Shanghai Page #5

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You combine all these ships and you have yourself

a long-range attack formation.

The destroyers protect the carriers,

the tankers refuel them at the center...

...you got a fleet of fighter planes,

each carrying 800 kilogram torpedoes.

They're pulling ships from their main fleet

and we have no idea where they are.

I have a pretty damn good idea.

I checked with our code-breaking units in Washington.

None of these ships have been issued orders

in the last month...

...which means they're probably back

at their bases undergoing repairs.

They're hiding the fact that their ships are incapacitated.

A Japanese delegation is in Washington right now

trying to negotiate a withdrawal from China.

Our oil embargo has brought them to their knees.

They're desperate to get any concessions they

can out of us.

The last thing they want us to know

is that their fleet is under-powered.

I'm late for a meeting. We'll talk about this later.

Conner's been right every step of the way.

Every time we doubted him he's proved us wrong.

We need to watch Tanaka 24 hours a day.

Maybe if you had come to me sooner

I could have backed you up.

The same way you backed up Conner?

What is that supposed to mean?

He was watching the Kaga for weeks. For weeks, Richard.

And he never told you a goddamn thing, why is that?

Well, how the hell can I back him up if he

wouldn't even talk to me?

Look, I don't wanna believe

that Conner died in vain any more that you do...

...but I can't ignore the facts.

He fell in love with a Japanese spy

and she betrayed him, and that's all we've got.

What if she was spying for us?

We've always assumed she seduced Conner.

What if it was the other way around?

You don't know that.

We know she was Tanaka's mistress.

I think Conner found out about them while

he was tailing Lan-Ting.

He saw an opportunity and he took it and he seduced the girl.

Now what if everything Tanaka ever told her got back

to Conner through her?

Even if you're right, she's probably dead.

And what if she's alive?

If she's on the run I can find her.

Thank you, gentlemen.

The meeting's over, Mr. Soames.

I need to speak with you, sir.

Make an appointment like everyone else.

I'm sorry, this can't wait.

If I needed to smuggle someone out of Shanghai...

...where would I go for documents?

Why are you asking me?

The young lady I saw you with the other night,

you said you were helping her with her passport.

I didn't say I was doing it illegally.

I don't know any other way you could be doing it.

The British and American Consulate have

stopped issuing papers.

A friend of mine's in trouble with the

Japanese authorities.

I need to get him out of Shanghai now.

I'm sorry, I can't help.

Maybe your wife can.

Are you blackmailing me?

Not unless I have to.

I don't care what you think about me...

...but if you turn these people down...

...their lives are on your conscience.

Quite an impressive operation you've got here, Billy.

Thank you.

You can tell the war's coming to Shanghai

by the number of faces on my wall.

I have a waiting list of 300.

You're lucky you're a friend of Ben's.

I know.

This one won't be convincing.

She's not facing the camera.

It's the best I could do.

Do you get many Japanese clients?

Mostly the Japanese are happy to stay where they are.

Why?

An old buddy of mine was trying to smuggle his

girlfriend out of Shanghai.

I was wondering if they came to you.

Everyone comes to me.

You keep records?

I'd love to find the son of a b*tch. He owes me a fortune.

I'm sorry. I guarantee confidentiality.

You'll thank me for it yourself one day.

Sir, have any change?

Mr. Soames.

You fainted.

I fainted.

Let me see.

Does he take over when you're done?

Only if I don't find out why you were following me.

I wanted to see where you were taking the girl's passport.

Which girl?

Captain Tanaka's mistress.

Look, Anna.

I followed your man to the safe house after

I delivered your message to the casino.

I actually saw them taking her away.

I didn't realize it at the time...

...because they'd thrown a blanket over her head.

Leave us alone, please.

Why are you interested in her?

She was also having an affair with a friend of mine...

...and he was murdered the night Sumiko disappeared.

We had nothing to do with it.

I'd like to hear that from her.

You're in no position to make demands, Mr. Soames.

Why are you doing it? Why'd you kidnap her?

Tanaka has arrested hundreds of our people.

We are going to trade her for them.

There's something you need to understand,

Mrs. Lan-Ting.

Tanaka isn't negotiating

and he isn't interested in getting this girl back.

He wants her dead.

She wasn't just his mistress.

She was spying on him.

Why should I believe you?

Because my friend was an American agent.

Whatever it is she knows

Tanaka won't stop till he finds her...

...and when he does, he won't leave any of you alive

to talk about it.

Just show me where she is.

I promise you I'll do what I can to help.

I need more time.

You don't have time.

If she's in Shanghai,

Tanaka's going to find her. No matter what you do,

he'll be waiting.

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

I'll call you at your hotel this afternoon.

Please...

don't follow me again.

I had no business thinking about her.

But I couldn't help myself.

I knew it was a mistake.

But I remembered an old saying...

...The heart is never neutral.

Let's go.

Passport.

The Japanese were allowing only one train a week

to leave Shanghai.

I got the passports for Kita and his girlfriend.

And I arranged for them to be on it

I was delivering on a promise made by Conner.

It felt like the one decent thing I could do

U.S. citizen.

Go. Hurry.

Okay.

Excuse me!

Create a diversion!

Papers!

Get her on the train, I'll meet you as planned.

Nobody boards...

...without papers!

Resistance!

Get her out of here!

We have to split up! I'll take her.

Go!

Let me out.

Let me out.

I'm an American citizen!

That's my wife! U.S. passport! U.S. passport!

Go

Why didn't you call me?

My people didn't think they could trust you.

We needed to move the girl

So you told them,

"I'll smuggle her out of Shanghai and everything

will work out fine"

Is that it?

You don't understand

That's quite a risk you took.

She could have turned you in at any minute...

...or did you tell your boy to shoot her

at the first sign of trouble?

You had your chance. You followed me instead of her.

Where the f*** you going?

Where were you supposed to meet

when something went wrong?

There was no plan.

Bullshit! The girl didn't look too good tonight.

From what I could tell she could barely walk.

What are they going to do to her once she

slows them down? Huh?

They won't hurt her.

Then they'll probably get themselves killed.

How many will that make it, Anna?

Hey, you can play the heartbroken revolutionary all you

want when I'm not around.

The truth is you used everybody...

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