenhagen

Good evening, News 18.

In Tamil the issue there was increased pressure on Ninn-Hansen.

He denies having broken the law.

But first the Thule case.

A former Thule Workers is now with new information.

Orla Harvesting says Americans

in 1968 used a submarine at Thule.

What were they looking for?

According to Orla harvest an intact Hydrogen bomb.

How do you know it was a bomb?

I worked in the hangar.

I was there when the Americans

filmed the recordings.

What recordings?

The video tapes and submarine operation.

What was on the recordings?

There was a Hydrogen bomb on the seabed.

Could it not be something else?

There was not mistake, I know how a bomb looks!

What do they say to this new information?

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