The Kremlin Letter Page #8

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There was a document on

the market last september.

There were two interested parties

- The chinese and a member of the central committee.

A man named polakov had it. It

was for sale to the highest bidder.

You made all the arrangements

for its purchase and delivery.

I don't know what you're

talking about. I think you do.

Find out if it can be

repurchased. I'll be back tomorrow.

Oh! You're not asleep.

You were supposed to be so i could waken you.

Oh, you're here. Darling! You're here.

Now listen. Erika. Yorgi. Mmm!

I'm onto something- A

way to get us out. Mm-Hmm.

Last night i met a man,

an old friend of mine.

He told me there was an important raid

yesterday. Western agents were captured.

One woman a

- And two or three men. Come on. Yes?

He'll pay for information

about them. Yes. Undress me.

Erika, he'll pay 20,000 rubles.

It's our big break. We can get out.

Your husband will tell you about it,

won't he? You can get him to tell you?

Yes, darling, i'll ask him

tonight, but be good to me, please.

He wants to know right away. Afterwards.

I want to kiss you all over.

Erika

- Inch by beautiful inch.

Erika, he must know, in

case they're being tortured.

Stop it, yorgi! You're torturing me.

Erika.

Damn you. Okay.

Tell me about it again.

Some western agents were caught by

kosnov's men in a raid yesterday afternoon.

Are any of them still alive? If

so, where has kosnov got them?

Yesterday afternoon? Impossible.

Why? Because i was with

kosnov all day yesterday.

We had lunch with his mother, then

we put her on the train to yalta.

We had drinks and dinner with the kazars,

and we went straight home and to bed.

I dreamt about you.

Kosnov must have thought it was him i

wanted, but i woke up and i pushed him away.

There now.

You're one of them, aren't you? What?

You're one of the men they're looking for,

one of the men they didn't find yesterday.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I should have guessed.

Perhaps i did.

I think i knew all along. I

just didn't want to accept it.

I had to trust someone once in my adult life.

I'm sorry.

My own dear, sweet, honest,

truthful whore yorgi.

- I still love you. It doesn't stop me from despising you.

- If it had been up to me,

- I'd have told you, but there were others.

- That's the world you live in.

Truth can have no meaning at all.

Otherwise you're suddenly dead.

You'll have a splendid future, yorgi.

Still have a few things to learn though.

You should have made love to me just now,

for instance. Slips like that can be fatal.

I'll get you out of here.

I'll take you to america.

America? You're an american?

The image is crumbling fast.

Leave me some memories at least.

Do you have an escape route? Yes.

Then get yourself out.

Forget about me. Forget about the others.

Take my advice. Get out of here.

I can't.

I take it all back. You're a fool.

What's worse, you're a romantic fool.

There was a woman, you said.

Are you in love with her?

I see.

I'll do what i can to find

out about her and the others.

You can stay here.

Don't worry. I won't betray you.

I'll try malina kazar first.

If i get any news, i'll phone.

Ring three times, then hang up.

Ring back immediately, and i'll answer.

Da.

Two of the men are dead. The third

one is being held for questioning.

They say the girl took poison. She will die.

She's probably dead.

Do you wish to see me, or

have i served my purpose?

- I'll get you out, if that's what you want.

- I want you. Shall i come?

Yes. Be here at 6:30. 6:30.

Don't be late.

Please tell comrade bresnavitch

this is polakov's replacement.

Bresnavitch on telephone.

I know who stole art

treasures from the u.S.S.R.

I know who supplied

top-Level secrets to the west.

I know who the document was intended

for, where it is and whose name is on it.

Yeah? I have written four letters

naming names and giving dates.

Two have been mailed to washington.

In a matter of hours, the other two will

be in the hands of the central committee.

Are they recoverable?

Under certain circumstances.

Are you selling? Trading.

What? Your raid yesterday. Any survivors?

One man. Who?

Ward. Have him brought to your house.

I'll call back in half an hour.

Nephew?

Are you all right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So far. Get me bresnavitch.

Yes?

I'll recover the items mentioned

earlier in exchange for passports...

And absolute security for my

friend and myself until we leave.

Very well.

Have him meet me in nikolayev square at 5:00.

And the two items that are here?

I'll either send them to you or destroy them.

Destroy them. I have no interest

in reading what i already know.

I'll also destroy the two

in the west when i get back.

Tell me one thing.

Where is the kremlin letter?

In peking.

Peking.

Peking!

Nice work, nephew, getting me sprung.

Phew.

Hoo-Wee! This is cozy. Whose is it?

Kosnov's mother. She's away.

How come you didn't get caught?

The warlock saved me. I saw him jump.

What time was that? 2:00.

Well, nephew, why didn't you

come to the airport and warn me?

You knew i was coming in on the

3:
00 plane. B.A. Was due at 3:00.

Oh, i see. It was her or me.

If i'd had a gun, i could've saved her.

It was a very quiet little raid.

I was a sitting duck,

but not a shot was fired.

I guess bresnavitch didn't want

the third department to know.

Well, uncle, you don't look

any worse for the experience.

Nephew, they were just about to

start on me when your phone call came.

Did i remember to say thank you? Sure.

I've been putting things together.

Some match, and some don't. About the letter.

I went to the kital, and

he tried to have me killed.

I figure peking's got the letter and is

gonna use it to blow the lid off holy russia.

That's amazin', nephew.

I gotta hand it to you.

Our mission's a failure.

Our people are dead, and you

sit there grinning like an ape.

Nephew, you can't win 'em all.

You win some, you lose some.

Now, the best thing we can do

right now is get the hell out.

Change your clothes.

We are french chemists leaving

tomorrow for paris on s.A.S.

With our tails between our legs.

There are worse things

to have between your legs.

What happened to kosnov's bride?

She'll be here soon.

6:
30. She knows what i am.

In that case, you better

move fast. She's all right.

There's no use taking

any unnecessary chances.

You got enough to do. Get those

letters you wrote about bresnavitch.

Who'd you leave 'em with? Mikail.

Get 'em and burn 'em. Go to the

bolshol, get two balcony seats.

If i don't make it by curtain time,

i'll find you at the first intermission.

Get crackin', nephew.

Yorgi?

Yorgi? Good evening.

Who are you? I'm a friend of yorgi's.

- Where is he?

- Well, he's awfully sorry. He couldn't wait.

He had to move fast, but he left

you a note in the other room.

- My wife came here. Do you remember her?

Yes, i do. Who did she come to meet here?

No one. No special man?

- Once. Only once she left with a man.

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