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All right.

Now reach right above it.

That's a towel rack.

There's a towel on it.

Oh, thank you!

Oh.

Looks like I'm gonna have

a very interesting trip.

Oh, no, you're not.

Sergeant? See that Captain Carison

has my gear packed.

Where are you going?

I think I'd better take her

down to Palmer Field myself.

But you told the general

I was gonna do it.

I think I'd better.

Who's gonna look after

the outfit?

You're second in command.

But you were right in the middle

of those night interception tests.

I said you were second in command.

Besides, you're a married man.

What's that got to do with it?

I don't want you exposed to temptation.

Now wait a minute.

Maybe you got her all wrong.

She really might've gotten soap in her eyes.

It's happened to me lots of times.

I know.

That's why I'm gonna take her.

I hope you don't mind, gentlemen,

but it's much too cold in there.

Make yourself at home.

It's so nice and warm in here.

Wonder what I did

with the lady's lighter.

Did you see it?

I didn't know she had one.

What'd you do with it?

Well, if I knew,

I wouldn't ask you.

It isn't possible you were

thinking of something else.

This is just a shot in the dark,

but her eyes don't look like

they had soap in 'em.

This might be some new form

of Russian propaganda.

Maybe they are actually

trying to make friends

and influence people.

Could be.

Could be.

I wonder if you fully understand

your position, Lieutenant.

- As a refugee?

- You came here to avoid being shot.

That is correct.

You want us to give you sanctuary,

yet you don't wanna do anything in return.

I'm not going to tell you anything

that will hurt my country.

I'm a refugee, not a traitor.

In other words,

you want something for nothing.

Your precious freedom

it has to be bought?

Why not?

We paid a high price for it.

And it's getting

scarcer in the worid all the time.

Exactly.

What kind of people

do you think we are?

You're trying to confuse me.

I won't tell you anything,

I don't care what you say.

I can't get used to women soldiers.

I don't like the idea

of putting pressure on a girl like you.

Pressure?

I didn't know they did things

like that in the United States.

What things?

Pressure means torture, doesn't it?

I didn't hear the general

say anything about torture.

Did you, Rivers?

I didn't even hear the general

say anything about pressure.

Did you, Major?

I didn't hear the general say anything.

You gentlemen are making me feel

very much at home.

That's just the way

we want you to feel, Lieutenant.

You're a soldier.

Would you have any respect for me...

if I told you what you wanted to know

about the Russian Air Force?

Don't you think

I have a sense of honor?

- Are you referring to your honor

as a Soviet soldier?

- What else do you think I'm talking about?

What's so funny about that?

It's very refreshing to hear

a commie talk about honor.

I honor my country above everything.

Does that mean you can have

no honor, no love,

no respect for anything else?

Precisely.

Not even for yourself?

With us, the state is everything.

The individual has no right

to even think of himself.

Well, if we respected

your feelings in this manner,

you'd have no respect for us.

Why not?

You'd think it was a good joke.

Sure, Americans are so simple

about this freedom thing.

They don't seem to realize

they're cooking the calf

in the milk of its own mother.

Isn't that, uh, true?

I've never even thought about it

in that light.

I think you should.

Come in, Captain.

In fact, I'd advise you

to give it very careful thought.

I will think about that too.

Shannon, you certainly

gave her the works.

Yes, sir. If anybody's gonna

get anything out of this girl,

it'll be Shannon.

Me?

The most perfect case

of ambivalence I ever saw.

Case of what?

Ambivalence?

Double values.

They both like and hate each other.

They don't know which feeling to follow.

Wonderful confusion.

Perfect sex antagonism.

This proves it.

Proves what?

Yeah, proves what?

Look at the doodle she made.

Did you make a pass at her

when you brought her down in the C-47?

I did not!

Let me look at that.

You mean these doodles would show it?

I don't know.

You'd get practically

the same effect if he didn't.

That's just the way it was!

I didn't!

Now, Jim

And speaking of passes, sir,

she threw one at me...

right in my office

almost before her hands got warm.

What?

Then she tried it again

in the shower.

Shower?

What shower?

I got one in the office.

Oh, well.

What is she doing in a shower?

Well, after she undressed

in the bathroom, gentlemen.

It's all in my notes, General.

I had to search her, didn't I?

Yes, but you didn't say

anything about this shower business.

She asked me if she could take one.

What else could I do?

General, I think we can spare

Colonel Shannon any further details.

The overall picture seems

to be sufficiently corroborated.

I think we'd be fully justified

in exploiting it.

Listen, General

Don't look at me.

They're absolutely right.

- You were made for this job.

- General Black, I'm a jet man, not a gigolo.

How about that job you did for us

with that German Frau?

That was an accident,

not in the line of duty.

Well, this is.

I'm putting you in full charge

and holding you completely responsible.

But

I don't want this angle

to get into the records.

So I'll leave it to you to inform

your people and the F.B.I.

You do the same with the C.I.A.

Yes, sir.

But, General

The newspapers don't know

a thing about this girl, so watch yourself.

Washington wants to keep it this way.

Savvy?

- General, let's don't change the subject.

- Colonel Shannon?

I can take a hint.

About face! Forward march.

Where ya been?

You're a day late.

Ran into some bad weather

in Edmonton, but we're all

present and accounted for.

You're still in charge.

What's the matter?

Well, they couldn't get any more

out of her nibs than we did,

so they tossed her back in my lap.

You better give the group

a couple of days rest.

Serves you right for not

letting me bring her down.

I wish I had.

Look, I'm gonna have to

put on an act for her,

so after we pull out,

you tell that Waf captain

not to take it too seriously.

Never mind.

I'll tell her myself.

You remember Major Rexford.

Oh, yes. How do you do?

Colonel Shannon tells me

you two are going up for a flight.

I still can't believe it.

You're not serious?

Why not?

You mean I'm not going

to be confined?

From now on,

you're a guest of the air force.

You may go where you want

and see what you like.

I was instructed to give you

the same treatment and hospitality...

that was given to

those other two Russian fliers,

one of whom has already

returned to Russia.

How do you like that?

Well, it's very simple.

He probably became homesick.

Do you stuff birds too?

Captain.

What does he mean,

do I stuff birds too?

Nothing.

His father was a taxidermist.

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