Telefon

- It is time.

- No, generaI. The children.

Lieutenant, now.

Lieutenant.

I want him alive.

- Is that clear?

- of course, generaI.

Nicolai Dalchimsky!

You don't need to be afraid.

- we won't hurt you.

- Thank you.

where is Dalchimsky?

My son has gone away.

I don't know where.

- when did he leave?

- will I ever see my son again?

Please tell me. will I ever see him again?

Nobody.

Dalchimsky is not in the building, generaI.

- Search the area.

- Yes, generaI.

- Vladimir.

- They're wasting their time. He's gone.

Probably crossed the border already.

- If that is so, God help us.

- God?

DAVE:
So tell me, what do you think?

HARRY:
Not bad, kid. Not bad at all.

DAVE:

well, I did it all myself.

HARRY:
well, now, you're pulling

a set of 4-11 rear gears.

I tell you that, Dave.

If she was my street rod...

...well, I'd mount myself a set of ladder

traction bars in her, that's for sure.

- Bascom's Auto Repair.

MAN:
Is this Harry Bascom?

oh, yes, Harry.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep

Remember, Nikulin,

miles to go before you sleep.

Remember, Nikulin...

...miles to go before I sleep.

Hey, Harry! where are you going?

Good afternoon, sir. May I see your-?

Jesus.

SANDBURG:
Bascom was an

infantry corporaI, Korea, '51, '52.

Good-conduct medaI, Silver Star,

honorable discharge, '53.

A bachelor, no living relatives...

...no known association with any radicaI

organizations, registered Republican.

In.

- Sir.

- Uh, hold the thought, Putterman, please.

- we're in the middle of something here.

- It really can't wait.

Let me see. oh, yeah.

coached Little League, church elder...

...member of Kiwanis, American Legion

and NationaI Rifle Association.

Surprised he wasn't

in the state legislature.

I have something I think we ought

to get up to Sovcom right away.

They meet once a week. we can get it-

You know, but why sabotage a base

that's no longer active?

They shipped all that nerve gas

out of there about 10 years ago.

couldn't be sabotage. Not with his record.

It's gotta be something personaI.

Six auto crashes:

one due to faulty brakes...

...two by collision with runaway trucks,

three by tire failure.

Your typicaI assorted plane crashes,

all with multiple-passenger loss.

Two military, one Sovietflot.

A sudden rash of skiing accidents,

one disappearance on an ice floe...

...one drowning in the Black Sea,

one sailing mishap...

...plus five simple fataI cardiac arrests,

two terminaI cancers...

...four massive brain hemorrhages.

Twenty-four high-ranking party members

in scattered parts of the USSR...

...all deceased within the past 13 days.

Aside from their demise,

they had one other thing in common.

They were all avowed hard-line Stalinists

all opposed to detente with us.

A purge?

well, the probability factor

of 24 top-brass communists...

...dying almost simultaneously is,

give or take a point or two...

...just under a billion to one.

I'll take this right over to Sovcom.

In.

- Got a curious problem here, sir.

- Yeah?

- Harry Bascom.

- Yeah?

Died of a burst appendix

22 years ago in canton, ohio.

- Harry Bascom?

- Yes, sir.

His mother collected his life insurance

from the VA just a month before she died.

- Putterman.

- Yes, sir.

woMAN:

So, what do you want me to do?

what I want you to do

is just let me the hell alone.

You tell the bank to leave me the hell alone

and I will leave you the hell alone!

All right, answer the damn phone.

Hello.

Yes, just a minute.

It's for you. Here.

- Yeah.

MAN:
Mr. Carl Hassler.

Yeah, that's right. Hassler Air charter.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I sleep

Remember, Sobolev.

Miles to go before you sleep.

Remember, Sobolev.

Miles to go before I sleep.

carI, it's just not going to work.

Every man doesn't have

to have his own business.

So you faiI. what's so terrible about that?

You can fly for somebody else.

It's easy for you. You don't have

to avoid all the bill collectors.

You don't have to lie to people

at every store that you go into.

All you have to do is just play sky king

in your stupid old whirly bird!

carI, when you come back, can we talk?

carI.

Aircraft approaching Apalachicola NavaI

communication Station, identify.

Aircraft approaching Apalachicola,

check your heading.

You are entering restricted air space.

Acknowledge.

Aircraft, do you copy? Acknowledge.

Aircraft approaching Apalachicola,

you are entering restricted air space.

Do you copy? Acknowledge.

Aircraft approaching Apalachicola,

turn immediately to heading 270.

You are endangering your aircraft.

Acknowledge.

He's dropped down to 100 feet.

He's two miles and closing.

- Number 14, sir.

- Hot Pistol. Hot Pistol. At 040, two miles.

Altitude 100 feet.

- Is it a drill?

- This is no drill. Execute Hot PistoI.

Goddamn.

can I help you, sir?

Yes. Um...

I would like see how this set compares

with others.

- Please get the news on all the sets.

- Sure.

woMAN [oN TV]:
Over in Apalachicola,

a helicopter crashed and burned...

...near the top-secret

Naval communication center.

The public-information office

at NAS Pensacola...

...has identified the dead pilot

as Carl Hassler...

...owner of Hassler Air Service.

Apparently, Hassler lost control

of the helicopter and was radioing for help.

Exact cause of the crash

is not yet known...

...but the Naval spokesman

reported no damage occurred...

...to the highly sensitive equipment

on the base.

Did we want remote controI, sir?

- woMAN:
Operator.

- Uh...

I wish to speak with Mr. Mark Peters

in Akron, ohio.

The area code is 216.

The number 788-8837.

You and you. over here.

The rest of you pay close attention.

what is the best chance

of controlling the puck?

To be quicker than your opponent.

- How do you ensure that?

- watch what he does and beat him to it.

If you see him do it, you'll be too late.

Don't look at him

and don't watch the referee.

If you watch the referee drop the puck,

again you'll be too late.

Keep your eyes on the ice.

continue play.

Major Borzov, coloneI Malchenko wants

to see you immediately at headquarters.

BoRzo V:

I'll be with you as soon as I've changed.

MALcHENKo:

First, Harry Bascom.

January 17th.

Just seven days ago,

Bascom destroyed himself...

...and a storage center for nerve gas

in the American state of colorado.

Particularly stupid act.

All their cw inventory

had been removed 10 years ago.

carI Hassler, January 20th.

He was shot down and killed

while violating restricted air space...

...above a NavaI communication center.

Mark Peters, on the same day...

...blew himself up and an ammunition dump

outside Akron, ohio.

Tell me, major. In all the world,

who is the most secret agent?

Anyone who manages to stay secret.

But there's an even more ideaI agent.

one who doesn't know he is an agent.

- Anyone care for tea?

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