Topaz Page #5

Very good.

Something for you

to read on the plane.

Thank you.

No. Not now.

I will take these down.

- Come.

- No.

No farewells at the front door.

I shall say goodbye to you here.

We are alone.

If things get worse for you here,

we'll get you out.

I have ways.

I'll never leave here.

I am Cuban.

I love my country,...

No matter what, I...

have to see it through.

I shall worry about you

at the airport.

- I'll get through.

- I don't know.

Will you phone me

before you get on the plane?

Be sure. There is something

I have to tell you.

Tell me now.

No.

But before you get on the plane.

Alright.

Go.

Go.

- You have found out?

- Yes.

- Who were they working for?

- Ask her.

- For who?

- You ask her.

Who were you working for?

Who sent you to spy at Veriel?

Who?

What? Say it.

Juanita...

de... Cordoba...

Get rid of them.

Get down to the airport.

You'd better get out there.

Search everywhere.

Turn the house inside out.

- Look in her bedroom.

- What's all this?

You will not touch my bedroom.

Rico!

Rico, stop this!

Come down.

No, no!

You cannot go in there!

Tomas, stop them!

You know some people

named Mendoza?

Yes.

They have been saying

terrible things about you.

I do not believe them.

Muoz believes.

I can't.

They were tortured?

Even tortured people lie, you know.

I do not want to believe them.

Eh, Rico, we have found it.

In the pantry.

A darkroom for cameras,

for developing pictures and all kinds

of machinery to make them small.

It is all true. They have been

operating from this house.

Get me the airport.

You know what this is?

A hollow razorblade.

It is where they hide the film.

Hello, Rivero.

Do you still have the Frenchman?

Nothing?

Alright.

I'll tell you where to find it.

Any small package of razorblades.

The injector-type blades.

They are small thin ones

that slide out!

Call me back. You know where.

So it is true.

I have to believe now.

The things you have done against us,

against what we are trying to do...

Why?

Because you make

my country oppressed.

No.

You cannot judge.

You...

You shouldn't have done this.

To fool me.

To work against me.

You are part of it.

Now we will have to do to you

what we did to the Mendozas.

To find out

the names of all the others.

All the things that you have done.

And we will find out.

And the things...

that will be done to your body...

This body...

Yes, Rivero?

What?

Nothing?

No film?

What was in the razorblade case?

Razorblades?

What do you mean

you had to let him go?

Alright.

Alright!

They let him go.

Hello. Who is this?

Oh, Seor Devereaux?

Seora de Cordoba?

I am afraid not.

Something has happened.

She is dead. Shot.

Seor Parra? He is gone.

That's quite a pile of mail.

Has Nicole gone away?

Yes, yes...

I... didn't tell you.

She thought she might go to Paris

for a while,

as long as I was going to be away.

She... didn't see as much of Michle

in New York as she'd hoped.

That was my fault.

I am sorry about that.

No, no. She got a bit homesick

for Paris anyway.

And she didn't know how long

I would be in Cuba.

The amount of junk mail

that accumulates in just a few days.

Come and have a drink.

Are you sure you wouldn't like to be

alone to unpack and call Nicole?

No. Besides, you should be able

to call your office in a few minutes.

They must have the stuff from Cuba

processed by now.

I won't be a minute.

I'll just get some ice.

Ah, Ren, come in.

- I've come to -

- You know Mike Nordstrom?

Ren d'Arcy.

- Yes, hello.

- Hello.

We are just about to have a drink.

Will you join us?

No, I only dropped

by to see that you're back.

If I could speak to you alone.

- I'll go.

- No, no, please.

We can go to my study.

Here, make yourself a drink.

Come on, Ren.

You left quite a few complications

behind.

Yes, I know.

So it is done,

whatever you have done.

The Cuban government

has protested

your activities directly to Paris.

I am here to instruct you

to be on the next plane to Paris.

Tonight.

You will report

to the Director-General.

Well...

The end of Washington for me.

I have been recalled.

I am sorry.

You know how grateful we all are

for your contribution.

It confirms our information

from other sources,

including the U-2 photos.

What do you think

will happen in Paris?

Oh... A board of inquiry, I suppose.

Why I went to Cuba.

What I did. Who I did it for.

Why I did it for you.

And what I found out.

I want you to take a ride with me

out to the safe house.

While you were away,

the Russian came up with some

revelations that will shake you.

- What about?

- The leaks in Paris.

He spelled the whole thing out

for us.

I want you to listen to him before

you face those people over there.

Ah, thank you, Mrs Fawcett.

I will serve the coffee.

Mrs Fawcett makes

wonderful coffee.

- Will that be all?

- Yes, thank you.

- Monsieur Devereaux?

- No, thank you.

Mr Nordstrom?

Black with one sugar?

Mr McKittreck, black?

And could I offer you a cigarette?

Ah, no, you are smoking.

And now again... Topaz.

These gentlemen have asked me

to repeat to you about Topaz. Why?

Please... Do us a favour.

Tell him what you told us.

Then you succeeded in getting them

the information from Cuba?

Yes.

And now they are afraid

you will be obliged

to pass it on to your government.

And what is Topaz?

Topaz is the codename for a group

of French officials in high circles

who work for the Soviet Union.

I don't believe

there is an organised ring.

The head of the ring

has the codename Columbine.

I do not know him, but I know

he is important and powerful.

The second man in line

is Henri Jarr.

- Jarr?

- Yes.

Henri Jarr.

He was my direct contact.

Any vital documents that passed

across his desk came to me.

Do you know him, Andr?

Yes. He is an economist at NATO.

Then, it is believable?

It's... possible.

It's more than possible. It's true.

So now you will want to talk,

you three.

I will go for a walk in the garden

before the sun goes down.

Blake!

Monsieur Devereaux, you are faced

with the same problem I had.

Whether to obey your conscience

or to obey your government.

Let me give you a piece of advice -

don't go home.

These people will give you

a new life, a new job. Everything.

Think it over.

Well?

Our government is preparing

to take any action against Cuba,

or Russia,

that circumstances demand.

Any leak to the Russians of what

we know at this time could be fatal.

If the Russians learn

we are on the move

because of all the information

we have,

they could make those missiles

operational almost immediately.

Pointed at every big city in America.

And that means

France will be involved.

We have to inform our allies

of our intentions.

When?

An American mission will arrive

in Paris in three days.

And I am supposed to keep my

mouth shut and uncover Topaz?

At the risk of my own skin?

That's quite a job, my friends.

Let me understand something.

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