Rendezvous Page #4

DEAN.

YES, SIR.

ERASE THAT STUFF ON THE BOARD, WILL YOU?

AND PUT THIS:

IN IT'S PLACE.

YES, SIR.

WE MIGHT AS WELL

TAKE A CRACK AT IT.

MORNING, BOYS.

MORNING, MISS CARTER.

SORRY, MISS CARTER.

OH, I FOOLED

YOU, BOYS.

THIS TIME:

I HAVE ONE.

OH, GOOD MORNING!

HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING

ALL NIGHT?

OH, NO. NO,

WE JUST CAROUSED.

GOT A CASE OF SCOTCH, A 3-PIECE

ORCHESTRA, AND MADE A NIGHT OF IT.

NOW, BILL, BILL, DO YOU

WANT TO KILL YOURSELF,

STARTING OFF:

AT A PACE LIKE THIS?

IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD HAVE

SOMEONE TO RELIEVE YOU.

MISS CARTER, YOUR

CONCERN TOUCHES ME DEEPLY.

I'M MOVED

ALMOST TO TEARS.

WELL, I CAN GO

TO MY UNCLE-

YOUR UNCLE, MY EYE.

I'LL GET MYSELF

OUT OF THIS MESS.

YOU CAN PUT ON:

YOUR RUNNING PANTS

AND TAKE A NICE MARATHON

OUT INTO THE COUNTRY-

ABOUT 30 MILES OUT,

WHERE THE COWS ARE.

OH, BUT, BILL,

PROMISE ME YOU'LL LIE DOWN

FOR JUST A LITTLE

WHILE AT LEAST-

I PROMISE YOU THAT IF

YOU DON'T GET OUT OF HERE,

I'LL LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND SCREAM.

I'LL GO.

I'LL GO.

HAVE YOU SOMETHING-

SOME KIND OF SEDATIVE

TO PUT A NERVOUS PERSON

TO SLEEP?

YES, MISS.

HOW MANY AT A TIME?

OH, ONE WILL PUT YOU

TO SLEEP IN A HURRY.

OH, IT'S NOT FOR ME.

SAY, THAT'LL PU A MULE TO SLEEP.

THAT'S JUS WHAT IT'S FOR.

WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE

THIS TO LIEUTENANT GORDON?

HE SENT OU FOR IT.

YES, MA'AM.

AND THE TRICK IS...

TO FIND:

THE COMBINATION...

OH, COFFEE, THANKS.

JUST WHAT I NEED.

NOW, WE CAN DISREGARD

THE "HSI" BECAUSE THAT'S

MERELY THE WIRELESS

CALL SIGNAL.

YES, SIR.

NOW, LET'S ASSUME FOR A

START THAT EACH LETTER THERE

MEANS THE LETTER AFTER

IT IN THE ALPHABET.

YES, SIR.

K- L, D-E, W-X,

N- O, Y-Z...

OH, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE

GETTING US ANYWHERE, DEAN.

TRY IT IN:

THE REVERSE ORDER-

THE LETTER BEFORE I IN THE ALPHABET.

YES, SIR.

SAY, I'LL BE BACK

IN JUST A MINUTE.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING,

LIEUTENANT.

YOU HAVEN'T SOMETHING

IN HERE THAT'LL KEEP

A FELLOW AWAKE,

HAVE YOU?

I'VE TRIED COFFEE, AND I DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING.

I THINK SO.

YOU'RE THE NEW MAN, AREN'T YOU?

UH-HUH.

HA HA! WELL, I'M

PROFESSOR MARTIN.

HERE. TRY SOME

OF THIS "NO SLEEP."

POUR SOME OF IT RIGH IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.

HOW MUCH?

OH, A GENEROUS

TEASPOON FULL.

WELL, I'D BETTER TAKE

AN EXTRA BIG SHOT.

PUT IT RIGHT IN:

THIS WATER:

AND DRINK I RIGHT DOWN.

I USED TO GIVE THA TO MY PUPILS

WHEN THEY WANTED

TO STAY AWAKE:

WHILE THEY CRAMMED FOR

THEIR FINAL EXAMINATIONS.

HA! AFRAID THEY STAYED AWAKE, ALL RIGHT,

BUT THEY DID VERY

LITTLE CRAMMING.

WELL, THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT WAS JUS WHAT I NEEDED, THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT DIDN'T WORK.

I TRIED THE FIRST LETTER

FORWARD AND ALSO ONE BACK.

AND THAT DIDN'T WORK.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

LIEUTENANT?

I DON'T KNOW. MY HEAD'S

SPINNING, AND MY HEART'S JUMPING.

GET A DOCTOR.

AND TELL HIM TO BRING

A STOMACH PUMP. QUICK!

DOCTOR?

STOMACH PUMP?

I GUESS I PU TOO MANY

SLEEPING TABLETS

IN YOUR COFFEE.

YOU PUT SLEEPING TABLETS

IN MY COFFEE?

I ONLY WANTED YOU TO GET A LITTLE REST.

OH, THIS WOMAN IS MAD.

GUARD! GUARD!

OH, GUARD.

YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE

ANGRY WITH ME, ARE YOU, BILL?

SHOW THIS LADY THE DOOR

- THE FRONT DOOR.

AND IF SHE TRIES TO GE IN AGAIN, USE YOUR GUN.

OH, BUT, BILL,

I JUST WANTED-

DON'T SHOOT TO KILL.

JUST WING HER.

I DON'T WANT HER

HAUNTING ME.

RIGHT IN THERE,

LIEUTENANT.

WELL, SUPPOSE YOU TRY

TWO LETTERS FORWARD AND TWO BACK.

YOU TAKE 3 FORWARD

AND 3 BACK.

YOU 4, AND YOU 5.

AND WILL YOU TAKE 6-

YOU 7, 8, 9, CONSECUTIVELY

ON DOWN THE LINE.

BACKWARD, FORWARD.

LIEUTENANT GORDON.

YES.

THIS LOOKS LIKE:

SOMETHING.

AND 5 BACK.

F- I-R-S-FIRST.

WELL, THAT CERTAINLY

DOES LOOK LIKE SOMETHING.

FIRST. FIRST WHAT?

FIRST TROOP SHIP?

WHAT'S THE NEX GROUP?

G- D-O-U-G.

FIRST "GDOUG".

THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T SOUND

LIKE TROOP SHIP, DOES IT?

NO, SIR.

SAY, WAIT A MINUTE!

WHAT DAY OF:

THE MONTH IS THIS?

FIRST.

HEY, YOU DON' SUPPOSE...

THAT IN THE LETTERS

OF THIS FIRST GROUP

THEY'RE USING THE DATE

WHEN THE MESSAGE WAS SEN

AS A KEY WORD FOR THE RES OF THE MESSAGE, DO YOU?

LET'S TRY IT OU ON THE CIPHER WHEELS.

LET "A" EQUAL "F"

ON YOUR WHEEL.

LET "A" EQUAL "I"

ON YOURS.

LET "A" EQUAL "R"

ON YOURS.

EQUAL "S" ON YOURS...

AND EQUAL "T" ON YOURS.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THE

FIRST LETTER OF THE MESSAGE?

B.

B.

"B" BECOMES "W."

I.

BECOMES "A."

J.

BECOMES "S."

Z.

BECOMES "H."

V.

BECOMES "I."

W- A-S-H-I

HEY, IF THE NEXT LETTER

IS ONLY AN "N... "

AND IT IS.

G- O- N

WASHINGTON!

WASHINGTON.

NOW WE'RE GETTING

SOMEWHERE.

LET'S HAVE

THE REST OF IT.

S- A-I-

RIGHT OFF:

THE STRAIGHT LINE.

S- T-A-T-O-S

WE GOT IT!

"WASHINGTON SAILED STAND

BY FOR RENDEZVOUS POSITION."

"WASHINGTON SAILED.

STAND BY FOR:

RENDEZVOUS POSITION."

THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE SENT TO

THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY, MAJOR.

EXACTLY.

WE INTERCEPT A WIRELESS IN ENEMY CODE.

THANKS TO:

LIEUTENANT GORDON,

WE'RE ABLE

TO DECODE IT.

AND WE FIND THEY'RE

SENDING OUT THE SAME MESSAGE

THAT WE SENT TO INFORM

THEIR U-BOAT COMMANDERS

OF THE COMING:

OF THE TRANSPORT.

BUT HOW COULD THEY

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

YOU DON'T THINK THEY COULD

HAVE BROKEN YOUR CIPHER?

IMPOSSIBLE.

IT'S A CODE

NOT A CIPHER.

ONLY ONE MESSAGE HAS BEEN ENCODED IN IT.

WITHOUT A COPY:

IT'S UNBREAKABLE.

THEN SOMEONE:

MUST HAVE STOLEN IT.

NO, NO, NO.

EVERY COPY:

IN WASHINGTON:

IS UNDER:

MY PERSONAL CONTROL.

WE'VE NO CHOICE.

WE MUST RECALL:

THE SHIP.

WE CAN'T RECALL

THE SHIP.

IT'LL DAMAGE THE ALLIED

MORALE TO THE BREAKING POINT.

THERE'S NO WAY TO GE A NEW CODE TO THEM.

THE RENDEZVOUS POSITION

MUST BE SENT IN:

THE CODE WE GAVE

THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN,

WHICH HAS BEEN:

STOLEN BY THE ENEMY.

WE'RE IN

A NICE MESS.

IF WE SEND IT, THE ENEMY

KNOWS THE TRANSPORT'S POSITION.

IF WE DON'T AND LET THE

SHIP TAKE IT'S CHANCES,

IT'LL PROBABLY

SINK IT ANYWAY.

WE STILL HAVE:

AND WHAT WILL:

WE DO WITH THEM?

FIND WHOEVER:

STOLE THE CODE.

GET IT BACK:

OR PREVENT THEM:

FROM INTERCEPTING AND

SENDING OUR MESSAGES.

ALL THA IN 3 DAYS?

I SHALL SEE TO I THAT YOU HAVE

THE COOPERATION OF

EVERY DEPARTMEN:

THAT CAN BE OF:

THE SLIGHTEST USE.

WE'LL NEED IT.

THANK YOU,

GENTLEMEN.

WAIT HERE AND KEEP

YOUR EYE ON THIS FOR ME.

YES, SIR.

MISS CULLOUGH'S

APARTMENT PLEASE.

HELLO, OLIVIA?

MY DEAR, COULD

YOU COME OVER?

COULD YOU?

RIGHT AWAY?

THANK YOU.

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

CHARLES?

SOMETHING:

HAS HAPPENED...

SOMETHING:

VERY UNFORTUNATE.

ABOUT US?

YOU DON'T MEAN THERE'S BEEN SOME GOSSIP?

NO, DARLING, NO.

THERE'S NOTHING FOR

YOU TO WORRY ABOUT.

BUT IF YOU WORRY,

I WORRY.

WHAT IS IT,

CHARLES?

I CAN' UNDERSTAND IT.

I KNOW I HAD IT WHEN

I LEFT THE DEPARTMENT.

I THOUGHT I BROUGH IT UP HERE.

IS IT SOMETHING:

YOU'VE LOST?

IS IT IMPORTANT?

VITALLY.

A DISPATCH.

I HAD IT IN:

MY BRIEFCASE:

ALONG WITH:

SOME OTHER PAPERS.

ONE CAN HARDLY:

MISLAY A BRIEFCASE.

IF IT SHOULD FALL

INTO THE WRONG HANDS...

OH, BUT IT MUSTN'T.

OF COURSE IT WON'T.

LET'S TRY

AND THINK.

HOW LONG AGO DID YOU

LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT?

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