Speaker 1: History and tradition greet you at every turn in London,
Speaker 1: yet it's also one of the most modern cities you
Speaker 1: can find. First established by the Romans, it grew to
Speaker 1: be the capital of one of the largest empires and
Speaker 1: remains one of the largest cities in the world. Built
Speaker 1: on the River Thames, London has always been an important
Speaker 1: center for culture and trade, and is so diverse that
Speaker 1: it is said over three hundred languages are spoken within
Speaker 1: the city. If London contained only landmarks such as Westminster
Speaker 1: Abbey and Big Ben, it would still rank as one
Speaker 1: of the world's great destinations. But Britain's capital is so
Speaker 1: much more. While the culture may be reserved built on
Speaker 1: etiquette and comportment, beneath that stiff upper lip resides a
Speaker 1: society that loves a good beer and a good time.
Speaker 1: The lively pubs are just as large a part of
Speaker 1: the culture of the city has Buckingham Palace.
Speaker 2: Jean.
Speaker 3: Gene, you can put your pen down. What take a
Speaker 3: look out the window.
Speaker 1: We're here, ah, London. It's great to be back.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't have minded a little more notice.
Speaker 1: Need I remind you, darling, this is what you wanted,
Speaker 1: A big new publisher means that our schedule is no
Speaker 1: longer in our own hands. The demands are larger, Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I know. Fortunately with larger demands come nicer accommodations. Martin
Speaker 1: booked us a room at the Savoy.
Speaker 4: M Okay, I can live with that, I thought.
Speaker 5: So.
Speaker 1: See, some changes are going to be very positive. Some
Speaker 1: well different, Like the new photographer just one of the
Speaker 1: many ideas Martin has to modernize our guide books.
Speaker 3: But I'm fine with making the move to color photos.
Speaker 3: But I don't love that we weren't allowed to find
Speaker 3: someone to hire ourselves with what time?
Speaker 1: Anyway, Martin says this Rebecca is the cream of the crop,
Speaker 1: a young talented freelancer right out of college who's eager
Speaker 1: to impress us. She's meeting us at the train station
Speaker 1: any minute now, So don't forget to be nice when
Speaker 1: am I not? And keep in mind, while you may
Speaker 1: not continue to snap every photo in our book, you
Speaker 1: will have final say over what is printed. You are
Speaker 1: the editor now, and we need to delegate so we
Speaker 1: can allow the business to grow.
Speaker 4: All right, Bud. If her work is SuPAR, then she
Speaker 4: won't be.
Speaker 1: Back during cross station choring cross station.
Speaker 6: That's us mister and missus Podor.
Speaker 1: Hello, you must be miss Ralston.
Speaker 3: Oh, please call me Rebecca, and you must call us
Speaker 3: Gina and Vlasta.
Speaker 2: Is so so nice to meet you both.
Speaker 7: I was worried I'd miss your train with.
Speaker 2: All these clouds coming and going, and there really are
Speaker 2: a whole lot of people in London.
Speaker 4: When did you arrive in dumb Oh?
Speaker 7: Last night?
Speaker 2: I was so chatlied, but I was like, Rebecca, you
Speaker 2: are in London.
Speaker 7: Go to the pub. Have you ever tried? Oh my god,
Speaker 7: what do they call it?
Speaker 3: Baker's and mash I can't say I have fun name
Speaker 3: disgusting fair?
Speaker 1: Well, shall we get going?
Speaker 4: Hold on, I'd like to learn a little more about Rebecca.
Speaker 7: Sure thing.
Speaker 4: How did you meet Martin?
Speaker 2: I was interning at Time magazine and Martin was closing
Speaker 2: a deal with my boss at the time. We got
Speaker 2: to talking and he knew I was eager for more
Speaker 2: road work.
Speaker 7: I'm not the most suitor to being in office, though.
Speaker 2: I did learn a lot, so when he offered me
Speaker 2: a job working with the best trials in the world,
Speaker 2: I jumped at the chance.
Speaker 4: I see you and what do you shoot on?
Speaker 7: Well, I guess that depends on the subject matter.
Speaker 2: I use my hustle blot for landscape and portraiture if
Speaker 2: I need a longer exposure. But if you like me
Speaker 2: to lean more into the feeling of the city and
Speaker 2: the action of the streets, I brought my leika. It
Speaker 2: allows me to capture the intimate details and the candid action, or,
Speaker 2: like Bresson likes to say, the decisive moment. And I
Speaker 2: use a variety of film speeds depending on the movement
Speaker 2: and time of day. But given how gloomy it is
Speaker 2: in London right now, I'd say we start with four hundred.
Speaker 1: Satisfied darling for now.
Speaker 4: Yes, let's see what you got awesome.
Speaker 2: I'll take you to the hotel to drop your stuff.
Speaker 2: Martin sent a list of sights to begin with for
Speaker 2: Gina and I to visit and flast up. He sent
Speaker 2: this briefcase for you. They are mock ups, writing samples
Speaker 2: and budget spreadsheets. Man, I saw plenty of those during
Speaker 2: my internship at Time Magazine, Like I have my work
Speaker 2: cut outs for me.
Speaker 1: The Savoy will make a wonderful office.
Speaker 2: And gee, if it's not too much trouble, I would
Speaker 2: love to make it to Big Ben by magic hour.
Speaker 1: Then let's get a move on, and we'll meet you
Speaker 1: back at the hotel later.
Speaker 3: Darling, Yes, go capture those decisive moments.
Speaker 2: Well, Plastic seems smart, beautiful and tough as nails. Satisfying
Speaker 2: her might be harder than completing this mission.
Speaker 1: It'll get easier once she gets to know you. She's
Speaker 1: always handled everything, so it's going to be an adjustment
Speaker 1: for her to let go of the reins a bit.
Speaker 7: I get it.
Speaker 2: These books are her baby and you're her husband. Not
Speaker 2: many women would want to share both. But now that
Speaker 2: we are alone, are you carrying the microphone?
Speaker 1: Yes, it's in a hidden compartment in my coat.
Speaker 7: Good, then follow me. We're right on time.
Speaker 1: Wait, Big Ben is the other direction.
Speaker 7: I shot it yesterday.
Speaker 2: We have a stop to make where we're going to
Speaker 2: meet Roger Hollis for a drink. It will tends and
Speaker 2: deliver the microfilm.
Speaker 1: Roger Hollis. I worked with him during the war. At
Speaker 1: the time, he was in MI five's f Division, which
Speaker 1: was a secret organization focused on counter subversion tactics. Clever fellow,
Speaker 1: but I'd hate to play poker with him.
Speaker 2: Well, now he's Director General of m I five, so
Speaker 2: I guess he's played his cards.
Speaker 1: Right, and Wilton's is a perfect venue for such an exchange.
Speaker 7: And only a block away.
Speaker 1: Wilton's isn't just any restaurant, It's a true London institution.
Speaker 1: You can file Wilton's in your mental library under restaurants.
Speaker 1: You can still acceptably take your grandfather to places where
Speaker 1: round red men go to nap and things older than America.
Speaker 1: It is that last point which is most telling. Wilton's
Speaker 1: turned two hundred and seventy six this year, and it's
Speaker 1: fair to say that its dining room has done a
Speaker 1: fat lot more good for the world's cultural and economic
Speaker 1: prosperity in those years than the teenage nation across the pond. Indeed,
Speaker 1: it's a not very well kept secret that Wiltons was
Speaker 1: for many years the proxy financial center for the real
Speaker 1: deal makers of London, back in an age when due
Speaker 1: diligence amounted to little more. Then we'll see a good
Speaker 1: scrum at prep school. And where does he buy his shirts?
Speaker 1: The correct answer to witches just across the street at
Speaker 1: Turnbull and Asser. In fact, Michael Heseltine, the former Deputy
Speaker 1: Prime Minister and co founder of the publishing behemoth Haymarket,
Speaker 1: memorably described Wilton's as his company's work canteen. Jean, Hello,
Speaker 1: well if it isn't Roger Hollis and Charles so good
Speaker 1: to see you.
Speaker 8: Yes, and this is my wife Anne.
Speaker 7: I've heard so much about you.
Speaker 1: Wonderful to meet you, Rebecca. Have you had the pleasure
Speaker 1: of meeting Charles and ann elwell yet? Charles is another
Speaker 1: one of my buddies from the war.
Speaker 8: Oh more than that, Jean saved my life. Not quiet,
Speaker 8: don't be modest. Under orders from m I five, I
Speaker 8: worked with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve to help smuggle
Speaker 8: British agents into occupied to when I was captured and
Speaker 8: placed as a pow in Colditz Castle.
Speaker 1: If you're not familiar with Colditz, it was one of
Speaker 1: the most noted Nazi prisoner of war camps for enemy
Speaker 1: officers during the war.
Speaker 8: More colloquially known as Oa Flag, it was a.
Speaker 1: Thousand year old fortress right in the heart of Hitler's
Speaker 1: Reich that was nearly impenetrable, with two meter thick walls
Speaker 1: built on a cliff with a sheer drop of seventy
Speaker 1: five meters to the river Mulda below.
Speaker 8: Gene, I missed you. Encyclopedic knowledge, and it was this
Speaker 8: knowledge that helped Jane lead a team to liberate the castle,
Speaker 8: finally framing me at the end.
Speaker 1: Of the war.
Speaker 7: Very impressive.
Speaker 1: Are you still with m I five, Charles, Yes, as
Speaker 1: is n Really that's fascinating. I'm sure it makes for
Speaker 1: a good dinner conversation.
Speaker 4: If it's not top secret altogether.
Speaker 9: As nice as it is to catch up on old times,
Speaker 9: we have more pressing business to address. Please, let's take
Speaker 9: a seat. Martin says, you have something to share with.
Speaker 1: Us, Yes, of course, just here in my pocket.
Speaker 2: Well see, the Soviets have created detailed pathfinder maps of
Speaker 2: London and every major city in Western Europe. This came
Speaker 2: from a source deep inside the Kremlin.
Speaker 1: Lives were lost for this.
Speaker 9: We greatly appreciate you delivering this intelligence. We've been dealing
Speaker 9: with some critical intelligence leaks of our own, which is
Speaker 9: the real reason I had Martin arranged this meeting.
Speaker 1: What do you mean Since.
Speaker 9: The nineteen fifties, dozens of covert operations within MI five
Speaker 9: have failed. In addition, KGB's spies have evaded capture both
Speaker 9: in the UK and the US, and the only explanation
Speaker 9: is that someone has been warning them. We believe there
Speaker 9: is a spy ring working within mi I five.
Speaker 8: These KGB mulls have been crippling and corrupting our biggest
Speaker 8: operations for decades. Hell, even the plans for the Manhattan
Speaker 8: Project when hands of the Soviets before the nuclear bombers
Speaker 8: even tested.
Speaker 9: And now we have our own Manhattan Project and we
Speaker 9: fear the same results. The HMS Dreadnought is the UK's
Speaker 9: first nuclear submarine and we can't afford for these plans
Speaker 9: to end up in the hands of.
Speaker 1: The KGB nuclear submarines and bombs. All that sounds very
Speaker 1: high stakes, but what does this have to do with me.
Speaker 8: M I five needs, Eugene. There is a mole within
Speaker 8: the company and no one can be trusted, even in
Speaker 8: the highest chambers of intelligence.
Speaker 9: So we need someone outside the intelligence apparatus to conduct
Speaker 9: the investigation.
Speaker 1: I thought we were just delivering the film, that was it.
Speaker 7: The mission is an over yet, Gene.
Speaker 2: If we don't expose this mole and prevent these plans
Speaker 2: from leaking, then recovering these maps would be useless.
Speaker 7: The Soviets will have both.
Speaker 2: The means and the method to attack.
Speaker 5: We believe it is this very mole who gave the
Speaker 5: Soviets the information pathfinder used to make his maps.
Speaker 8: We've gotten close before that, the suspects escaped at the
Speaker 8: last minute, or missions have been canceled in the minic
Speaker 8: of time.
Speaker 1: So how are we supposed.
Speaker 9: To help strictly information gathering? We suspect the mole is
Speaker 9: in the Admiralty, most likely the Naval Intelligence Division. You
Speaker 9: will work directly with Charles and Anne to conduct surveillance
Speaker 9: on the various suspects. They don't know who you are,
Speaker 9: and no one else in MI I five will know
Speaker 9: about this operation. When you find the traitor, you report
Speaker 9: him directly to me.
Speaker 1: Sounds straightforward enough.
Speaker 9: Good, then I must be off. I trust you will
Speaker 9: handle this in both a discreet and timely fashion.
Speaker 8: What Rod I meant to say is we appreciate your
Speaker 8: help with this.
Speaker 1: I'm sure just slipped his mind. So where do we
Speaker 1: begin with the Vice admiral that high up the food chain.
Speaker 5: Here's our file on him and the surveillance vote has
Speaker 5: collected so far.
Speaker 7: Who is this man standing beside him in most of
Speaker 7: these pictures?
Speaker 8: Oh, that's John Vassel, local officer to the Vice.
Speaker 1: Admiral, clerical officer. His suits are a touch too nice
Speaker 1: for that station rests nicer than the admiral himself. I
Speaker 1: know where these suits come from, and they cost more
Speaker 1: than a government's salary would provide. Do you have any
Speaker 1: more information on him?
Speaker 4: We'll pull his file immediately.
Speaker 1: Good. In the meantime, since I know the tailor, perhaps
Speaker 1: Rebecca and I will go try on a suit or two.
Speaker 1: Savile Row is a street in central London, but it's
Speaker 1: also much more than that. It is home to the
Speaker 1: finest in suits and tailors in the world. In eighteen
Speaker 1: forty six, Henry Pool, later credited as the creator of
Speaker 1: the dinner jacket, opened an entrance to Savile Row from
Speaker 1: his tailoring premises in Old Burlington Street. Other tailors followed,
Speaker 1: and soon the bespoke movement was born. This is where
Speaker 1: the first suits were cut and made by hand, and
Speaker 1: the tradition lives on. This short street has been termed
Speaker 1: the Golden Mile of tailor, where customers have included Charles
Speaker 1: the Third, Winston Churchill, Lord Nelson, Laurence Olivier and Duke Ellington,
Speaker 1: to name just a few. And tailors are much like
Speaker 1: barber's they are the ears of a certain demographic within
Speaker 1: a city.
Speaker 10: Hello Sir and madam, welcome to Huntsman and sons. How
Speaker 10: may be of assistance?
Speaker 7: Yes, I yes, thank you.
Speaker 2: My husband here is in desperate need of a new suit.
Speaker 7: His friends said you were the best in town.
Speaker 1: That is very kind, darling.
Speaker 7: How many suits did John say he had?
Speaker 11: No?
Speaker 1: I think he said dozens. But you know vassal always exaggerating, Vassal,
Speaker 1: John vassal, He is, in fact telling the truth. I've
Speaker 1: personally fitted him for more than three dozen of my
Speaker 1: finest suits.
Speaker 7: Hu, no wonder he always looks so sharp.
Speaker 1: A suit like that must set him back a pretty penny.
Speaker 2: Oh, honey, you cannot put a price on elegance.
Speaker 10: Your lovely wife is correct. Of course, it depends on
Speaker 10: the cut and material that.
Speaker 1: Is your preference.
Speaker 7: I just love that suit in the window and good taste.
Speaker 1: I've learned long ago not to argue with my wife.
Speaker 1: Do you have time to take my measurements? Of course,
Speaker 1: if you would just stand right here for.
Speaker 7: Me, fantastic.
Speaker 2: We're attending a wedding next week and I'm just desperate
Speaker 2: to get him into something new. Man so resistant to
Speaker 2: change sometimes. Can I write the delivery address down for
Speaker 2: you while you finish the measurements.
Speaker 10: Yes, please leave it in the address book. It's on
Speaker 10: the counter there, all right, very good and done.
Speaker 7: And how much do we owe you with this material?
Speaker 10: It'll be three hundred quid, madam. I can have it
Speaker 10: finished top of the week.
Speaker 2: Expensive, but worth every penny. I'm sure he will be
Speaker 2: quite dashing.
Speaker 10: As they say, madam, the suit makes the mass.
Speaker 7: Oh, it certainly makes them better.
Speaker 1: Then perhaps I should also order three dozen like John, I.
Speaker 7: Think we'll just stick with one for now.
Speaker 2: Now, come along, dear, we have some more shopping to do.
Speaker 1: Of course, darling right behind you. Thank you both, and
Speaker 1: have a splendid evening.
Speaker 2: Nice suit, too bad, Vlosta will never see you in it.
Speaker 1: Three hundred pounds of suit and over three dozen suits,
Speaker 1: that's like ten thousand pounds. There's no way he can
Speaker 1: afford that on a government salary.
Speaker 2: Why don't we swing by Vassal's house and check it out.
Speaker 2: I pulled his address from the shop ledger when I
Speaker 2: wrote down the fake.
Speaker 1: Delivery smart what's the address?
Speaker 2: Eight hundred and seven Hood House. I think that's near
Speaker 2: the Thames Hood House.
Speaker 1: I know that area. That's on Dolphin Square where it's
Speaker 1: one of the most expensive addresses in London. Unless he's
Speaker 1: related to the royal family. What is a deputy clerk
Speaker 1: doing living there.
Speaker 7: Let's call in in Charles to let them know what
Speaker 7: we've learned.
Speaker 1: There's a payphone. Hello, Ann, it's Gina and Rebecca. Did
Speaker 1: you get any more information on Vassal?
Speaker 5: Yes? Actually you were concerned about his finances and we
Speaker 5: just learned his yearly salary is seven hundred and fifty
Speaker 5: pounds a year and he's not independently wealthy. Plus he
Speaker 5: recently left the country with his passport to come months
Speaker 5: back for a two week vacation to Aruba. He's definitely
Speaker 5: living above his station.
Speaker 1: We just came back from the tailor shop. Between the suits,
Speaker 1: the trips and the flat on Dolphins Square, there's no
Speaker 1: question Vassals living beyond his means. The question is where
Speaker 1: is that money coming from.
Speaker 2: We're going to case Vassal's apartment to see what else
Speaker 2: we can find. We'll check back in later.
Speaker 5: Okay, but be careful.
Speaker 1: Case the apartment. How are we going to do that?
Speaker 7: We aren't going to do anything.
Speaker 2: You are going to stand outside and keep a lookout
Speaker 2: while I break into his apartment and search for clues.
Speaker 1: That sounds like a bit more than surveillance.
Speaker 7: Surveillance was your job.
Speaker 2: I have my own company to answer to, and they
Speaker 2: play by their own rules.
Speaker 7: Let's move.
Speaker 1: At the time of its first construction, Dolphins Square's twelve
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty upmarket flats were billed by Sir Nicholas
Speaker 1: Pevsner as the largest self contained block of flats in Europe.
Speaker 1: Boasting the most developed private garden square in all of London.
Speaker 1: Due to its proximity to the Palace of Westminster and
Speaker 1: built near the River Thames, Dolphin Square became one of
Speaker 1: the most popular residences in the city for politicians and royalty,
Speaker 1: with more than seventy MP's and at least ten lords
Speaker 1: calling it home. A full block of luxury apartments right
Speaker 1: in the heart of central London.
Speaker 2: All right, Gene, we've been watching this place for the
Speaker 2: better part of an hour. It looks like no one's home.
Speaker 2: You stay here, well, I go inside to investigate.
Speaker 8: I can't just.
Speaker 1: Let you go in there alone. What if something goes wrong.
Speaker 7: I can take care of myself.
Speaker 1: That's clear, But what about me. I'd be awfully alone
Speaker 1: out here.
Speaker 7: And who said chivalry was dead? Fine? Follow me, stay
Speaker 7: quiet and stay close.
Speaker 8: What are you doing.
Speaker 4: Picking the lock?
Speaker 7: Thought it'd be more subtle than kicking down the door.
Speaker 1: How long's that take? We don't know how long he'll
Speaker 1: be gone.
Speaker 7: For good thing.
Speaker 2: I'm quick teta keep the lights off, Try not to
Speaker 2: disturb too much.
Speaker 1: The man certainly has good taste. These rugs alone cost
Speaker 1: a fortune.
Speaker 2: I'll go shack upstairs. You search down here, let me
Speaker 2: know if you find anything suspicious.
Speaker 1: Ah, this is where he keeps all those swanky suits.
Speaker 7: Hey jeans, Come look at this.
Speaker 1: Where are you?
Speaker 2: I'm upstairs in the bedroom.
Speaker 1: What'd you find?
Speaker 7: Hidden cameras and mics they are everywhere.
Speaker 1: Maybe the Soviets are spying on him too.
Speaker 2: Maybe, But how do you explain these photos?
Speaker 7: They were in a vanity drawer with a false bottom.
Speaker 1: Whoa, These are some seriously compromising pictures he has of himself.
Speaker 1: Not to mention many members of parliament. I recognize several
Speaker 1: of d MPs from the papers.
Speaker 2: Jesus, he's running a classic honey trap.
Speaker 1: Honey trap, that's right.
Speaker 2: He lures them and seduces them and captures it all
Speaker 2: in his hidden cameras and recorders. Then he uses the
Speaker 2: to blackmail. Then only difference is it's usually a woman
Speaker 2: running a honeytrap. These photos would ruin a lot of
Speaker 2: careers in marriages, even.
Speaker 1: More effective for blackmail. Shit, he's home.
Speaker 8: What do we do?
Speaker 7: Hide in the closet? If he finds us, I'll handle it.
Speaker 8: You.
Speaker 1: I have an idea.
Speaker 2: What are you doing with that suit?
Speaker 1: Mister Vassal? Is that you? The hell?
Speaker 6: Are you?
Speaker 1: What are you doing in my apartment? I was sent
Speaker 1: from h Huntsman and Sons with a lovely new suit
Speaker 1: for you. I knocked and found the door unlocked. I'm
Speaker 1: terribly sorry for the intrusion, but I couldn't bear to
Speaker 1: leave the suit out in the cold. I fear something
Speaker 1: could have happened to it.
Speaker 11: I've never seen you at the show up before.
Speaker 1: I'm a new apprentice called the crap.
Speaker 11: I know who you are?
Speaker 1: You do you' kgb?
Speaker 11: You know he had to kill me?
Speaker 1: What? No? I did what you asked? Please leave me alone.
Speaker 11: I won't tell anyone, I swear, Please leave me alone.
Speaker 2: Oh wait, no, what are you waiting for?
Speaker 7: Catch him?
Speaker 1: I thought I was just observing.
Speaker 7: Vassel. Come back. We're not here to kill you.
Speaker 1: Where'd you go there?
Speaker 4: He's crossing Saint George's Square.
Speaker 1: Saint George's Square is a very prestigious and very long
Speaker 1: garden square in affluent Timlico, Central London. He was London's
Speaker 1: first residential square and has had many notable residents over
Speaker 1: the years. Dracula author and creator Ram Stoker died at
Speaker 1: number twenty six in April nineteen twelve.
Speaker 2: If he's heading for Pimlico Tube station, you cover the
Speaker 2: Thames and we'll corner him.
Speaker 1: Okay, vassal stop, it's a dead end. If we have
Speaker 1: you surrounded, please don't suit. We're not going to kill you.
Speaker 7: We just want to ask you a few questions.
Speaker 12: What kind of.
Speaker 2: Questions the type that would be better answered over a
Speaker 2: pot of tea in your apartment?
Speaker 1: Would you like some milk with it?
Speaker 2: No? Thank you? Now, why don't you start by explaining
Speaker 2: why you thought the Soviets were after you?
Speaker 11: It started when I was on diplomatic station in Poland.
Speaker 11: I allowed my guard to drop, being out of the
Speaker 11: country and all, and I wasn't as careful as I
Speaker 11: normally am about about being with other men I see,
Speaker 11: and the Soviets said a honey trap for me with
Speaker 11: a young man and used those photos to blackmail me.
Speaker 11: At first, it was just a few documents, nothing high level,
Speaker 11: but slowly it became more insidious, and now they are
Speaker 11: making me act as the honey trap in order to
Speaker 11: blackmail other men.
Speaker 1: I'm doing what they.
Speaker 11: Want, but I I said, I want to be finished
Speaker 11: with the whole business, and I was worried they came
Speaker 11: to doom me in.
Speaker 1: Then you should be very glad we caught you first.
Speaker 7: My friends and I five are on their way over.
Speaker 12: Let's see if your story holds up with them.
Speaker 9: Jean and Rebecca. Great work, m I five owes you
Speaker 9: a debt of gratitude. Very impressed with how quickly you've
Speaker 9: got a handle on this.
Speaker 1: Glad to be of service, Roger.
Speaker 2: Hopefully Vassal can help expose the rest of the spy network.
Speaker 9: My men are still looking through vassels belongings, but they've
Speaker 9: already uncovered thousands of documents to pass through. It looks
Speaker 9: like he's been taking payments from the Soviets for years.
Speaker 1: He almost seemed believed to have finally been caught, though.
Speaker 2: I was thinking, who knows if they really took those
Speaker 2: honeytrap photos of Vassal as blackmail, or if he's just
Speaker 2: using them as cover. Now that he's been exposed, works
Speaker 2: as are real nice alibi.
Speaker 9: M Either way, that is one less traitor in the
Speaker 9: British Service. Congratulations on a job well done.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm off to the Savoy. I'm sure Philosta is
Speaker 1: waiting for me. Rebecca, are you coming?
Speaker 2: I think I should do some sight seeing make up
Speaker 2: for today's works of last days and suspicious good idea.
Speaker 1: I'll see you tomorrow. The Savoy Hotel is the embodiment
Speaker 1: of elegance and refinement and the first purpose built deluxe
Speaker 1: hotel in London, setting new standards for luxury, comfort and
Speaker 1: service unheard of in the hotel world of the day.
Speaker 1: The Savoy was the first to introduce current modern conveniences
Speaker 1: like electric lights throughout the building, electric lifts, bathrooms in
Speaker 1: most of the lavishly furnished rooms, constant hot and cold
Speaker 1: running water, and many other innovations. As the only five
Speaker 1: star hotel on the River Thames, the Savoy offers sublime
Speaker 1: service in an unbeatable look near Covent Garden, in the
Speaker 1: heart of all that London has to offer. If you
Speaker 1: are not lucky enough to secure a room, the High
Speaker 1: Ta itself is enough of a reason to visit London's
Speaker 1: most famous hotel.
Speaker 3: Gene, is that you, darling back so late?
Speaker 1: It was a long day, but we got some great
Speaker 1: things accomplished.
Speaker 4: How was it working with Rebecca?
Speaker 1: Impressive? A bit young and over eager, but she certainly
Speaker 1: gets the job done.
Speaker 3: I was speaking of getting jobs done. I am nowhere
Speaker 3: near through the paperwork Martin sent me.
Speaker 1: How about I take you to dinner and you tell
Speaker 1: me all about it?
Speaker 4: I could be persuaded. Who could that be? Charles? What
Speaker 4: are you doing here?
Speaker 8: So sad? Show up and announced? But when Gene phoned
Speaker 8: to say you were visiting, I impulsively made a dinner
Speaker 8: reservation and came right over. I hope I'm not interrupting.
Speaker 1: Oh please come in, Charles. So great to see you,
Speaker 1: even if you are interrupting.
Speaker 4: And this is my wife Anne, the famous mister and
Speaker 4: missus photo.
Speaker 7: It's so wonderful to finally meet you.
Speaker 3: Likewise, Gina's told me so much, but not nearly enough.
Speaker 8: Well, then, while you two ladies get acquainted, I hope
Speaker 8: you don't mind if I steal Gine for a drink downstairs.
Speaker 3: Of course, and can help me pick out my dress.
Speaker 3: Make sure I'm suitable for British society.
Speaker 7: You boys, have fun.
Speaker 8: We'll be down shortly, splendid, I'll see you.
Speaker 1: So, Charles, I have to ask, what is it like
Speaker 1: working with your wife in this spy world? This whole time,
Speaker 1: I thought I was protecting Gloucester, protecting her marriage by
Speaker 1: not telling her. I hate lying to her, but the
Speaker 1: last thing I ever want to do is put her
Speaker 1: at risk.
Speaker 8: Initially I had those fears too, and sure it's created
Speaker 8: conflict in our marriage, but overall, I think it's brought
Speaker 8: us closer together. In this line of work, it's difficult
Speaker 8: to find someone who can trust. To have someone you
Speaker 8: can always rely on and confide in, It's more than
Speaker 8: most people have in this business. And if anything, it's
Speaker 8: strengthened our relationship. We have no secrets.
Speaker 1: Don't you worry about her?
Speaker 8: Of course? But she can handle herself as I think
Speaker 8: lost a.
Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe that's what I'm afraid of.
Speaker 8: Two sculptures neat very good sir.
Speaker 1: Okay, Charles, Now that we are safely in the bar,
Speaker 1: what is the real reason you're here?
Speaker 8: I wanted to tell you the truth about today.
Speaker 1: What do you mean? Even if there's more to the Vassal.
Speaker 1: Case we found them, all my work is done.
Speaker 8: I'm sorry to say, Jean, but this is only the beginning.
Speaker 8: We have strong reason to believe Vassal is only an
Speaker 8: appetizer delivered by the Soviets with the hope of satisfying
Speaker 8: our hunger, A low level spy with no connections or knowledge,
Speaker 8: and entirely disposable, a sacrificial lamb to distract us from
Speaker 8: the bigger target.
Speaker 1: A bigger target who Anne and I.
Speaker 8: Believe there is a mole hidden much higher in intelligence,
Speaker 8: perhaps even Roger Hollis.
Speaker 1: You're joking, Roger.
Speaker 8: Think about it. If it were true, then all the
Speaker 8: cagy Be did was sacrifice their pond to protect their king.
Speaker 8: Vassal has no knowledge of anything important and no connections.
Speaker 8: This was nothing more than a grand diversion.
Speaker 1: I suppose it makes sense, and it was pretty easy.
Speaker 1: And Roger knew I would identify the suits for Vassal
Speaker 1: and that his spending habits were a red.
Speaker 8: Flag, and Roger needed you, an outside source to expose
Speaker 8: him so he wouldn't look like the third man.
Speaker 1: Then I'm not done, am I afraid not?
Speaker 8: What Roger and the Soviets are really after is the
Speaker 8: ultimate prize in British naval intelligence, the designs for the
Speaker 8: HMS Dreadnought, the first nuclear powered submarine in history. If
Speaker 8: the Soviets get their hands on their designs and combine
Speaker 8: them with the Pathfinder maps, not only will they know
Speaker 8: where to attack, they'll have the ultimate weapon to do it.
Speaker 8: Then it's checkmate. We need your help again, Chap.
Speaker 1: And I guess we know who's buying dinner.
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