Cold War Killers (1986) - full transcript
While draining a small lake to make room for a new housing development, a crew finds the wreckage of an old missing Cold War-era British Air Force bomber, with the remains of the pilot at the controls. An investigator assigned by British Military Intelligence to find out what happened soon discovers that there's more to the incident than there appears to be, and it involves smuggling, the black market, the Russian KGB, the Nazi SS and a series of murders.
(Loud Machinery)
the price of a few gallons of best
Grichuk and always wore beaded mouthful
yes
what's the name of this section here? what
are we seeing? it was a small lake well what a
large pond really. We've been draining it for 2 days.
they don't use it like we should be able
to see it just passed there the cares
about the look of it now that's a
Pembroke
I suppose they're still on here unless
they bailed out
in the cockpit at least while the pool
busters
it's kind for several years whilst
draining a small lake to make way for
the new m62 extension and Lincoln
trapped the wreckage of a plane has been
discovered the aircraft serial number
reveals it to be a Pembroke of Transport
Command which they RF announced was
reported missing in December 1956 only
one body has been recovered and that is
believed to be the pilot whose name is
being withheld pending further
formalities by the Ministry of Defence
ok lefty this is it it's curtains for
you don't speak too soon blue eyes
I got four GATS aimed at your
breadbasket to either gas station
roof-tree tobacco mark Kelly's wait a
minute Lefty maybe we can make a deal (phone rings)
hello? David, have you been watching television? incredible isn't it I mean if
gangsters can't get their sons right
well - on the gas station roof plus
three Becca Mark Ellis that's five not
for television the gangster film
something about a plane okay I'll see
you first thing in the morning
Phoebe David leering it's really
pleasant driving outside the rush hour I
understand better go to Sir Alex on
what's already fuss no it's his Pembroke
they found apparently a case the old man
was working on before he reached the top
table back in 56 middle east connections
why's that well where else would they
rope me in Llewellyn's here driver was
down in the carpool who aliens the
biggest task is finding out just what
the minister wants to hear so he can
doctor his advice accordingly
who else is here just a stir it just
ended on attachment the technical stuff
I suppose you Nick security me the
reason why I phoned you David was not
elected to do with the Middle East this
battle flag is very pretty
you've got nothing like it at the
Foreign Office where did you get it
some grateful Pathan has presented it if
it's not to do the Middle East would
somebody mind telling me precisely why
I've been dragged out of my house in the
middle of the night I've come David it's
only ten past twelve certainly David now
can you give us a brief view may of the
story contingent is files or photographs
or men in 1956 three bailed out of the
crushed Pembroke and lived tyranny the
navigator Morrison the engineer men with
quite remarkable memory for detail and
Jones the passenger with a more average
memory and of course the poor chap whose
body was found today Soviets showed
remarkable interest in the crash at the
time three people were murdered in the
next few months two petty crooks and an
officer all appear to be linked in some
way to this case three killings in
Amsterdam Berlin
where a juror was tortured and killed by
an X P of W who turned out to be working
for the KGB
the police passed the case on to
intelligence and the British car
investigation was led by me Bentley and
peter diet remains one of the thousand
mysteries in our archives questions so
far with all due respect Alec what has
such ancient history got to do with
present government policy and what on
earth does it have to do with me the KGB
was after the crash plane something it
was carrying that much ash really care
routine flag RAF cutter sounds of Berlin
Don from Berlin to the UK as a routine
stop until 2200 hours when he radioed
from over the Belgian coast that he
developed engine trouble I'm not really
interested in why the plane crashed
could the key to this be that this
squadron either steer fourth was
involved in smuggling black-market out
of Berlin 45:46 was a good ten years
before the crash but there was nothing
to indicate such interest in the
official manifest you run the Moscow in
a somewhat fresh-faced ego panning not
the ego Penan your alter ego your unseen
sparring partner these last seven years
which explains why I'm taking you out of
the Middle East section and putting onto
this case as a field officer but I'm a
field officer Alec I came straight into
analysis from a safe gentle job at
Oxford
the factor is David some of your recent
work has been a virtual parroting of
Israeli foreign policy we think you need
a break
a sabbatical and being shunted out time
to born near horizon you're going to be
any further used
may we seek for succor but of thee O
Lord who for our sins are justly
displeased yet O Lord God most holy
Savior we therefore commit his body to
the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes
dust to dust in sure and certain hope of
the Resurrection to eternal life through
our Lord Jesus Christ my name is David
oddly I'm from the ministry of defense
who come to give your condolences have
you yes that's right mr. it was good of
you to cop of course it all happened so
long ago
Pat Gilbert and I have been married for
over 20 years those two young men there
are our salaries and you must be faith
John stifles daughter
you knew him did you know I I ran up his
war record quite a pilot Arnim DSO
special operations DFC plus a quite a
girl from the Belgians and then the
Berlin Airlift fine man they were all
fine men this business brings it all
back how different I was in those days
quality of life Lee's father died for
something he believed in yes yes I think
you can be sure of that you didn't fool
me for a moment mr. orderly if that's
your real name
I did check I wasn't trying to fool
anybody
am i five oh whatever don't you fellows
ever let up isn't that a statute of
limitations or something why don't I buy
you a drink mr. Jones
you were the passenger on the last
flight three years later he married his
widow fine man he may have been a good
enough pilot but he was also a damn
selfish bastard
you didn't say that 27 years ago we were
in the same squadron
we didn't rat on your base at least not
in all doctor didn't so why I said no I
wasn't married to his widow 27 years ago
he's come to think of it I hadn't even
met Margo's in when I fell in love with
the last well I learnt about Johnny I'm
sad to say did you mug is a decent
enough woman
Steerforth got her pregnant and then
lost interest in her and she gotten
bigger played around you know I know you
know bloody files
I'm surprised I hadn't been chucked out
in the weeding process service I
actually sir you haven't been talking
this thing personally since 1956 hardly
I was at Oxford
what are you some sort of military
intelligence I think so this is my first
day on a new job I tell you something
else I didn't mention 27 years ago I
didn't believe he was dead
neither did Tiernan or Morrison why not
no it's too damn convenient as you know
it'd been up to his old tricks
oh come now mr. Ottley dead lips okay
you must know yes Iseult events are done
in the last flight yes the last flight
they were on to something really big I
wasn't in the crew so I wasn't in on it
but believe me they were very excited
they were like schoolboys with a copy of
health and efficiency bill how did it go
no suspicious characters turned up often
dr. Audrey and myself how did he get on
last I saw he was driving off with Jones
got foot-in-the-door East now you don't
misunderstand me this is business and
not all our business is good clean fun I
have been here a year in their house we
want you to keep a close eye um David on
dr. all
he's removed sideways to a good job and
Viner him under that academic exterior
he'll be fuming David always insisted
that the Middle East desk couldn't run
without him and others would agree but
his intelligence analysis didn't suit
the Arabists in FCO
particularly Llewellyn that everybody in
Berlin that it I'll have you back with
the crabs painting the runways at Bryce
North all due respect sir I'll be very
happy to get back to my proper
profession mmm when you work for me at
this precise moment and this is your
brief monitor David orderly while
formally attached to this case as his -
I see and report back in writing twice
weekly to me under protest christ
almighty must not mean trade union
meeting and then replied your next
question it's none of your business
whether or not a copy of your report
will go to the following Commonwealth Oh
actually my next question was going to
be do we have a code name allocated to
this inquiry yes
Lucrecia you Krisha yes come over itself
operation Lucretia
god
so then what did he say but Jones
oh he he recounted how these Russians
have hung around pretending to be
Hungarian refugees air force their story
was that they'd had a contract with
Steerforth's
to smuggle some kit into the country and
where was the trunk had there been a
trunk Jones didn't know he never saw the
cargo hold however he introduced them to
a crowd of real Hungarian freedom
fighters and
I gather that the Magyars weren't 100%
pro-russian
and that was the end of it
oh here's how Jones described one of
them about five foot ten
brown hair brush straight back piercing
eyes a very determined looking bastard
you go panning the wreckage of a plane
has been discovered the aircraft serial
number reveals it to be a Pembroke of
Transport Command which the RAF
announced was reported missing in
December 1956 only one body has been
recovered and that's the lead - welcome
back mr. Steerforth
your resurrection might not be in a
minute
the door I'm sorry look I know this is a
bit of an intrusion no not so retracting
right mr. tempus I'm sorry I shouldn't
have come I'm glad you did you really do
resemble your father you've got lovely
taste for policemen hmm why did you come
I'm not a policeman by the way he told
you that Oh dad
Gilbert by my boring over civil servant
I'm afraid actually he didn't tell me I
didn't think I ever heard him and my
mother they're quite happy really so it
was unusual to hear them crying I
shouldn't have listened you shouldn't
have listened you shouldn't have come
we're still fourth your life is full of
regrets you see my real father John's
tearful he's always been sort of hero
yes I was actually almost bought by
people like you saying how fine and
brave he was but secretly I was very
proud
I even bought a book all about the
plains he flew Dakotas Lysander's
Pembroke's he was a very courageous man
flying pilot well today I heard my
stepfather saying he was a thief a cheap
little crook nicking stuff out of Berlin
and Hawking it on the black market now
my parents are fighting with each other
frightened in case these weird people
start coming around again not weird
people apparently when I was a kid these
foreigners used to make a bit of a
nuisance of themselves I heard mum
saying same what she said it's all
starting all over again sir daddy wrote
down your address and phone number and
said she should get in touch with you if
anything happened that was sensible and
you mr. civil servant do you reckon it's
all starting up again
whatever it is yes I see
would you like to help of course
what can I do well you set the table and
I'll trust you
very domesticated for whatever you are
oh you're not first person to say that I
suppose you think we all drape hassles
around the bar boodles every night and
bring him a code fish supper after pink
gins and vineyards force poodles oh
forget it
Patrick and and truer than you'd imagine
I've got some Stilton be lovely it's
rather nice to have company it's a bit
cramped for space at the moment Sam but
still be handier than being stuck in the
annex of the other crap everyone's
chanting me fine could you get me the
file on Tinian Morris thanks that
anything else
typewriter oh I'll do any typing you
need something wanna go but piece of
luck managed to persuade door for Jas
stay the night
I'll just get those files how was that
maybe she doesn't want to hear about
your sex life good god no I got the
opportunity to far better use you
interest me strangely
father still 4th stepfather Jones mother
strange furnace hanging around and the
present whereabouts of Tierney and
Morrison that's a relief I thought I'd
have to spend a boozy lunch with the
thin blue line no need to trouble the
branch yes duly ace with the local law
but I want to discreet dossier on both
of those before we make direct contact
when will that be
tomorrow great that leaves plenty of
time to compile to curriculum vitae well
don't stand on ceremony lad
push off or is this the day you have to
tap out your report on me I well know
daddy's got you reporting on me yes but
if you get stuck for any details just
ask and for your information I'm now off
to see the senior misete man in London 1
Jacob rammed Shapiro yes well I won't
mention that to the boss why not
I seem to recall hearing you being wound
off your Israeli chums a few nights ago
parroting Israeli foreign policy was the
way it was delicately put you tell him
everything info otherwise you wind up
gray and listen like me
morning good morning lovely morning yes
it is
can I help you yes we've colored all the
car car yes Renault sixteen sixty one
thousand miles color grain just drive
you for buying ah well mr. oddly isn't
here he's gone to London not here
fraid not
thank you anyway
hello David are you looking or buy
utopia
what price good question how's tricks
something you could do for me or sir
it's my daughter's 14th birthday a week
Monday naturally I just look I love her
it's just I don't know what the hell to
give her I hardly ever get to see them
you know it's a problem when Laura left
me we hadn't got around to kids maybe
that was the problem
the apartment of our airforce attache
was burgled last Thursday it foolishly
left some classified papers in his
briefcase
so copies are now circulating all over
MLD right are you asking me or telling
me Jake would you tell me if I asked you
would you trust me if I told you son of
a bitch
I guess I would
the results would certainly have been
circulated to the Middle East desk and
you no longer work there news travels
far so you would guess I would guess the
British service had nothing to do yeah
so what can I do for you
it's concerns ego Penny's a crushed
Pembroke pennant Berlin nineteen fifties
there you have me David you're a couple
years older than me
all that Suez Cold War time is a closed
book to me I'm afraid
apart from lectures at Staff College why
don't you ask Theo Theodore Friedmann
never heard of him
oh he's one of our great Nazi hunters
some say the thinking man's Simone
Vicente try this he's in a man to guard
or with just a hint of drugs correct
Spanish his science thanks so
dan in their lien what else according to
our files we picked up a Russian agent
following the murder of a norwich
jeweller who used to buy certain items
from the pilot at the Pembroke that was
years ago
well his pirate was in the jewel trade
excellent sherry
really nutty which is gracias so the
Russian agent had connected the jeweller
to a slow-burning gas cooker which he
seemed to imagine would help further his
inquiries and then what did this Russian
want he was too frightened of his
masters to say but he did mention some
boxes and some Nazi outfit in Berlin for
Suge thumped fear baby knowing
you know what this was
frankly the Second World War and the
Third Reich have never been my cup of
tea I think someone has leavened your
present cup of tea with a strong dosa
paraquat any chance of you being touch
less obscure don't you know it is clear
to me my dear sir that you have been
assigned to an Inquirer where your
personal safety can no longer be taken
for granted I just hope you have not
been followed here
and a briefing for the team at the
Australian High Commissioner on the same
something as a firm broken pie coming
off well it's in David Aldus hands he's
not ready an affair with the routine for
a field investigation is he completely
on his own or do you have on someone's
senior keep it'll watching brief first
question john-boy tell me this is absent
from Middle East desk arising much
comment Linda King John Smith nothing
more than a few sighs of relief still
have been reading as analysis showing
the line well inform perhaps tiró David
is a touch too honest Alec I mean I
would hate to use the term naive
incidentally the word is he still hand
him dad with the red sea pedestrians yes
oh very chipper
she took a bit of a tumble of dig up
school point-to-point last Saturday
burger damn devil food yeah
it's nothing personal particular David
or palak whatever gave you that idea
okay
adopt oddly isn't here just now stare
forth all right mr. Frizzell tell him
thank you fine grace the squadron leader
has he left an envelope for the boss no
did doctor oddly mention he was selling
his car no won't get much for it it's
hardly worth three foreigners trekking
out to his farm house is it that old
banger I'll say not why Pembroke's
you're a dead little boy I've just got
the latest jet fix range perfect I had
something larger than mine mr. Madison
larger I'm sorry unless you compute up
the scale drawings double the size bit
tricky though life-size life-size
having me on another sport life sighs
this is a model shop you are oh one nine
four five three six sergeant Morrison
Thomas Anthony now don't tell me I want
something in a 40 year old raffle what's
the problem the problem is yours friend
and don't play dumb the papers and TV
have been full of the discovery of your
old kite gee George one-one-one m-mike
squadron Transport Command I'm Rosco mo
de sécurité we've reopened the file and
quite frankly sir you're in trouble the
pack of lies you've been caught up in
lies I haven't so let's have the truth
now shall we it's a pity to go to prison
for something that happened nearly
thirty years ago isn't it now look I
didn't mention the boxes that the formal
inquiry says we all thought johnny
sniffles that fate is Devon and
scarpered with it
you know was a big one and you hoped by
keeping quiet dear old Steerforth would
turn up one day with a fistful of
reading more or less what was in the
boxes holy Johnny knew and Burt pilot
officer Tierney I was just a lookout
Jake solemn feel Astrix is ask him at
forcing some 4p how much does he know
it gives the impression he knows nothing
it's not an impression to be relied upon
did he give any hint what panel is after
I will keep in touch
so I told him not to leave town do you
think you will I doubt it
and we'll see the only lookout on the
last flight
no hue we can't have these loose ends
hanging around all over the shop by the
way I found the office grace says that
faiths tearful a telethon
I think it's time we paid another visit
to mr. Morrison now that you've softened
them up a bit
and they said that was a fairly yes well
you can stop being so damn courteous and
call me David right
we'll sorts death sir how do you mean
dead as in not breathing's no finesse
please be very good you and you don't
exist as far as the police are concerned
and the first hint from the pathologist
is broken neck as Hugh likely diagnose
it was an accident
won't make sure thing in my knowledge
then called Friesland he thinks we're
saving it for some murky area
well penny71 to shrink from getting
nasty so there was a chance big was put
no not as far as the local law a concern
but whose report does mention a female
traffic warden outside Morrison's shop
yeah well I didn't who was paying her
but it wasn't the local council air
traffic wardens were changing shifts at
the time
grace get me mr. paws on the line
simply stated I'm having a lovely time I
hope it's not too soon after the funeral
my father's been dead for years was
upsetting for mum of course but I never
knew him more or less walked out on her
he died before I was born
coincidence her marrying someone from
the same squadron really mom was a long
way from home the squadron was their
closest family in a way tell me about
the chaps that wanted to buy my car just
three blokes really foreign hardly a
word of English between them what
exactly do you do at the Ministry of
Defence David Lee
what sort of ages I don't know two three
blokes really middling kitchen of yours
it's really evocative
it's like those ads on the telly for
home baked bread height faith
I really do need a better description of
them tell me something if I can did you
ask me out tonight for business or
personal reasons that's what's troubling
you
well you can put your mind at rest I
certainly don't know you well enough to
presume to ask you for a date
so it's professional of course and the
meal and the pleasant surroundings make
it less less formal is that it something
like that it's all paid for by HMG stop
it next time you want to interrogate me
I suggest you go and get them warrant or
whatever faith Mystere for meto
Oh
it's against their cell peace for the
illegal to visit the embassy come on
everybody in London knows every Israeli
spy
so I gave you a shopping list already
what have we got for you take we have
been slaving night and day meetings with
the British us end of the briefings
monitoring the PLO they all take a back
seat for our chief undercover level what
was all that about your daughter's
birthday cut the crap on deal right you
asked for an update
David oddly the Soviet embassy spook
called Gloria Alexander which is be
sniffing around over this house and
generally keeping tabs
what's the radio traffic like Soviet
embassy to Moscow to separate increases
unexplained from the Soviet embassy
proper and from the aeroflot's managers
house in hanket so this Pembroke must
have been carrying quite a large cargo
it's a stupid question but what was in
its home when they found it in the lake
nothing apart from legitimate cargo the
cupboard was bare
so Steerforth must have gotten rid of
whatever it was he was carrying between
telling the crew and passengers to bail
out and crashing and crashing into the
lake and who apart from Eagle Palin
knows what steer thought Nick from
Berlin who indeed not you by any chance
scouts honor
Wow this is a pleasant surprise
I feel rather stupid now inside you must
be hungry alright alright no need to rub
it in what is it well I take it this is
a social call came to apologize
I suppose that social good it's just
that I've been so wrapped up in work I
hadn't really looked on you as a bit of
crumpet don't get my special anyway it's
it's I who should apologize
oh my god a spark of gallantry so I make
a big pot of it on Sunday night and it
lasts me for the rest of the week
don't you get bored with it you know at
all Tuesday I converted to ragout by
adding some wine on first year judicious
leavening of paprika changes it into
goulash and on Friday the remains become
David or Lee's famous Korean oh my god
what about Saturday ah
well as a reborn Bachelor of eligibility
one generally gets invited out on
Saturdays you were married once hmm
eight years how about you
after steady boyfriends once got serious
it happened after eight years or would
you rather not say divorce civilized
divorce is never civilized she thought
she hated my job and all the time it was
me you don't seem that easy to hate she
didn't believe it herself so she blamed
the poor old office how exactly do you
do I'm sorry if I'm asking wrong
questions
so case
yes do you know why I got them yeah
eggs gimme so no certain Roman general
kept geese outside his camp the their
cackling warned his sleeping arm he hit
the enemy attempted a sneak attack
well they don't cackle if anyone comes
up the front pathways they're used to
that
discretion
astonish you
we saw not to put too fine a point on it
oh no no no I'm afraid of confession
let's find out after they
good impression 71 Russians David what
exactly's gosh
David Onley this is some elaborate plan
to get me into bed my dear young lady
then it's quite all right by me
really good old you're not one of these
query intelligence men we've been
reading so much about are you
is it quite safe to venture out now dr.
Hoadley
what time just give work you know
exactly where I work of course but I
don't know what time you have to be able
to school just my immediate rush
shouldn't we see if I suppose prognoses
still here beast
but to wait it out what just gets you in
this is what they teach you of the
Ministry of Defense surprisingly
something that I got the hang of all by
myself
I really don't see why I can't have a
bath because I don't want you blown to
bits red David look we were broken into
last night's you heard them
I heard them Vicki said and this morning
there's not even a broken pane of glass
so nobody broke in they did old Uncle
David straps work with the most careful
prowlers this house has been well turned
over dear girl by experts god what a
horrible feeling no I found a passage to
the front door without making any bangs
so follow me and we'll phone the office
from a local call box show me they
booby-trapped the place well either that
or we're wired for sound
of course we should speak mustn't let
these people grind you down bunch of
impotent nonentities a lot of them Colin
got a job for you nah me boss I was
night 2g Technical Officer
jelly's late or anything off take take a
team I wanted and then actually two
teams
I want a demolition sweep and a check
for electronic surveillance the doctor
over this house that's a dress shirt on
playing football this afternoon
I'm rostered off as of 20 minutes ago
and you better take three cars in case
you need to leave one for dr. oddly also
take two close escort from the muscle
home no service for a we salvaged it
from that embassy fire I'll get it
licensed chicken a bath in there and she
said all clear vision and I said where
the place isn't gonna blow up as far as
I can see
so in she doors taps on ear off
bubbles I didn't know you use pebbles
sir
I also have a cockerel duck I take it
we're clear for banks yeah far as I can
see the debuggers aren't through yet oh
gosh why for sound
exactly bleepers swell if they can
follow your car sir I do know what a
believer is Jenkins the first one the
obvious MacGuffin is intended to be
found correct right and this boat is
intended not to be a fire and the boat
is also bleep oh yeah
and of course there could be a third
well there could be but this is a check
device they supply them for every known
make of vehicle Warsaw Pact funny people
use them Jenkins
sure locate and identify all the docking
devices in and around the house top and
just one thing is it remember that
lecture we gave to Special Branch lost
country house weekend where you've got
all tired and emotional and proposed to
miss Marsh when Chief Superintendent
Brady fell off the fire escape from
broke his hip flask
that's one got it right you are chief
what was that all about
a lecture about turning electronic
surveillance to advantage don't know how
you can get so enthusiastic about all
these things I want you to drive faith
to Newton Chester or crane to a hotel
whose faith she comes see you rather
take him to field work what's the name
of this hotel Paul you don't say good
morning mr. forth you know somewhat
different out of uniform
it's called ringleader or if you changed
jobs since we last met
I he works with me faith I've a request
to make
I'd like to take you out of circulation
for a few days and keep you out of
trouble I'm serious so that's two rooms
at the bull Hotel is that right sir what
180 weren't it David
right then I'll see you later David
words all over town Israelis a tapping
orde-lees every move sir but our friends
from the Moscow Ring Road what him in
that clumping round like Inspector
Clouseau slipshod are they hmm
professional enough I suppose not quite
the standard we've come to expect from
the KGB earlier I suppose they are KGB
yeah boy you tell me so be painful
as they're giving it low priority though
word is Palin's on a plane from Moscow
this very moment so they must be taking
it seriously excellent then things are
going according to plan sir what if
David finds the real Pembroke they must
be lying around somewhere that would be
a trifle embarrassing then perhaps it
might be prudent if we took him a bit
more into the picture if David is to be
a complete sealer for panning he must
believe that we want this box is from
and that the aircraft in the lake rarely
is the Pembroke and the corpse such as
it is really is Squadron Leader Stefan
yes I understand all that some of what
if he succeeds where everyone else was
failed don't seek the Russians have
tried we've tried and have died the
question of that but we've convinced
orderly chances are we've also got an
independent I still think it's a risk
bringing those two together but panin is
a man of influence in Moscow we heard
from our friends he's having trouble
with the hawkers Ameland
he's an old adversary of David's old
respected adversaries just the sort of
person he might confide in you just work
the other way around
all these years strange to be here I
mean this was the aerodrome of my
childhood mythology never been here
before this your technique do you think
perhaps I know the secret of my father's
crash so doctor oddly or is it colonel
just doctor what do you do apart from
being spy all sorts of useless things
bravissimo what do you play vogner it's
a terrible thing how fascinated we Jews
are by that man
I suppose it's obvious why then why keep
a bird in the cage where else could he
go
can you see little Herman here fighting
with pigeons and fag like London's
powers for a crust on the embankment how
close do you believe we are to another
war another big one closer than anyone
will ever admit why
well
early
what was in those boxes it absolves so
long ago something which Hitler ordered
to be burnt along with the rest of
Gestapo records Steerforth nicked them
believing they contained not salute our
treasures but he crashed and four people
have been murdered why babe 1946 a
handful of Russian and Nazi intelligence
officers had of necessity become aware
of the contents of the boxes stolen from
the for exempt by flight leftenant steer
forth the Soviets were so concerned to
keep the contents forever secret that
they organized the murder of everyone
concerned in the affair the operation
was run by Eko Panama but one
intelligence officer survived I take it
I'm talking to him I am the only man
alive doctor outside the Soviet machine
who knows what was in those boxes no one
else not even the Israelis will you tell
me
why not that was the main runway
according to the states love your father
developed engine trouble as he cleared
the Belgian coast by the time he was
over the Humber he was on one engine
which he reported his rough smirre he
had his jump know he then got down
safely
he landed it's all in the fire but then
he took off again every shot it's not
clear on that point but the chaps who
wrote the log was Stifler's for accuracy
if it says landed taxied took off he
circled assumably intending to land
again then quite suddenly the remaining
engine packed up managed to get the
others ID safely but by then it was too
low for him to jump as we now know he
ended up in a lake about 60 miles from
here right Yuto
this is loaded and I'm happy to use it
can I help you utopia
I am looking for utopia is
sorry to give you a start I mean some
right queer fucking about these parts
what kind of people a couple of
foreign-looking blokes this one of the
men could be that's the man that was
hanging around David's house a couple of
days ago he said he wanted to buy his
car Ministry of Defense you say well I'm
still not selling what these blokes they
said they heard the old airfield was up
for sale well it's not I'm an
application for planning permission in
charlie dwellings and a swimming pool
a couple of good summers I kiss the pigs
and sheep goodbye it always turned it
into an open prison take a closer look
please mr. Warren and I do assure you
the ministry is not interested in
acquiring this airfield then what were
you doing here just after the war
somebody lost something
now everybody in this brother is trying
to find it this is a bloke and they did
most of the speaking foreign chap
I caught him searching this old control
tower dead a night scurry F your Trudeau
average look please
Fermi at the bull hotel if you see him
hanging about and don't try to speak to
him this is important
fairly important yes I hope you and mr.
Smith have a right to enjoyable stay
miss thank you thank you sir
you'll be mr. Smith man i Thompson
Thompson room 26 single hey do you think
you like this guy's here what exactly
does David do at the Ministry of Defense
he's just a civil servant really like
you pretty boring really I've seen quite
a bit of freezer fund of knowledge old
seal yeah
nice fella Jake what do you think's in
those boxes
surely freeze let old you he told me the
Czar's crown jewels I can't help you
quite play games David someone is
playing a game with you you want some
advice if it's free
go for panning my people think he wants
to talk to you
to me that's what they think
you're such a tease so design it click
I have it on excellent authority that
they discussed operation Lucretia in
great detail the name Pantene was banded
around and confidential sources of the
intelligence service were mentioned it
really is a most serious breach yes I
see well thank you for bringing this to
our attention mr. Llewellyn this is not
to be taken lightly dr. Orly has acted
in complete disappearance - in order to
keep clear of the Mossad with whom he
became a Mike - Palli while he worked on
my desk if the point is noted sir I
should be making a formal request to
your dg2 have already voted out of the
service I take it you are joking so I
really can't permit you to rifle uglies
desk
who's that done you the courtesy of
warning of my intentions so that your
own report and advice cause it come to
me alongside that for my own desk at FC
I trust commander that you get the
message oh yes sir loud and clear
large scotch right sir I've just lost 50
P you only need to turn you get three
goes for fifty kill the barmaid still
there sometimes okay
fill me up all of the old air ministry
and security service files one of the
blokes murdered in Berlin the first time
around was the DG's brother Bill Russell
filled security check
second point of considerable interest is
the actual crash contrary to what we
well I certainly assumed the plane
landed on one engine got the end of the
runway going maybe a mite too fast and
took off again how did you know that
because I'm beginning to understand how
that rather likable pirate squadron EDA
steer fourth Jay actually operating
last week a Daanish Korean I get angry
challenge every door on this device
will you be cross if I ask you something
what's that young lady you're not still
furthering your inquiries are you cool I
mean here in this room well you don't
think I do
professor panic what very great Jack
Vasa Archaeological Society I'm helping
out this country visit of course you are
commander and I'm sorry Nikolai the
second shall we dispense with this
comedy right I'm here to tell you the
dr. David Orton Ministry of Defence
official has been assigned to liaise
with property order day one of your best
brains please take me to him
well he's out of town I'm not 100% sure
just where exactly is wrong lines in the
war hotel Newton sister we shall
continue in this archeological business
for the benefit of all but yourself
to the doctor yes of course
do you mind telling me what's actually
in these magic boxes of yours merely
trinkets
part of the charge treasurer of some
very to my government possibly professor
considering five people have died over
it white and he don't reach dr. ordinary
soon
the death toll might be incalculable the
lower part of the aircraft fuselage
would be not excited control tower this
building here where Barry cut so that
would have been in a way good I think
we're getting there uh to me you lifted
during the war was a boy your father
farmed here how do you know that I
noticed a sort of sort of earthworks or
something here what was that gun
emplacement della foreign mm let me see
was a cat guns of course but they were
on concrete platforms with sandbags
nothing most down there with the
diggings diggings uh local archeology
Club but it did go in there before the
war when the father's permission he was
a JP civic-minded but that's stopped
when they built the airfield oh no most
RAF station commanders encourages part
of your the Brylcreem boys joined in
actually a break from all that flying
and admin and singing we'll meet again
and rolled me over around the piano mr.
Warren you're a genius
there's one about a Foreign Legion
officer in a camel but in you I mean the
Foreign Legion officer Justin God
professor dr. Ogden hello
now my friend your enemy released
another systematize Pennbrook reappeared
and I was the KGB advisor to our Middle
East ambassadors well never tires of
remarking on the smallness of the world
and because of this I get to trust you
oh yes and because of this I hope this
esteem might be mutual without a doubt
19:46 a certain British pilot transfer
come on John and I'm still forth a bit
of a room Poirot he relieved the
fortunes Unforgiven and Department of
the desktop a bear in command of a
number of boxes almost immediately and
cavity then father KGB started looking
for those I gather they looked rather
hard yes during the course of this
investigation
you've caused a number of people to be
killed tortured in some cases you're
exaggerating
anyway I failed and now even though I'm
at the top of my tree this business with
the Pembroke still intrigues me it will
be wonderful to return to Moscow with
our lost treasure I'm not sure we're not
on a fool's errand
now why is that I don't think the
aircraft is genuine no I didn't notice
if somebody just wanted to rake this
whole thing up why I'm a mere appendage
of the machine professor
anyway the joke is the aircraft was
unimportant real or decoy because I
think I've tracked down these elusive
boxes what did you say was in them
desert
tired exhausted
you okay feeling a bit neglected and
confused what do you mean
well you're not sure if I brought you
here for your head safety or just for a
good time
civil servants cumference yeah
which is it
I think I've gotta fall in love with you
I feel the same
morning professor hello faith you
mustn't actually when I saw mr. Fogg
looking so alone in the hotel dining
room I brought her along it seems a pity
to keep two people emotionally involved
at birth fine I've obtained a plan of
some archeological diggings that went on
here until after the war they finished
just about here somewhere where
something could be dropped from an
aircraft without being observed they
were quick if they were very quick and
this is what happens with the pimple
well that's what we're about to find out
well I'm glad that my archaeological
cover has not been entirely wasted
comrade glorious da let's see some of
your contribution to peaceful
coexistence
got some impulse good man my
government's instructions are to allow
you to witness this fight the boxes will
then be taken unopened to London and
held at a secure place in the Department
of the Environment until a formal
request can be made by the Soviet
government then the boxes will be open
in the joint presence of Soviet and UK
officials an itemised in the event the
Soviet ownership is proved or obvious
the contents will be returned off with
well that's all proper and should the
boxes turn out to contain the Tsar's
treasure my government would be most
grateful if they would be exhibited at
the British Museum prior to shipping
back to the USSR one day I would play
chess with you yes well let's just see
how this game turns out so we found some
let's get the boxes in the car and back
to London I'm afraid not the box is
really put into my car and driven to the
Soviet embassy Europop area I thought
that was common knowledge but you won't
get a mile man may I remind you doctor
that this car is Soviet embassy car mr.
garea via the third secretary enjoys
full diplomatic protection
the repercussions for God's sake ah I've
had a brainstorm my country will be
desolate the boxes will be returned and
I will be sent for second treatment yes
very good at that
good Eve
marsinah drive booster
come on I am da rookie expose Elsa this
Rebecca teacher anniversaries yeah break
up analogs what will we find in there
you will find files document you will
burn down with gasoline from the scarf
if you burn them and destroy dashes and
then you are free to make a diplomatic
process
it would seem eager the boot is on the
other foot
I'll kill you Korea or I will
on the crowd go together you to panic
and it's pretty good
he's all yours David
well see my have you in check
Gouri have this no longer your home rate
on me what is he
GRU well I'll tell you what we've
proposed to do
will Sanger II have back to your embassy
about three hours before we release you
which would give him just enough time to
discredit your itself therefore your
supporters in the KGB in the Kremlin
what do you want why don't you tell me
what's in the boxes
highly secret communications within the
Nazi High Command and Red Army Chiefs of
Staff to overthrow styrene Politburo and
to work Hitler for a Nazi Russian
Japanese axis which would of course have
meant the defeat of the West and been
the death of the Soviet Union a betrayal
of everything your country has suffered
since the revolution precise
is it all there positive
and how will this help you control the
Red Army simple blackmail
Nik
you HOT Guria for 24 hours q get into
your chums at mo D in arranged for the
professor and the boxes to be flown to
Moscow this afternoon
I'll make sure here in the boxes reach
RAF Northolt safe
you're a brave man doctor how will you
explain to your employers that the
senior British official rendered such
services to the KGB
hmm oh I wasn't sure
(Upbeat Music)
the price of a few gallons of best
Grichuk and always wore beaded mouthful
yes
what's the name of this section here? what
are we seeing? it was a small lake well what a
large pond really. We've been draining it for 2 days.
they don't use it like we should be able
to see it just passed there the cares
about the look of it now that's a
Pembroke
I suppose they're still on here unless
they bailed out
in the cockpit at least while the pool
busters
it's kind for several years whilst
draining a small lake to make way for
the new m62 extension and Lincoln
trapped the wreckage of a plane has been
discovered the aircraft serial number
reveals it to be a Pembroke of Transport
Command which they RF announced was
reported missing in December 1956 only
one body has been recovered and that is
believed to be the pilot whose name is
being withheld pending further
formalities by the Ministry of Defence
ok lefty this is it it's curtains for
you don't speak too soon blue eyes
I got four GATS aimed at your
breadbasket to either gas station
roof-tree tobacco mark Kelly's wait a
minute Lefty maybe we can make a deal (phone rings)
hello? David, have you been watching television? incredible isn't it I mean if
gangsters can't get their sons right
well - on the gas station roof plus
three Becca Mark Ellis that's five not
for television the gangster film
something about a plane okay I'll see
you first thing in the morning
Phoebe David leering it's really
pleasant driving outside the rush hour I
understand better go to Sir Alex on
what's already fuss no it's his Pembroke
they found apparently a case the old man
was working on before he reached the top
table back in 56 middle east connections
why's that well where else would they
rope me in Llewellyn's here driver was
down in the carpool who aliens the
biggest task is finding out just what
the minister wants to hear so he can
doctor his advice accordingly
who else is here just a stir it just
ended on attachment the technical stuff
I suppose you Nick security me the
reason why I phoned you David was not
elected to do with the Middle East this
battle flag is very pretty
you've got nothing like it at the
Foreign Office where did you get it
some grateful Pathan has presented it if
it's not to do the Middle East would
somebody mind telling me precisely why
I've been dragged out of my house in the
middle of the night I've come David it's
only ten past twelve certainly David now
can you give us a brief view may of the
story contingent is files or photographs
or men in 1956 three bailed out of the
crushed Pembroke and lived tyranny the
navigator Morrison the engineer men with
quite remarkable memory for detail and
Jones the passenger with a more average
memory and of course the poor chap whose
body was found today Soviets showed
remarkable interest in the crash at the
time three people were murdered in the
next few months two petty crooks and an
officer all appear to be linked in some
way to this case three killings in
Amsterdam Berlin
where a juror was tortured and killed by
an X P of W who turned out to be working
for the KGB
the police passed the case on to
intelligence and the British car
investigation was led by me Bentley and
peter diet remains one of the thousand
mysteries in our archives questions so
far with all due respect Alec what has
such ancient history got to do with
present government policy and what on
earth does it have to do with me the KGB
was after the crash plane something it
was carrying that much ash really care
routine flag RAF cutter sounds of Berlin
Don from Berlin to the UK as a routine
stop until 2200 hours when he radioed
from over the Belgian coast that he
developed engine trouble I'm not really
interested in why the plane crashed
could the key to this be that this
squadron either steer fourth was
involved in smuggling black-market out
of Berlin 45:46 was a good ten years
before the crash but there was nothing
to indicate such interest in the
official manifest you run the Moscow in
a somewhat fresh-faced ego panning not
the ego Penan your alter ego your unseen
sparring partner these last seven years
which explains why I'm taking you out of
the Middle East section and putting onto
this case as a field officer but I'm a
field officer Alec I came straight into
analysis from a safe gentle job at
Oxford
the factor is David some of your recent
work has been a virtual parroting of
Israeli foreign policy we think you need
a break
a sabbatical and being shunted out time
to born near horizon you're going to be
any further used
may we seek for succor but of thee O
Lord who for our sins are justly
displeased yet O Lord God most holy
Savior we therefore commit his body to
the ground earth to earth ashes to ashes
dust to dust in sure and certain hope of
the Resurrection to eternal life through
our Lord Jesus Christ my name is David
oddly I'm from the ministry of defense
who come to give your condolences have
you yes that's right mr. it was good of
you to cop of course it all happened so
long ago
Pat Gilbert and I have been married for
over 20 years those two young men there
are our salaries and you must be faith
John stifles daughter
you knew him did you know I I ran up his
war record quite a pilot Arnim DSO
special operations DFC plus a quite a
girl from the Belgians and then the
Berlin Airlift fine man they were all
fine men this business brings it all
back how different I was in those days
quality of life Lee's father died for
something he believed in yes yes I think
you can be sure of that you didn't fool
me for a moment mr. orderly if that's
your real name
I did check I wasn't trying to fool
anybody
am i five oh whatever don't you fellows
ever let up isn't that a statute of
limitations or something why don't I buy
you a drink mr. Jones
you were the passenger on the last
flight three years later he married his
widow fine man he may have been a good
enough pilot but he was also a damn
selfish bastard
you didn't say that 27 years ago we were
in the same squadron
we didn't rat on your base at least not
in all doctor didn't so why I said no I
wasn't married to his widow 27 years ago
he's come to think of it I hadn't even
met Margo's in when I fell in love with
the last well I learnt about Johnny I'm
sad to say did you mug is a decent
enough woman
Steerforth got her pregnant and then
lost interest in her and she gotten
bigger played around you know I know you
know bloody files
I'm surprised I hadn't been chucked out
in the weeding process service I
actually sir you haven't been talking
this thing personally since 1956 hardly
I was at Oxford
what are you some sort of military
intelligence I think so this is my first
day on a new job I tell you something
else I didn't mention 27 years ago I
didn't believe he was dead
neither did Tiernan or Morrison why not
no it's too damn convenient as you know
it'd been up to his old tricks
oh come now mr. Ottley dead lips okay
you must know yes Iseult events are done
in the last flight yes the last flight
they were on to something really big I
wasn't in the crew so I wasn't in on it
but believe me they were very excited
they were like schoolboys with a copy of
health and efficiency bill how did it go
no suspicious characters turned up often
dr. Audrey and myself how did he get on
last I saw he was driving off with Jones
got foot-in-the-door East now you don't
misunderstand me this is business and
not all our business is good clean fun I
have been here a year in their house we
want you to keep a close eye um David on
dr. all
he's removed sideways to a good job and
Viner him under that academic exterior
he'll be fuming David always insisted
that the Middle East desk couldn't run
without him and others would agree but
his intelligence analysis didn't suit
the Arabists in FCO
particularly Llewellyn that everybody in
Berlin that it I'll have you back with
the crabs painting the runways at Bryce
North all due respect sir I'll be very
happy to get back to my proper
profession mmm when you work for me at
this precise moment and this is your
brief monitor David orderly while
formally attached to this case as his -
I see and report back in writing twice
weekly to me under protest christ
almighty must not mean trade union
meeting and then replied your next
question it's none of your business
whether or not a copy of your report
will go to the following Commonwealth Oh
actually my next question was going to
be do we have a code name allocated to
this inquiry yes
Lucrecia you Krisha yes come over itself
operation Lucretia
god
so then what did he say but Jones
oh he he recounted how these Russians
have hung around pretending to be
Hungarian refugees air force their story
was that they'd had a contract with
Steerforth's
to smuggle some kit into the country and
where was the trunk had there been a
trunk Jones didn't know he never saw the
cargo hold however he introduced them to
a crowd of real Hungarian freedom
fighters and
I gather that the Magyars weren't 100%
pro-russian
and that was the end of it
oh here's how Jones described one of
them about five foot ten
brown hair brush straight back piercing
eyes a very determined looking bastard
you go panning the wreckage of a plane
has been discovered the aircraft serial
number reveals it to be a Pembroke of
Transport Command which the RAF
announced was reported missing in
December 1956 only one body has been
recovered and that's the lead - welcome
back mr. Steerforth
your resurrection might not be in a
minute
the door I'm sorry look I know this is a
bit of an intrusion no not so retracting
right mr. tempus I'm sorry I shouldn't
have come I'm glad you did you really do
resemble your father you've got lovely
taste for policemen hmm why did you come
I'm not a policeman by the way he told
you that Oh dad
Gilbert by my boring over civil servant
I'm afraid actually he didn't tell me I
didn't think I ever heard him and my
mother they're quite happy really so it
was unusual to hear them crying I
shouldn't have listened you shouldn't
have listened you shouldn't have come
we're still fourth your life is full of
regrets you see my real father John's
tearful he's always been sort of hero
yes I was actually almost bought by
people like you saying how fine and
brave he was but secretly I was very
proud
I even bought a book all about the
plains he flew Dakotas Lysander's
Pembroke's he was a very courageous man
flying pilot well today I heard my
stepfather saying he was a thief a cheap
little crook nicking stuff out of Berlin
and Hawking it on the black market now
my parents are fighting with each other
frightened in case these weird people
start coming around again not weird
people apparently when I was a kid these
foreigners used to make a bit of a
nuisance of themselves I heard mum
saying same what she said it's all
starting all over again sir daddy wrote
down your address and phone number and
said she should get in touch with you if
anything happened that was sensible and
you mr. civil servant do you reckon it's
all starting up again
whatever it is yes I see
would you like to help of course
what can I do well you set the table and
I'll trust you
very domesticated for whatever you are
oh you're not first person to say that I
suppose you think we all drape hassles
around the bar boodles every night and
bring him a code fish supper after pink
gins and vineyards force poodles oh
forget it
Patrick and and truer than you'd imagine
I've got some Stilton be lovely it's
rather nice to have company it's a bit
cramped for space at the moment Sam but
still be handier than being stuck in the
annex of the other crap everyone's
chanting me fine could you get me the
file on Tinian Morris thanks that
anything else
typewriter oh I'll do any typing you
need something wanna go but piece of
luck managed to persuade door for Jas
stay the night
I'll just get those files how was that
maybe she doesn't want to hear about
your sex life good god no I got the
opportunity to far better use you
interest me strangely
father still 4th stepfather Jones mother
strange furnace hanging around and the
present whereabouts of Tierney and
Morrison that's a relief I thought I'd
have to spend a boozy lunch with the
thin blue line no need to trouble the
branch yes duly ace with the local law
but I want to discreet dossier on both
of those before we make direct contact
when will that be
tomorrow great that leaves plenty of
time to compile to curriculum vitae well
don't stand on ceremony lad
push off or is this the day you have to
tap out your report on me I well know
daddy's got you reporting on me yes but
if you get stuck for any details just
ask and for your information I'm now off
to see the senior misete man in London 1
Jacob rammed Shapiro yes well I won't
mention that to the boss why not
I seem to recall hearing you being wound
off your Israeli chums a few nights ago
parroting Israeli foreign policy was the
way it was delicately put you tell him
everything info otherwise you wind up
gray and listen like me
morning good morning lovely morning yes
it is
can I help you yes we've colored all the
car car yes Renault sixteen sixty one
thousand miles color grain just drive
you for buying ah well mr. oddly isn't
here he's gone to London not here
fraid not
thank you anyway
hello David are you looking or buy
utopia
what price good question how's tricks
something you could do for me or sir
it's my daughter's 14th birthday a week
Monday naturally I just look I love her
it's just I don't know what the hell to
give her I hardly ever get to see them
you know it's a problem when Laura left
me we hadn't got around to kids maybe
that was the problem
the apartment of our airforce attache
was burgled last Thursday it foolishly
left some classified papers in his
briefcase
so copies are now circulating all over
MLD right are you asking me or telling
me Jake would you tell me if I asked you
would you trust me if I told you son of
a bitch
I guess I would
the results would certainly have been
circulated to the Middle East desk and
you no longer work there news travels
far so you would guess I would guess the
British service had nothing to do yeah
so what can I do for you
it's concerns ego Penny's a crushed
Pembroke pennant Berlin nineteen fifties
there you have me David you're a couple
years older than me
all that Suez Cold War time is a closed
book to me I'm afraid
apart from lectures at Staff College why
don't you ask Theo Theodore Friedmann
never heard of him
oh he's one of our great Nazi hunters
some say the thinking man's Simone
Vicente try this he's in a man to guard
or with just a hint of drugs correct
Spanish his science thanks so
dan in their lien what else according to
our files we picked up a Russian agent
following the murder of a norwich
jeweller who used to buy certain items
from the pilot at the Pembroke that was
years ago
well his pirate was in the jewel trade
excellent sherry
really nutty which is gracias so the
Russian agent had connected the jeweller
to a slow-burning gas cooker which he
seemed to imagine would help further his
inquiries and then what did this Russian
want he was too frightened of his
masters to say but he did mention some
boxes and some Nazi outfit in Berlin for
Suge thumped fear baby knowing
you know what this was
frankly the Second World War and the
Third Reich have never been my cup of
tea I think someone has leavened your
present cup of tea with a strong dosa
paraquat any chance of you being touch
less obscure don't you know it is clear
to me my dear sir that you have been
assigned to an Inquirer where your
personal safety can no longer be taken
for granted I just hope you have not
been followed here
and a briefing for the team at the
Australian High Commissioner on the same
something as a firm broken pie coming
off well it's in David Aldus hands he's
not ready an affair with the routine for
a field investigation is he completely
on his own or do you have on someone's
senior keep it'll watching brief first
question john-boy tell me this is absent
from Middle East desk arising much
comment Linda King John Smith nothing
more than a few sighs of relief still
have been reading as analysis showing
the line well inform perhaps tiró David
is a touch too honest Alec I mean I
would hate to use the term naive
incidentally the word is he still hand
him dad with the red sea pedestrians yes
oh very chipper
she took a bit of a tumble of dig up
school point-to-point last Saturday
burger damn devil food yeah
it's nothing personal particular David
or palak whatever gave you that idea
okay
adopt oddly isn't here just now stare
forth all right mr. Frizzell tell him
thank you fine grace the squadron leader
has he left an envelope for the boss no
did doctor oddly mention he was selling
his car no won't get much for it it's
hardly worth three foreigners trekking
out to his farm house is it that old
banger I'll say not why Pembroke's
you're a dead little boy I've just got
the latest jet fix range perfect I had
something larger than mine mr. Madison
larger I'm sorry unless you compute up
the scale drawings double the size bit
tricky though life-size life-size
having me on another sport life sighs
this is a model shop you are oh one nine
four five three six sergeant Morrison
Thomas Anthony now don't tell me I want
something in a 40 year old raffle what's
the problem the problem is yours friend
and don't play dumb the papers and TV
have been full of the discovery of your
old kite gee George one-one-one m-mike
squadron Transport Command I'm Rosco mo
de sécurité we've reopened the file and
quite frankly sir you're in trouble the
pack of lies you've been caught up in
lies I haven't so let's have the truth
now shall we it's a pity to go to prison
for something that happened nearly
thirty years ago isn't it now look I
didn't mention the boxes that the formal
inquiry says we all thought johnny
sniffles that fate is Devon and
scarpered with it
you know was a big one and you hoped by
keeping quiet dear old Steerforth would
turn up one day with a fistful of
reading more or less what was in the
boxes holy Johnny knew and Burt pilot
officer Tierney I was just a lookout
Jake solemn feel Astrix is ask him at
forcing some 4p how much does he know
it gives the impression he knows nothing
it's not an impression to be relied upon
did he give any hint what panel is after
I will keep in touch
so I told him not to leave town do you
think you will I doubt it
and we'll see the only lookout on the
last flight
no hue we can't have these loose ends
hanging around all over the shop by the
way I found the office grace says that
faiths tearful a telethon
I think it's time we paid another visit
to mr. Morrison now that you've softened
them up a bit
and they said that was a fairly yes well
you can stop being so damn courteous and
call me David right
we'll sorts death sir how do you mean
dead as in not breathing's no finesse
please be very good you and you don't
exist as far as the police are concerned
and the first hint from the pathologist
is broken neck as Hugh likely diagnose
it was an accident
won't make sure thing in my knowledge
then called Friesland he thinks we're
saving it for some murky area
well penny71 to shrink from getting
nasty so there was a chance big was put
no not as far as the local law a concern
but whose report does mention a female
traffic warden outside Morrison's shop
yeah well I didn't who was paying her
but it wasn't the local council air
traffic wardens were changing shifts at
the time
grace get me mr. paws on the line
simply stated I'm having a lovely time I
hope it's not too soon after the funeral
my father's been dead for years was
upsetting for mum of course but I never
knew him more or less walked out on her
he died before I was born
coincidence her marrying someone from
the same squadron really mom was a long
way from home the squadron was their
closest family in a way tell me about
the chaps that wanted to buy my car just
three blokes really foreign hardly a
word of English between them what
exactly do you do at the Ministry of
Defence David Lee
what sort of ages I don't know two three
blokes really middling kitchen of yours
it's really evocative
it's like those ads on the telly for
home baked bread height faith
I really do need a better description of
them tell me something if I can did you
ask me out tonight for business or
personal reasons that's what's troubling
you
well you can put your mind at rest I
certainly don't know you well enough to
presume to ask you for a date
so it's professional of course and the
meal and the pleasant surroundings make
it less less formal is that it something
like that it's all paid for by HMG stop
it next time you want to interrogate me
I suggest you go and get them warrant or
whatever faith Mystere for meto
Oh
it's against their cell peace for the
illegal to visit the embassy come on
everybody in London knows every Israeli
spy
so I gave you a shopping list already
what have we got for you take we have
been slaving night and day meetings with
the British us end of the briefings
monitoring the PLO they all take a back
seat for our chief undercover level what
was all that about your daughter's
birthday cut the crap on deal right you
asked for an update
David oddly the Soviet embassy spook
called Gloria Alexander which is be
sniffing around over this house and
generally keeping tabs
what's the radio traffic like Soviet
embassy to Moscow to separate increases
unexplained from the Soviet embassy
proper and from the aeroflot's managers
house in hanket so this Pembroke must
have been carrying quite a large cargo
it's a stupid question but what was in
its home when they found it in the lake
nothing apart from legitimate cargo the
cupboard was bare
so Steerforth must have gotten rid of
whatever it was he was carrying between
telling the crew and passengers to bail
out and crashing and crashing into the
lake and who apart from Eagle Palin
knows what steer thought Nick from
Berlin who indeed not you by any chance
scouts honor
Wow this is a pleasant surprise
I feel rather stupid now inside you must
be hungry alright alright no need to rub
it in what is it well I take it this is
a social call came to apologize
I suppose that social good it's just
that I've been so wrapped up in work I
hadn't really looked on you as a bit of
crumpet don't get my special anyway it's
it's I who should apologize
oh my god a spark of gallantry so I make
a big pot of it on Sunday night and it
lasts me for the rest of the week
don't you get bored with it you know at
all Tuesday I converted to ragout by
adding some wine on first year judicious
leavening of paprika changes it into
goulash and on Friday the remains become
David or Lee's famous Korean oh my god
what about Saturday ah
well as a reborn Bachelor of eligibility
one generally gets invited out on
Saturdays you were married once hmm
eight years how about you
after steady boyfriends once got serious
it happened after eight years or would
you rather not say divorce civilized
divorce is never civilized she thought
she hated my job and all the time it was
me you don't seem that easy to hate she
didn't believe it herself so she blamed
the poor old office how exactly do you
do I'm sorry if I'm asking wrong
questions
so case
yes do you know why I got them yeah
eggs gimme so no certain Roman general
kept geese outside his camp the their
cackling warned his sleeping arm he hit
the enemy attempted a sneak attack
well they don't cackle if anyone comes
up the front pathways they're used to
that
discretion
astonish you
we saw not to put too fine a point on it
oh no no no I'm afraid of confession
let's find out after they
good impression 71 Russians David what
exactly's gosh
David Onley this is some elaborate plan
to get me into bed my dear young lady
then it's quite all right by me
really good old you're not one of these
query intelligence men we've been
reading so much about are you
is it quite safe to venture out now dr.
Hoadley
what time just give work you know
exactly where I work of course but I
don't know what time you have to be able
to school just my immediate rush
shouldn't we see if I suppose prognoses
still here beast
but to wait it out what just gets you in
this is what they teach you of the
Ministry of Defense surprisingly
something that I got the hang of all by
myself
I really don't see why I can't have a
bath because I don't want you blown to
bits red David look we were broken into
last night's you heard them
I heard them Vicki said and this morning
there's not even a broken pane of glass
so nobody broke in they did old Uncle
David straps work with the most careful
prowlers this house has been well turned
over dear girl by experts god what a
horrible feeling no I found a passage to
the front door without making any bangs
so follow me and we'll phone the office
from a local call box show me they
booby-trapped the place well either that
or we're wired for sound
of course we should speak mustn't let
these people grind you down bunch of
impotent nonentities a lot of them Colin
got a job for you nah me boss I was
night 2g Technical Officer
jelly's late or anything off take take a
team I wanted and then actually two
teams
I want a demolition sweep and a check
for electronic surveillance the doctor
over this house that's a dress shirt on
playing football this afternoon
I'm rostered off as of 20 minutes ago
and you better take three cars in case
you need to leave one for dr. oddly also
take two close escort from the muscle
home no service for a we salvaged it
from that embassy fire I'll get it
licensed chicken a bath in there and she
said all clear vision and I said where
the place isn't gonna blow up as far as
I can see
so in she doors taps on ear off
bubbles I didn't know you use pebbles
sir
I also have a cockerel duck I take it
we're clear for banks yeah far as I can
see the debuggers aren't through yet oh
gosh why for sound
exactly bleepers swell if they can
follow your car sir I do know what a
believer is Jenkins the first one the
obvious MacGuffin is intended to be
found correct right and this boat is
intended not to be a fire and the boat
is also bleep oh yeah
and of course there could be a third
well there could be but this is a check
device they supply them for every known
make of vehicle Warsaw Pact funny people
use them Jenkins
sure locate and identify all the docking
devices in and around the house top and
just one thing is it remember that
lecture we gave to Special Branch lost
country house weekend where you've got
all tired and emotional and proposed to
miss Marsh when Chief Superintendent
Brady fell off the fire escape from
broke his hip flask
that's one got it right you are chief
what was that all about
a lecture about turning electronic
surveillance to advantage don't know how
you can get so enthusiastic about all
these things I want you to drive faith
to Newton Chester or crane to a hotel
whose faith she comes see you rather
take him to field work what's the name
of this hotel Paul you don't say good
morning mr. forth you know somewhat
different out of uniform
it's called ringleader or if you changed
jobs since we last met
I he works with me faith I've a request
to make
I'd like to take you out of circulation
for a few days and keep you out of
trouble I'm serious so that's two rooms
at the bull Hotel is that right sir what
180 weren't it David
right then I'll see you later David
words all over town Israelis a tapping
orde-lees every move sir but our friends
from the Moscow Ring Road what him in
that clumping round like Inspector
Clouseau slipshod are they hmm
professional enough I suppose not quite
the standard we've come to expect from
the KGB earlier I suppose they are KGB
yeah boy you tell me so be painful
as they're giving it low priority though
word is Palin's on a plane from Moscow
this very moment so they must be taking
it seriously excellent then things are
going according to plan sir what if
David finds the real Pembroke they must
be lying around somewhere that would be
a trifle embarrassing then perhaps it
might be prudent if we took him a bit
more into the picture if David is to be
a complete sealer for panning he must
believe that we want this box is from
and that the aircraft in the lake rarely
is the Pembroke and the corpse such as
it is really is Squadron Leader Stefan
yes I understand all that some of what
if he succeeds where everyone else was
failed don't seek the Russians have
tried we've tried and have died the
question of that but we've convinced
orderly chances are we've also got an
independent I still think it's a risk
bringing those two together but panin is
a man of influence in Moscow we heard
from our friends he's having trouble
with the hawkers Ameland
he's an old adversary of David's old
respected adversaries just the sort of
person he might confide in you just work
the other way around
all these years strange to be here I
mean this was the aerodrome of my
childhood mythology never been here
before this your technique do you think
perhaps I know the secret of my father's
crash so doctor oddly or is it colonel
just doctor what do you do apart from
being spy all sorts of useless things
bravissimo what do you play vogner it's
a terrible thing how fascinated we Jews
are by that man
I suppose it's obvious why then why keep
a bird in the cage where else could he
go
can you see little Herman here fighting
with pigeons and fag like London's
powers for a crust on the embankment how
close do you believe we are to another
war another big one closer than anyone
will ever admit why
well
early
what was in those boxes it absolves so
long ago something which Hitler ordered
to be burnt along with the rest of
Gestapo records Steerforth nicked them
believing they contained not salute our
treasures but he crashed and four people
have been murdered why babe 1946 a
handful of Russian and Nazi intelligence
officers had of necessity become aware
of the contents of the boxes stolen from
the for exempt by flight leftenant steer
forth the Soviets were so concerned to
keep the contents forever secret that
they organized the murder of everyone
concerned in the affair the operation
was run by Eko Panama but one
intelligence officer survived I take it
I'm talking to him I am the only man
alive doctor outside the Soviet machine
who knows what was in those boxes no one
else not even the Israelis will you tell
me
why not that was the main runway
according to the states love your father
developed engine trouble as he cleared
the Belgian coast by the time he was
over the Humber he was on one engine
which he reported his rough smirre he
had his jump know he then got down
safely
he landed it's all in the fire but then
he took off again every shot it's not
clear on that point but the chaps who
wrote the log was Stifler's for accuracy
if it says landed taxied took off he
circled assumably intending to land
again then quite suddenly the remaining
engine packed up managed to get the
others ID safely but by then it was too
low for him to jump as we now know he
ended up in a lake about 60 miles from
here right Yuto
this is loaded and I'm happy to use it
can I help you utopia
I am looking for utopia is
sorry to give you a start I mean some
right queer fucking about these parts
what kind of people a couple of
foreign-looking blokes this one of the
men could be that's the man that was
hanging around David's house a couple of
days ago he said he wanted to buy his
car Ministry of Defense you say well I'm
still not selling what these blokes they
said they heard the old airfield was up
for sale well it's not I'm an
application for planning permission in
charlie dwellings and a swimming pool
a couple of good summers I kiss the pigs
and sheep goodbye it always turned it
into an open prison take a closer look
please mr. Warren and I do assure you
the ministry is not interested in
acquiring this airfield then what were
you doing here just after the war
somebody lost something
now everybody in this brother is trying
to find it this is a bloke and they did
most of the speaking foreign chap
I caught him searching this old control
tower dead a night scurry F your Trudeau
average look please
Fermi at the bull hotel if you see him
hanging about and don't try to speak to
him this is important
fairly important yes I hope you and mr.
Smith have a right to enjoyable stay
miss thank you thank you sir
you'll be mr. Smith man i Thompson
Thompson room 26 single hey do you think
you like this guy's here what exactly
does David do at the Ministry of Defense
he's just a civil servant really like
you pretty boring really I've seen quite
a bit of freezer fund of knowledge old
seal yeah
nice fella Jake what do you think's in
those boxes
surely freeze let old you he told me the
Czar's crown jewels I can't help you
quite play games David someone is
playing a game with you you want some
advice if it's free
go for panning my people think he wants
to talk to you
to me that's what they think
you're such a tease so design it click
I have it on excellent authority that
they discussed operation Lucretia in
great detail the name Pantene was banded
around and confidential sources of the
intelligence service were mentioned it
really is a most serious breach yes I
see well thank you for bringing this to
our attention mr. Llewellyn this is not
to be taken lightly dr. Orly has acted
in complete disappearance - in order to
keep clear of the Mossad with whom he
became a Mike - Palli while he worked on
my desk if the point is noted sir I
should be making a formal request to
your dg2 have already voted out of the
service I take it you are joking so I
really can't permit you to rifle uglies
desk
who's that done you the courtesy of
warning of my intentions so that your
own report and advice cause it come to
me alongside that for my own desk at FC
I trust commander that you get the
message oh yes sir loud and clear
large scotch right sir I've just lost 50
P you only need to turn you get three
goes for fifty kill the barmaid still
there sometimes okay
fill me up all of the old air ministry
and security service files one of the
blokes murdered in Berlin the first time
around was the DG's brother Bill Russell
filled security check
second point of considerable interest is
the actual crash contrary to what we
well I certainly assumed the plane
landed on one engine got the end of the
runway going maybe a mite too fast and
took off again how did you know that
because I'm beginning to understand how
that rather likable pirate squadron EDA
steer fourth Jay actually operating
last week a Daanish Korean I get angry
challenge every door on this device
will you be cross if I ask you something
what's that young lady you're not still
furthering your inquiries are you cool I
mean here in this room well you don't
think I do
professor panic what very great Jack
Vasa Archaeological Society I'm helping
out this country visit of course you are
commander and I'm sorry Nikolai the
second shall we dispense with this
comedy right I'm here to tell you the
dr. David Orton Ministry of Defence
official has been assigned to liaise
with property order day one of your best
brains please take me to him
well he's out of town I'm not 100% sure
just where exactly is wrong lines in the
war hotel Newton sister we shall
continue in this archeological business
for the benefit of all but yourself
to the doctor yes of course
do you mind telling me what's actually
in these magic boxes of yours merely
trinkets
part of the charge treasurer of some
very to my government possibly professor
considering five people have died over
it white and he don't reach dr. ordinary
soon
the death toll might be incalculable the
lower part of the aircraft fuselage
would be not excited control tower this
building here where Barry cut so that
would have been in a way good I think
we're getting there uh to me you lifted
during the war was a boy your father
farmed here how do you know that I
noticed a sort of sort of earthworks or
something here what was that gun
emplacement della foreign mm let me see
was a cat guns of course but they were
on concrete platforms with sandbags
nothing most down there with the
diggings diggings uh local archeology
Club but it did go in there before the
war when the father's permission he was
a JP civic-minded but that's stopped
when they built the airfield oh no most
RAF station commanders encourages part
of your the Brylcreem boys joined in
actually a break from all that flying
and admin and singing we'll meet again
and rolled me over around the piano mr.
Warren you're a genius
there's one about a Foreign Legion
officer in a camel but in you I mean the
Foreign Legion officer Justin God
professor dr. Ogden hello
now my friend your enemy released
another systematize Pennbrook reappeared
and I was the KGB advisor to our Middle
East ambassadors well never tires of
remarking on the smallness of the world
and because of this I get to trust you
oh yes and because of this I hope this
esteem might be mutual without a doubt
19:46 a certain British pilot transfer
come on John and I'm still forth a bit
of a room Poirot he relieved the
fortunes Unforgiven and Department of
the desktop a bear in command of a
number of boxes almost immediately and
cavity then father KGB started looking
for those I gather they looked rather
hard yes during the course of this
investigation
you've caused a number of people to be
killed tortured in some cases you're
exaggerating
anyway I failed and now even though I'm
at the top of my tree this business with
the Pembroke still intrigues me it will
be wonderful to return to Moscow with
our lost treasure I'm not sure we're not
on a fool's errand
now why is that I don't think the
aircraft is genuine no I didn't notice
if somebody just wanted to rake this
whole thing up why I'm a mere appendage
of the machine professor
anyway the joke is the aircraft was
unimportant real or decoy because I
think I've tracked down these elusive
boxes what did you say was in them
desert
tired exhausted
you okay feeling a bit neglected and
confused what do you mean
well you're not sure if I brought you
here for your head safety or just for a
good time
civil servants cumference yeah
which is it
I think I've gotta fall in love with you
I feel the same
morning professor hello faith you
mustn't actually when I saw mr. Fogg
looking so alone in the hotel dining
room I brought her along it seems a pity
to keep two people emotionally involved
at birth fine I've obtained a plan of
some archeological diggings that went on
here until after the war they finished
just about here somewhere where
something could be dropped from an
aircraft without being observed they
were quick if they were very quick and
this is what happens with the pimple
well that's what we're about to find out
well I'm glad that my archaeological
cover has not been entirely wasted
comrade glorious da let's see some of
your contribution to peaceful
coexistence
got some impulse good man my
government's instructions are to allow
you to witness this fight the boxes will
then be taken unopened to London and
held at a secure place in the Department
of the Environment until a formal
request can be made by the Soviet
government then the boxes will be open
in the joint presence of Soviet and UK
officials an itemised in the event the
Soviet ownership is proved or obvious
the contents will be returned off with
well that's all proper and should the
boxes turn out to contain the Tsar's
treasure my government would be most
grateful if they would be exhibited at
the British Museum prior to shipping
back to the USSR one day I would play
chess with you yes well let's just see
how this game turns out so we found some
let's get the boxes in the car and back
to London I'm afraid not the box is
really put into my car and driven to the
Soviet embassy Europop area I thought
that was common knowledge but you won't
get a mile man may I remind you doctor
that this car is Soviet embassy car mr.
garea via the third secretary enjoys
full diplomatic protection
the repercussions for God's sake ah I've
had a brainstorm my country will be
desolate the boxes will be returned and
I will be sent for second treatment yes
very good at that
good Eve
marsinah drive booster
come on I am da rookie expose Elsa this
Rebecca teacher anniversaries yeah break
up analogs what will we find in there
you will find files document you will
burn down with gasoline from the scarf
if you burn them and destroy dashes and
then you are free to make a diplomatic
process
it would seem eager the boot is on the
other foot
I'll kill you Korea or I will
on the crowd go together you to panic
and it's pretty good
he's all yours David
well see my have you in check
Gouri have this no longer your home rate
on me what is he
GRU well I'll tell you what we've
proposed to do
will Sanger II have back to your embassy
about three hours before we release you
which would give him just enough time to
discredit your itself therefore your
supporters in the KGB in the Kremlin
what do you want why don't you tell me
what's in the boxes
highly secret communications within the
Nazi High Command and Red Army Chiefs of
Staff to overthrow styrene Politburo and
to work Hitler for a Nazi Russian
Japanese axis which would of course have
meant the defeat of the West and been
the death of the Soviet Union a betrayal
of everything your country has suffered
since the revolution precise
is it all there positive
and how will this help you control the
Red Army simple blackmail
Nik
you HOT Guria for 24 hours q get into
your chums at mo D in arranged for the
professor and the boxes to be flown to
Moscow this afternoon
I'll make sure here in the boxes reach
RAF Northolt safe
you're a brave man doctor how will you
explain to your employers that the
senior British official rendered such
services to the KGB
hmm oh I wasn't sure
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