The Package

You're makin' a big mistake!

This is Ike Pappas speaking

from the Schloss Treptow...

in the American zone of this

still-divided city of West Berlin...

the scene of what will surely be

one of the monumental moments...

in the history of mankind.

American and Soviet negotiators are said

to be quite close now to an agreement...

pulling the world back from the brink

of nuclear annihilation...

and ending the long Cold War.

But a major problem remains.

Several top Soviet and US

military leaders...

refuse to end their bitter

opposition to the treaty...

warning that it would mean

the removal of the nuclear shield...

leaving both sides

vulnerable to attack.

Nevertheless, the treaty

is expected to be finalized today.

What is this, a Zil?

- Come on, Johnny!

- Let's go, Gallagher!

- Sergeant, what do you know?

- Hey, Top.

- Hi, John.

- How you doin'?

- Troops, troops, troops.

- Hey, Top!

- We gonna knock off?

- What the f*** is that, Michaels?

It's a candy bar, Top.

You get hungry,

you eat some weeds, some tree bark.

Some deer sh*t.

Knock it off.

- What kind of outfit you think this is?

- It's a good one, Top.

We're supposed to be tough, Michaels.

Ain't Top taught you that?

Was that a Baby Ruth?

All right, knock it off.

Get rid of that sh*t.

- All right, Sarge.

- Cheese dick.

What do you got

in your pocket, huh?

- How you doin', Gallagher?

- Good, sir.

You go half a klick from the chateau

down to the road, then you double back.

- Who's on the other side of the lake?

- Red team.

Remember, we're watchdogs.

This is the Berlin Police's

ball game.

Anything goes down,

you secure and hold for them.

Morning, sir.

- Look, do you realize...

- Did you give me an affirmative on this?

Goddamn it, Bob,

we've exhausted the option.

Tom, this is insane.

- Listen, we have total support...

- I'm out of it, Tom.

Talk to me, Bob.

- Let's move out.

- You gonna move, Michaels?

I'm cleanin' up your sh*t

right now, dickwad.

Look at that guy.

Walkin' around in the cold when he could

be inside with a cup of hot coffee.

- He looks pissed off.

- 'Cause he's freezing his cojones off.

That's a general, guys.

Generals do a lot of thinking.

That's why every time

I'm asked to be one I always say no.

Hello, Mr. Secretary.

How are you?

- Thank you.

- Good morning.

Lieutenant.

- I will not sanction this.

- You don't have to do anything.

In fact, I want your word

that you won't do anything.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Senator...

but I believe we can get

immediate senate approval.

- I hope so.

- We have the votes.

And we'll coordinate

with the networks.

- No need.

- Hello, General.

We have our own relationship

with the networks.

Yuri, the key word is doverie:

trust.

- I seen a black German girl yesterday.

- A what?

- A black German girl.

- Yeah, right.

I did, man. She offered

to buy Kitner a drink.

- Called me a schwarze, man.

- Hold it down.

Captain.

Moving through the woods.

- How many?

- Two.

- Who's closest?

- Tiger Papa, sir.

Get 'em.

Get me the chateau.

What better way to conclude in this

holiday season, this season of peace...

than to wish you merry Rozhdestvo.

- Friendship and peace.

- Thank you.

- Tiger Papa Three, sir.

- Got it.

Papa One, we got unauthorized people

about 60 yards from you.

Chateau reports

the meeting's over, sir.

Jesus Christ.

Button 'em up.

Keep those people inside until we find

out what the heck we got going here.

CP wants to know

what we got here.

They're holding the conference up.

All right, all right.

Tiger Papa here.

What's going on? I got both negotiating

teams buttoned up, waiting on you.

- We've got a situation here.

- Hand it over to the Berlin police.

- We have no jurisdiction.

- Yes, sir.

Look in their rucksacks, will you?

Papa One, are we secure?

We're secure here, sir.

All right, let's go.

I am pleased to announce

we have reached an agreement.

Mr. Foreign Minister.

From all indications,

we have an agreement.

And if we stay on track,

it can be signed...

at the United Nations

in ten days.

What was the compromise

on verification?

There'll be a formal briefing tomorrow.

Thank you very much.

No more questions.

How about a statement?

So we have a treaty...

and as we heard it will be signed by the

general secretary and the president...

at the United Nations

ten days from now.

But first the two leaders will take

what amounts to a symbolic journey...

to herald the end of the era

of the nuclear threat.

Although the itinerary

has not been released...

sources tell us the general secretary

will meet the president in Washington.

From there they will go

to the University of Chicago...

where the atom

was first cracked.

And fittingly, just before Christmas,

the season of peace...

they will go to the United Nations

for this historic signing.

This is Ike Pappas

reporting from West Berlin.

Well, Yuri?

It's in all our interests, Yuri.

I don't need to hear any more.

Sergeant!

Don't rub your eyes!

Michaels! Get down!

Michaels!

Here! Kitner!

Yeah, Top.

Call a medic!

Tiger Base, we need a medic.

We're two klicks from the chateau

on the main access road.

We need a medic now!

Oh, f***.

Aw, sh*t.

Goddamn it!

Backpacker's not here, sir.

Who are they?

Members of a terrorist group who've

claimed responsibility for the attack.

Terrorists, sir?

They were pretty well organized, sir.

It was like a military operation.

- All right, Sergeant, you can go.

- Thank you.

I don't need to remind you that anything

about this incident is classified.

Yes, sir.

I'm curious, Sergeant,

why you didn't search their backpacks.

We tried to, sir.

The Berlin Police, they took over.

My standing orders were to hand over

the command to them in their territory.

So these terrorists dressed

as Berlin Police convinced you?

Excuse me, sir.

They were real cops.

Berlin Police has no record

of any detachment in that area...

during the time of the shooting.

If they weren't cops, sir, they had

a lot of help. They had the uniforms...

You're expert on Berlin police?

- Is that all, sir?

- For now, yes. Thank you, Sergeant.

You were with the Iran Delta

operation, correct?

The aborted rescue attempt.

Yes, sir.

Well, Sergeant, I find it interesting

that you are twice now involved...

in a situation where a degree of

negligence has resulted in a loss of...

I don't recall seeing you on that

Iranian desert that night, Colonel.

We were there, Sergeant.

We were in the city.

We were waiting.

Tehran.

Sundown Unit.

What's funny, Sergeant?

I've been doing this for 25 years, and

every time I meet one of you people...

covert ops, infiltrators...

I get this real bad feeling

in my guts.

I guess that's what you bring

to the party, though, right, sir?

What I bring to the party,

Sergeant...

is competence.

There was no negligence

in those woods today, sir.

If you'll come out of the shadows long

enough to press charges against me...

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