The House on 92nd Street Page #3

a station here.

Conrad will get them for you.

As soon as I find the right location,

I'm going to open up an office.

People with information

can contact me there.

Send me word as soon

as you are ready to operate.

I'll get it to the others.

I wanna contact

a Colonel Hammersohn.

- I can arrange that.

- I have some money for him.

Well, I wanna get started

as quickly as possible.

Certainly.

So that's the guy from Hamburg.

What do you think, Elsa?

He has good credentials, but-

How do we know?

They look good, so what?

No. No, I don't trust that guy.

He knows too much.

We won't take any chances.

I'll check with Hamburg

for confirmation.

- How?

- Hammersohn.

He can get a message

through by mail to Brazil.

A courier will take it

by Italian Airlines to Dakar.

It's simple from there.

Max, contact Hammersohn.

- Tell him I want to see him today.

Yeah.

Following a prearranged plan

for maintaining contact with Dietrich...

...Inspector Briggs set up a special office

in New York City.

Here's some air-raid literature

for you to pass out.

- All right.

- Now I wanna know...

...who actually lives in that house

and what floors they live on.

- Shall we get a layout?

- No, we'll get that later.

Okay, we'll get right up there.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Is the superintendent in?

- No, he isn't.

- Can I help you? I'm his wife.

- This is in regard to air-raid precautions.

- Air raid? We are at war?

- No, not yet, ma'am.

We hope we won't be, but if a war

should come, we want to be ready.

Yes, of course.

We're making a survey

of everyone living on this block.

- What is your name please?

- Kassel, Freda Kassel.

Would you let us know

who's in the apartments?

Just Miss Gebhardt.

She rents the whole house.

She has a dress store.

- Gebhardt, your husband and yourself.

- That's right.

- Are you here most of the time?

- Yes.

My husband is a pianist.

He goes all over places.

I see. Well, I guess that's all.

Here's some air-raid literature,

if you'd like.

- Be particularly careful about lights.

- Yes, sir.

Just off Columbus

Circle in New York City...

...Bill Dietrich, posing as

a consultant engineer...

...rented an office and established

his place of business.

The office looked legitimate.

He was almost ready

to receive callers.

- Morning.

- Good morning. Are you Mr. Dietrich?

That's right.

I believe we have

a mutual acquaintance, Felix Strassen.

Come in.

Felix Strassen.

Yes, I knew him in Hamburg.

HAMMERSOHN:

I feel sure it must be the same man.

I'm Colonel Hammersohn.

Glad to know you.

Won't you sit down?

Looking for something, colonel?

I'm just naturally cautious.

I have just moved in.

Things are a little bit upset.

Yes, I see.

I have something for you.

It's microfilm from Felix.

It confirms you have funds for me.

And you have something for Hamburg.

We'll see.

You must have good

sources of information.

I've had considerable experience.

- You've heard of me, of course?

- Oh, yes.

During the last war,

I worked with Captain Boy-Ed...

...Fritz von Papen,

Count von Bernstorff.

This time the stakes are higher...

...the personal danger

proportionately greater.

With my record, I'm very careful.

Have you been here long?

Not very long, no.

They supplied you

with adequate funds?

I can pay for information.

That's in the credentials.

It takes a great deal of money,

you know.

We're willing to pay.

I think, perhaps Hamburg

might be interested...

...in an entirely new type of gun

the United States Army is testing.

- It's a wonderful gun. I've seen it.

- Hmm?

It projects an anti-tank rocket.

Guiding fins are folded

inside the barrel.

Here are complete details of recent

shipments of Bell Airacobras...

...and Curtiss P-40s

to England and Russia.

This is special information

on the new Lockheed P-38s.

The speed and armament

of this plane is strictly secret...

...or was until I got hold of this.

I'll send these to Hamburg.

Terribly difficult information to get,

but there it is.

I was instructed to give you this.

I was told you could put me in touch

with a Mr. Adolph Kline.

Adolph Kline?

For shipping information.

I have orders to contact him.

- I'll arrange it.

- Good.

- Cigarette?

- Thanks.

How can I get in touch

with Christopher?

Why?

Well, he's my boss.

I've never even met him.

- He is my boss too.

- Yeah?

I haven't met him either.

- You'll take care of me on Kline?

- Oh, yes.

Where will I find him?

I'll contact him and arrange a meeting.

When will this be?

I'll let you know.

In a secluded cottage less

than an hour's drive from Manhattan...

...Agent Dietrich set up

a short-wave radio transmitter.

Hamburg complimented Dietrich

on the speed and efficiency...

...with which he got his reports

through to Germany...

...and their instructions

back to the United States.

They did not know...

...that Dietrich's little short-wave radio

had a limited range...

...and that all his messages

were beamed...

...to a secret FBI long-range radio station

not far away.

From this point, the FBI relayed

Dietrich's messages to Germany...

...on the wavelength and schedule...

...and in the code

that the Germans had given him.

He received all replies and instructions

from Germany the same way...

...through the counterespionage station

of the FBI.

But all messages in both directions

were first teletyped to Washington...

...for immediate examination.

All messages to Germany were held

before relaying...

...until the Army and Navy

had rendered them harmless...

...or perhaps had skillfully doctored them

to mislead and confuse...

...the German High Command.

Besides operating his radio station...

...Dietrich extended his contacts

with the German spy ring.

As their pay-off man,

the enemy's agents had to come to him.

Some tried to sell information

of no importance.

Others brought highly secret data.

The FBI's hidden movie cameras

and microphones...

...recorded all Dietrich's visitors.

- Hello.

Suddenly and disastrously...

...Japan struck at Pearl Harbor.

On this momentous,

infamous Sunday...

...the FBI sprang into action

just as swiftly and effectively...

...as the rest of the nation's

armed forces.

Within 24 hours,

all known enemy agents...

...and saboteurs

were taken into custody...

...with a few purposeful exceptions.

Important agents,

like Colonel Hammersohn...

...Elsa Gebhardt, Conrad Arnulf...

...and Johanna Schmidt,

were left at liberty.

This was to justify

the continued liberty of Bill Dietrich.

And because, watched closely...

...they could still help more than harm

the American people.

They still knew or might know things

and people not yet known to the FBI.

Such as Adolph Kline...

...and Mr. Christopher.

Oh, Colonel Hammersohn.

- Hello, Dietrich.

Isn't it sort of dangerous

for you to be coming here now?

Yes, the war makes

everything difficult.

Every day, they're picking up

more of our agents.

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