Speaker 1: If there is one thing the seasoned traveler knows, it's
Speaker 1: there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
Speaker 1: It is important to be prepared for all occasions while
Speaker 1: traveling if one wants to ensure a smooth and enjoyable journey,
Speaker 1: and I always recommend bringing an extra pair of knickers,
Speaker 1: as you never know if there will be a change
Speaker 1: of plans or extended stay ahead. Thankfully, many luxurious hotels
Speaker 1: such as The Savoy can provide you with the necessities
Speaker 1: if something was left behind or your stay becomes unexpectedly extended.
Speaker 2: I am sorry for dropping on of this on Eugene.
Speaker 1: Now, Charles, I'm glad you told me.
Speaker 2: I just couldn't risk letting you know. Walda. Hollis is
Speaker 2: our prime suspect until you eard his trust and until
Speaker 2: you are alone.
Speaker 1: The director general of m I five a KGB informer,
Speaker 1: the implications would be tectonic. But Charles, forgive me for asking,
Speaker 1: how do I know you're telling me the truth? How
Speaker 1: do I know you're not the Soviet mole and just
Speaker 1: using me to frame Roger?
Speaker 2: You always were the most clever American I knew. Thanks
Speaker 2: for the flattery, But Martin mentioned you might say that
Speaker 2: part of what makes you good for this line of
Speaker 2: folk as reluctant as the auto embrace it. So Marton
Speaker 2: sent me this message.
Speaker 1: What is this?
Speaker 2: It's an encrypted single play record. Listen to it with
Speaker 2: this earpiece, otherwise it sounds like gibberish. And once it's played,
Speaker 2: the lax degrades and the races without a choice.
Speaker 1: Incredible. I'm still not used to all this spycraft stuff.
Speaker 2: Go ahead and.
Speaker 3: Listen, Gene Martin here, I wanted you to hear this
Speaker 3: directly from me. We've been tracking Roger Hollis for years
Speaker 3: and believe he is helping to cover up and facilitate
Speaker 3: an espionage group secretly working for the Soviets that we
Speaker 3: are calling the Portland Spy Ring. Up until now, Roger
Speaker 3: has been outstanding covering his tracks. But a couple of
Speaker 3: months ago, Polish spy Michael Goldnevsky told his handlers at
Speaker 3: the CIA that there was a Russian spy working for
Speaker 3: the Navy who had been in Warsaw in nineteen fifty two,
Speaker 3: and it was called Horton. As Horton claims, he has
Speaker 3: access to the advanced sonar plans at the HMS Dreadnought,
Speaker 3: which is, as you know, the world's first nuclear submarine.
Speaker 3: When I informed Charles, who I presume you were sitting with,
Speaker 3: of all this, he helped identify Horton as the British
Speaker 3: officer Harry Houghton, who works at the Admiralty Underwater Weapons
Speaker 3: Establishment on the Isle of Portland and may have access
Speaker 3: to the top secret designs. He cannot be trusted as
Speaker 3: we cannot risk the Soviet stealing another Manhattan project from
Speaker 3: under our noses. I want you and Rebecca to conduct
Speaker 3: surveillance on Houghton and make sure those plans don't get
Speaker 3: into Soviet hands. Now this tape is about to expire.
Speaker 3: As it ends, Rebecca knows how to reach me if
Speaker 3: ever needed. Good luck and stay safe.
Speaker 1: Well that was sobering. When do we begin this investigation?
Speaker 2: If it's okay with you, I'll get you with the
Speaker 2: file on Howden in the morning so we can treat
Speaker 2: you and bloss it a sumptuous English dinna. You certainly
Speaker 2: deserve it.
Speaker 1: I suppose the state of the world can wait one evening.
Speaker 1: One thing I will never understand is British food ivy
Speaker 1: in cuisines all over the world, and while some are
Speaker 1: more suited to an American palette than others. The true
Speaker 1: absurdity of British food, not to mention the names, confounds me.
Speaker 1: They proudly stand behind black pudding, which sounds about as
Speaker 1: unappetizing as it looks, and what gives it its darkened hue,
Speaker 1: congealed blood. Let's not forget spotted dick steak and kidney pie,
Speaker 1: shepherd's pie and a Yorkshire pudding. These items may sound
Speaker 1: like a dessert to the untrained ear, but will most
Speaker 1: assuredly have a kidney or intestine hiding in their somewhere.
Speaker 4: Hello Artu Jean, Sorry, darling, what is it? I was
Speaker 4: just asking how you enjoyed dinner. You are on characteristically quiet.
Speaker 5: Around an old friend.
Speaker 1: Was I sorry? I just wanted you to get to
Speaker 1: know them.
Speaker 4: I suppose did something happen over drinks with Charles before dinner.
Speaker 1: No, nothing like that, guess I just have work on
Speaker 1: my mind. Martin left a message I listened to before
Speaker 1: dinner requesting I cover practically all of London, everything from
Speaker 1: Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace. I've been mapping out the
Speaker 1: best plan of attack in my head to make sure
Speaker 1: I cover it all tomorrow.
Speaker 4: He sure has us off to a running start. I
Speaker 4: still have plenty of paperwork to get through, though I
Speaker 4: did make plans at Anne to go shoving at Harriet's tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Good you deserve it, and said.
Speaker 4: I am the chief editor of an international travel brand.
Speaker 5: I have to start dressing like it.
Speaker 1: Oh did she Well? Save the receipts and Martin can
Speaker 1: write it.
Speaker 4: Off them five star hotels and shopping sprees. Who know
Speaker 4: the travel business could be so fun?
Speaker 1: Sure, Bes sleeping on top of a train to Delhi.
Speaker 1: Although you do look sexy and a sorry.
Speaker 4: Hmm, I still have to work on that belly dance
Speaker 4: for you. It is nice to be around another working woman,
Speaker 4: someone who enjoys being a wife but also has her
Speaker 4: own career.
Speaker 1: You both are a rare and wonderful breed.
Speaker 4: She must see a lot of interesting things at the
Speaker 4: Foreign Office. She's in the information research department.
Speaker 1: Yes, and Charles mentioned she's in publishing too. As a
Speaker 1: matter of fact, helped Orwell's Animal Farm become a best
Speaker 1: seller around the world. Orwell's wife gave them the license.
Speaker 1: A unique way to be involved politically while not being
Speaker 1: directly in politics.
Speaker 4: It's admirable. I support fighting for a good cause, but
Speaker 4: I would fear the danger and cost of working for
Speaker 4: any government. I've seen firsthand how government can turn against you, right.
Speaker 4: But I admire her far nonetheless, and.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you will have fun tomorrow while I am
Speaker 1: running all over town like a madman. Good morning, Rebecca,
Speaker 1: how was your night?
Speaker 6: Would have been nicer if I was staying at the Savoy?
Speaker 6: But I did meet Charles this morning for some bangers
Speaker 6: in mash and some light reading.
Speaker 1: Is that the file on the suspect?
Speaker 6: That's right? Meet Harry Houghton or nineteen oh five in Lincoln, England.
Speaker 6: Left school at fourteen to become an errand boy and
Speaker 6: later joined the Royal Navy. By the end of the
Speaker 6: Second World War, he was a Chief Petty Officer. Then
Speaker 6: after the war he joined the civil Service until nineteen
Speaker 6: fifty one, when he was sent to the British Embassy
Speaker 6: in Poland, where he joined the staff of the Naval Attache.
Speaker 1: What brought him back home?
Speaker 6: While abroad he started dabbling in the black market, innocently enough,
Speaker 6: with CoFe at first, before moving on to medical trucks.
Speaker 6: During this time, Houghton's wife complained of domestic abuse and
Speaker 6: there were concerns that he was mixing with the uh
Speaker 6: wrong people. In nineteen fifty two, he was ordered home
Speaker 6: shortly after he and his wife divorced.
Speaker 1: Doesn't sound like the most stable or trustworthy guh When
Speaker 1: did he start up the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment in Portland.
Speaker 6: He was appointed to the AUWE in nineteen fifty five,
Speaker 6: but only a year later he lost access to restricted
Speaker 6: information after he took secret papers out of the strong
Speaker 6: room without the consent of his superiors.
Speaker 1: So he has a history of sticky fingers. But if
Speaker 1: his access was restricted, how could he get the sonar
Speaker 1: panels for the Dreadnoughts.
Speaker 6: He must have an accomplice. Take a look at these photos.
Speaker 1: Who is this woman you circled?
Speaker 6: Ethel g his girlfriend and coincidentally a file clerk at
Speaker 6: the Admiralty. Her background check came back spick and spam,
Speaker 6: no arrests, no marriages, not even a traffic violation. She
Speaker 6: was living the life of a spinstress, spending all of
Speaker 6: her spare time looking after her aging relatives until she
Speaker 6: started dating Houghton in nineteen fifty.
Speaker 1: Six, right after Houghton lost his access to classified documents
Speaker 1: very convenient exactly, people will do crazy things for love.
Speaker 6: Every month, Houghton and Gee take a trip to London,
Speaker 6: where they check into Clarridge's hotel as a married couple
Speaker 6: under the same name.
Speaker 1: Claragees is not exactly what I'd consider affordable on a
Speaker 1: government salary, and it.
Speaker 6: Just so happens their book this very weekend.
Speaker 1: Man, I guess we better go observe this lovely couple
Speaker 1: to make sure they don't get into any trouble my
Speaker 1: thoughts exactly. Claradges is a five star hotel at the
Speaker 1: corner of Brook Street and Davy Street in Mayfair, London,
Speaker 1: but it wasn't always as grand as it is today.
Speaker 1: It began as a single house which James Myivart turned
Speaker 1: into a hotel in eighteen twelve. William and Mary and
Speaker 1: Claridge took over the business in eighteen fifty four an
Speaker 1: ambitiously expanded it into the adjoining five buildings. It was
Speaker 1: officially renamed Clarages in eighteen fifty six, but this was
Speaker 1: just one more stop on the hotel's journey. In eighteen
Speaker 1: ninety three, Clarages was bought by Richard Doyley Cart the
Speaker 1: man who also owned the Savoy. He had Clerages redesigned
Speaker 1: by C. W. Stevens, who had been responsible for redesigning
Speaker 1: Herod's Opulence was his mantra. During this refurbishment, the existing
Speaker 1: building was pretty much knocked down and rebuilt, and the
Speaker 1: hotel is no stranger to famous visitors. Several exiled royal
Speaker 1: families and heads of state spent part or all of
Speaker 1: the Second World War staying at Clarages, having been removed
Speaker 1: from their homelands. On the seventeenth of June nineteen forty five,
Speaker 1: Sweet two twelve, at Clarages was even temporarily declared Yugoslavian territory.
Speaker 1: The King of Yugoslavia was one of those exiled as
Speaker 1: a result of the war, and he wanted his impending
Speaker 1: child born on home soil. Rumor has it that soil
Speaker 1: from his home country was delivered and placed under the
Speaker 1: bed for the birth of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia.
Speaker 1: Even Winston Churchill and his wife temporarily moved into the Penhouse,
Speaker 1: and over the years their hotel's lavish ballroom has played
Speaker 1: host to many royal parties.
Speaker 6: Jean I just spoke with my contact. He confirmed the
Speaker 6: Hounton's checked in last night and have yet to leave
Speaker 6: the room.
Speaker 1: So what we just continued to camp out in this
Speaker 1: lobby until they leave. Good thing. I brought my notepad
Speaker 1: to do some writing.
Speaker 6: We might not have to wait as long as you think.
Speaker 1: Look, oh my god, finally it's them.
Speaker 6: Come on, let's go, but keep your distance. Others might
Speaker 6: be watching too. Looks like they're heading to Oxford Street for.
Speaker 1: Some shopping, which once again doesn't fit with a government's salary.
Speaker 6: Let's cross the street. I can track them through my
Speaker 6: telephoto lens.
Speaker 1: Oxford Street is home to around three hundred designer boutiques
Speaker 1: that welcome up to a half a million visitors a day.
Speaker 1: Many consider it to be London's main shopping street, but
Speaker 1: that's not all it's known for. Oxford Street is also
Speaker 1: famed for its mentions in the novels of Charles Dick.
Speaker 6: Gee jem le've stopped in a store. Looks like they're
Speaker 6: meeting with a man.
Speaker 1: Can you see through the window.
Speaker 6: Yes, Houghton is handing in the plastic shopping bag he
Speaker 6: was carrying, and he's being handed in an envelope.
Speaker 1: It's an exchange. I bet I know what's in the envelope?
Speaker 6: I bet I know what's in the bag. The man
Speaker 6: is leaving with it. We stick with him.
Speaker 1: What about Houton and g.
Speaker 6: We know where to find him. But if that bag
Speaker 6: contains the nuclear sub designs, we can't let them out
Speaker 6: of our sight.
Speaker 1: Do you still see him?
Speaker 6: He's there, entering into Midlands Bank.
Speaker 1: What should we do?
Speaker 6: I'm going to go inside and keep an eye on him.
Speaker 6: You go call Charles on the payphone and give him
Speaker 6: an update. Then you're gonna stay out here and keep watch.
Speaker 1: Got it? Hello, Charles, It's Jane. I'm with Rebecca. We
Speaker 1: were tracking Houghton until he made an exchange with a man,
Speaker 1: presumably with secret information. And now that man just walked
Speaker 1: into Midland's Bank.
Speaker 7: Wonderful. I'm just around the colon for mid Stay put,
Speaker 7: I'll think there.
Speaker 3: She'll be.
Speaker 8: Welcome to Midlands Bank. How may I help you?
Speaker 1: Just meeting my wife? Thanks? Where is he he.
Speaker 6: Went with the manager of the safety deposit boxes in
Speaker 6: the back? Did you reach Charles?
Speaker 1: He's on his way.
Speaker 6: Good there, that's our guy. He's exiting now, but.
Speaker 1: He's empty handed. What do we do?
Speaker 6: You wait for Charles and try to figure out what
Speaker 6: was in that safe deposit box. I'll follow the target,
Speaker 6: all right.
Speaker 1: Be safe, Charles over here where you see he left
Speaker 1: empty handed and Rebecca's following. But whatever he was carrying
Speaker 1: must be in a safety deposit box. Now, you're a
Speaker 1: government agent, demand they give you access. National security depends
Speaker 1: on it.
Speaker 2: I would po Technically we don't have the legal authority
Speaker 2: to examine the box, but sometimes it's a not to
Speaker 2: just pretend that you do. Follow my lead.
Speaker 8: Hello, sir, how may I help you?
Speaker 2: I need to speak with the manager immediately, of course, sir,
Speaker 2: one moment.
Speaker 9: Yes, sir, I'm the bank manager or maybe a service.
Speaker 2: I'm Charles Elwell and my five security officer, and this
Speaker 2: is my partner. Here's my idea in band what seems
Speaker 2: to be the murder we have reasonably a bomb may
Speaker 2: have just been deposited in your bank. I don't want
Speaker 2: to cause a panic, but we need to open the
Speaker 2: box immediately.
Speaker 9: Unfortunately, that would be a violation of bank policy.
Speaker 1: With all due respect, if the bomb goes off and
Speaker 1: you knew about it, not only will any lives be
Speaker 1: on your head, but there will be hundreds of clients
Speaker 1: that won't be happy. With their destroyed property. I'm guessing
Speaker 1: some pretty powerful people in those boxes, and I hate
Speaker 1: to be the one to disappoint them.
Speaker 9: Right, Yes, there are exceptions to every rule, I suppose. Please, gentlemen,
Speaker 9: right this way. The last deposit was in box five eighteen.
Speaker 2: Very good. Please open it up.
Speaker 1: Perhaps for your safety you should give us a moment.
Speaker 2: We will let you know if this further danger.
Speaker 9: Yes, of course, sir, thank you.
Speaker 1: The name on the box is Gordon Lonsdale. Do you
Speaker 1: know him? I've heard not.
Speaker 2: I don't hear anything ticking, though, so let's open it up.
Speaker 2: These are cameras, miniature versions of the miners and practical.
Speaker 1: Models, and a ronson cigarette lighter.
Speaker 2: Let me see that that's got a hold out center
Speaker 2: filled with one time pads and.
Speaker 1: A pathfinder map key. But what do those numbers mean?
Speaker 2: It's an encryption technique where a single use pre shared
Speaker 2: text is paired with the one time pad. Then each
Speaker 2: character of the text is encrypted by combining it with
Speaker 2: the corresponding character from the pad using modular edition. It's
Speaker 2: impossible to decrypt without all the elements.
Speaker 1: And since we don't have the pre shared key, we
Speaker 1: don't know what the messages mean.
Speaker 2: Right, I'm going to bring this evidence back into the
Speaker 2: office and see what I can dig up on Lonsdale.
Speaker 2: Hopefully Rebecca still INA's tail. You go back to the
Speaker 2: Savoye and wait for Rebecca on Me to contact you.
Speaker 1: You got it just in time for tea. High tea
Speaker 1: is one of the most revered English traditions, and London's
Speaker 1: elegant hotels excel at this practice. The centerpiece is, of course,
Speaker 1: tea combined with finger sandwiches, scones and cakes, served around
Speaker 1: four pm. It is intended to fill in the long
Speaker 1: gap between lunch and dinner. There are both savory and
Speaker 1: sweet elements, and it is not uncommon to add a
Speaker 1: glass of champagne to the proceedings. The practice was cemented
Speaker 1: by Anne, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, who insisted that
Speaker 1: all crusts were cut off the sandwiches, which you will
Speaker 1: still see today.
Speaker 4: Gin, I think that's enough cucumber sandwiches.
Speaker 1: Oh sorry, hungry, I guess and distracted.
Speaker 4: As much as I love enjoying high tea with you,
Speaker 4: are you sure Rebecca doesn't mind and wandering around London herself.
Speaker 1: She's shooting Tower Bridge and Piccadilly Square, two places I
Speaker 1: could write about in my sleep. No need for me
Speaker 1: to slow her down.
Speaker 4: The must admit I am eager to see her work.
Speaker 4: Hopefully it's much better than some of the writing samples Martinson.
Speaker 4: Some of these kids could barely complete a coherent sentence.
Speaker 1: We do not have to hire anyone who is not
Speaker 1: up to your standards, my dear. But so far Rebecca
Speaker 1: seems quite capable.
Speaker 4: Well, I hope her photos will mister photos.
Speaker 1: So there's a call for you in the lounge. Thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's just Martin checking in. Be right back.
Speaker 6: Hello, Jean, it's Rebecca. I followed the man twin antiquarian
Speaker 6: bookshop at forty five Cranley Drive in roy Slip, London.
Speaker 6: He's been meeting with the owners for the better part
Speaker 6: of an hour. I'm waiting at a cafe across the street.
Speaker 7: What did you learn?
Speaker 1: His name is Gordon Lonsdale. And we found a trove
Speaker 1: of spy stuff in the safe deposit box, but it
Speaker 1: was all encrypted, so Charles took it back to the office.
Speaker 1: This guy is definitely trouble.
Speaker 6: Wait, he's finally leaving. I'm going to keep tailing him
Speaker 6: I'll leaveoard at the hotel if there's any more to report, okay.
Speaker 1: And I'll go check out the bookshop. Who knows, Maybe
Speaker 1: they want to start carrying some travel.
Speaker 5: Guides, was it Martin?
Speaker 1: Yes, he asked me to add a section on the
Speaker 1: London pubs for the young crowds.
Speaker 5: Not a bad idea.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go meet Rebecca for a couple hours. Do
Speaker 1: you mind?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 1: No, go on see you later. Hello, welcome. Is there
Speaker 1: anything I can help you with? Just browsing? You have
Speaker 1: an incredible shop.
Speaker 10: Thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm actually a writer myself, Eugene Fodor, a Fodor's Travel Guides.
Speaker 1: Perhaps you've heard of.
Speaker 10: Me, uh fright now, but it's a pleasure to mate you.
Speaker 10: I'm Peter Kroger and this is my wife, Helen. Please
Speaker 10: let me know if he can help you find anything
Speaker 10: your accent.
Speaker 1: You're also not from England, are you?
Speaker 8: That's correct? Where from New Zealand?
Speaker 1: Ah? You are far from home. Wonderful place. As a
Speaker 1: travel writer. I've been a couple times, but I'm not
Speaker 1: sure many around here have been there. Not many. You're
Speaker 1: the first. Actually, I just love the very topography. Tell
Speaker 1: me what region are you from? H the north, so
Speaker 1: near the fjords? Yes, Or are the beaches in the
Speaker 1: north and the fjords in the southwest?
Speaker 8: Well, it's been a long time since we were there.
Speaker 8: Are you looking for anything in particular today?
Speaker 1: I was actually just curious if you were interested in
Speaker 1: selling travel guides.
Speaker 10: Unfortunately not, We only deal in the classics.
Speaker 1: I understand. Well, that's a beautiful binding machine back there.
Speaker 1: Do you do your own repairs?
Speaker 10: Yeah, most of the books we receive need heavy work.
Speaker 10: We fix them up before reselling.
Speaker 1: Looks like you do a lot of international business as well.
Speaker 1: This pox is prepared for Poland.
Speaker 8: Yes, we ship all over the world. But we're actually
Speaker 8: about to close for the day. If there's nothing else
Speaker 8: we could help you with.
Speaker 1: Oh, of course, sorry to have kept you open. You
Speaker 1: have a lovely store.
Speaker 8: Thank you very much.
Speaker 7: Savoy Hotel, How may I assist you?
Speaker 1: Hello? This is Gene Fodor in Room thirty four. Are
Speaker 1: there any messages for me?
Speaker 7: Hello mister fall at one moment please, Yes, there is
Speaker 7: a message from a miss Rebecca Ralston. She asks for
Speaker 7: you to meet her at the Old Vic Theater for
Speaker 7: this evening's performance. She says she has left a ticket
Speaker 7: for you at the box office.
Speaker 1: Great thank you. The Old Vic Theater was established in
Speaker 1: eighteen eighteen as the Royal Cobird Fever and renamed in
Speaker 1: eighteen thirty three the Royal Victoria Theater. In eighteen seventy
Speaker 1: one it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal Victoria Palace,
Speaker 1: but had already been affectionately known as the Old Vic
Speaker 1: for quite some time. The Old Vic is the crucible
Speaker 1: of many of the performing arts companies and theaters in
Speaker 1: London and played an integral role in bringing high art
Speaker 1: to the masses. Its first claim to fame was in
Speaker 1: bringing legendary actor Edmund Keane south of the River in
Speaker 1: eighteen twenty four to play six Shakespearean plays in six nights.
Speaker 1: Later in its history it continued to expand at Shakespearean
Speaker 1: repertoire with the Old Vic Company. In nineteen twenty nine,
Speaker 1: the theater was badly damaged during the Blitz, but in
Speaker 1: nineteen forty four the company was re established as the
Speaker 1: New National Theater Company under the artistic direction of Sir
Speaker 1: Lawrence Olivier.
Speaker 6: Hey, Gene nice say it's huh. I love the boxes
Speaker 6: so private.
Speaker 1: Rebecca, where have you been? The show's almost over.
Speaker 6: Look over there here you can use my binoculars.
Speaker 1: That's Houghton and.
Speaker 6: G And look who's sitting beside them.
Speaker 1: It's Lonsdale.
Speaker 6: Charles got the report back on him. Lonsdale is in
Speaker 6: London on a Canadian passport, but we have reason to
Speaker 6: believe he's really a KGB agent with a non official cover.
Speaker 6: My guess is they're using the play as an exchange
Speaker 6: location so Lonsdale can return the top secret documents after
Speaker 6: copying them. No one's going to notice they're missing.
Speaker 1: Then we have to stop them. Where's Charles?
Speaker 6: Everything's already in place. Charles and his team are waiting
Speaker 6: to make the arrest until after the show to avoid
Speaker 6: a scene, but as soon as that last act finishes,
Speaker 6: it is curtains for them.
Speaker 2: The mountain or tie.
Speaker 6: How any minute, Let's go watch the grand finale.
Speaker 2: U three, all the flaw and hands.
Speaker 7: Behind your head, I surrender, don't shore.
Speaker 2: You are on the arrest.
Speaker 1: Well that's one performance the audience didn't expect.
Speaker 6: Let's go meet Charles in the lobby.
Speaker 1: Hey, Charles, that was quite the encore.
Speaker 2: H hope you both enjoyed it. Goodn't have done it
Speaker 2: without you?
Speaker 6: What did you get on them.
Speaker 2: Everything got them red handed with the nuclear submarine plans
Speaker 2: and thousands in cash. When we told Gay they were
Speaker 2: being charged with espionage and trees into the British Empire,
Speaker 2: she confessed immediately. We got them a hook line and sinker.
Speaker 2: Just look at all this evidence.
Speaker 1: What's that old book you're holding there?
Speaker 2: This it was found on long stale, just some first
Speaker 2: edition he was kidding. I'm not sure if it has
Speaker 2: any significance.
Speaker 1: I think I might know where it was purchased.
Speaker 2: May I, of course, Jean, that's evidence.
Speaker 1: It's more than that. Look is that a microtot?
Speaker 2: My god, it's a miniature vision of the one time
Speaker 2: pad we found. I guess now we know how they
Speaker 2: were getting the messages out safely? But who has the key?
Speaker 1: I have an idea who might know?
Speaker 6: And what are we waiting for?
Speaker 4: What is the meaning of this?
Speaker 1: Who are you and what do you want?
Speaker 2: Mister and missus Kroger. My name is Charles Elwell and
Speaker 2: I'm an officer of the British government here on a
Speaker 2: matter of national security.
Speaker 1: This is an antique bookstore.
Speaker 2: Yes, and we found one of your books on the
Speaker 2: suspect of us today. It's some incriminating evidence bound into
Speaker 2: its spine. We're going to have a look around and
Speaker 2: take you into custody to answer some questions.
Speaker 8: Of course, mind if I stoke the fire before we go,
Speaker 8: Otherwise this place will be freezing when we return.
Speaker 2: Stop right that I do, Mind, madam, hand me your purse?
Speaker 2: What is this? A tale comparer tin with a hidden
Speaker 2: compartment for a micro adult rereader? Smart? Not smart enough?
Speaker 1: Take him away, Charles? Mind if for Becca and I
Speaker 1: take a look around, be my guest. Come look at this.
Speaker 1: It's a battery with a removable top. Look at that.
Speaker 1: It's thousands of dollars.
Speaker 6: And a radio transmitter.
Speaker 5: Follow that chord.
Speaker 6: There must be an antenna somewhere.
Speaker 1: It's leading upstairs where they live.
Speaker 2: Their afallmand is above the store.
Speaker 6: And into the attic.
Speaker 1: And bingo, good lord.
Speaker 2: That antenna must be seventy five feet at.
Speaker 6: Least strong enough to reach Moscow. Can we play the transmission? Yes,
Speaker 6: one second, it's a short burst transmission. Try slowing it down.
Speaker 10: They they n s oh, it's the code, the pre
Speaker 10: key for the one time.
Speaker 6: Pat Incredible, it all makes sense. Howton and Geese stole
Speaker 6: the top secret documents and delivered them to Lonsdale, who
Speaker 6: turned them into micro dot code and delivered it to
Speaker 6: the Croakers, who then shipped the micro dots to the
Speaker 6: Soviets in the binding of the books, before transmitting the
Speaker 6: key code on a short burst radio transmission.
Speaker 2: A very clever and sophisticated operation, and the namely stunted
Speaker 2: us nearly. Congratulations, Geane, you just helped expose one of
Speaker 2: the biggest spy rings in British history.
Speaker 6: I'm going to go report to Martin. He'll be pleased.
Speaker 2: Send him off attitude. How about you, Jene, have time
Speaker 2: if I cellibratory drink?
Speaker 1: Sure I could use a drink.
Speaker 2: I know a good pub I d on the corner
Speaker 2: of Pine Toon. Say you are right, Chap. You seem
Speaker 2: awfully quiet for someone who just exposed an international aspiring.
Speaker 1: Sorry, that's just doesn't it make you think? Houten and
Speaker 1: Kroger they used these women, manipulated and ruined them, made
Speaker 1: them risk their lives for their missions, and sent them
Speaker 1: to prison, all because they loved the wrong man.
Speaker 2: Don't go too sorry for them. These women aren't victims,
Speaker 2: They're co conspirators. They made their own choices.
Speaker 1: I just can't help but worry. If I were to
Speaker 1: bring Vloca into this world, even let her know what
Speaker 1: was going on, I'd be making the decision for her.
Speaker 1: These women all chose love, and it cost them everything.
Speaker 1: I can't force Flosta to make that same choice.
Speaker 2: No one is asking you to. But believe me, and
Speaker 2: is my wife. She loves and trusts me. But she
Speaker 2: is no. But it's fool Everyone makes their own choice
Speaker 2: in the end, I'm not so sure. Well, what I
Speaker 2: am sure about is those KGB mills won't be testing
Speaker 2: Vodkas to night. All the rest can wait till tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Good morning, Darling. I ordered room service, figured you must
Speaker 4: need it. After getting back so late, I didn't even
Speaker 4: hear you come to bed.
Speaker 1: Is that coffee I smell? This is great?
Speaker 5: So I was last night long.
Speaker 1: I guess I can't keep up with the young crowd anymore.
Speaker 1: I'm much happier spending time with my loving wife.
Speaker 5: Nevertheless, long these days, does it? Hello?
Speaker 6: Oh?
Speaker 4: Hi, Rebecca, Yeah, come on up. Rebecca's bringing up some negatives.
Speaker 4: So I finally get to see what you've been up to.
Speaker 1: I'll get it.
Speaker 6: Good morning, Rebecca, morning boss and boss.
Speaker 5: Gee.
Speaker 6: This room is nice? Oh coffee? Oh, what I wouldn't
Speaker 6: give for anything that isn't tea. It just tastes like
Speaker 6: dirty water to me.
Speaker 5: Please help yourself.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 4: Oh and here, Wow, that's a lot of photos.
Speaker 6: Martin wants you to approve the photos for Monte Carlo
Speaker 6: immediately so we can have it in print before the
Speaker 6: end of the summer travel season.
Speaker 5: But I should get right to work.
Speaker 6: Then.
Speaker 4: I had my loop and light box shift to the hotel.
Speaker 4: I'll go set it up in the other room while
Speaker 4: you enjoy your breakfast. Shouldn't take long.
Speaker 1: Any updates from Martin?
Speaker 6: Yes, I just got through reports back this morning. This
Speaker 6: CIA identified Lonsdale as the KGP agent conon Moulodi, and
Speaker 6: we sent fingerprints of the Krogers to the FBI, who
Speaker 6: matched them to Lona and Morris Cohen, two of the
Speaker 6: most wanted Soviet spies in America.
Speaker 1: Weren't they the ones that stole the nuclear plans for
Speaker 1: the Manhattan Project and delivered them to the Soviets the.
Speaker 6: Very same they've been wanted it on the run for years.
Speaker 1: Any news on Roger hollis.
Speaker 6: Well, now that we have him, Lonsdale, I mean, Malodi
Speaker 6: is singing like a canary, But he doesn't seem to
Speaker 6: know anything specific on his British handler. There was never
Speaker 6: any direct contact. All exchanges were made through dead drops
Speaker 6: and double blinds, So no news on Roger Hollis yet.
Speaker 6: But Melodi did have information to share on Pathfinder.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 6: Among the micro dots they found on him were Pathfinder
Speaker 6: maps of Rome. Malodi said the maps are of hidden
Speaker 6: weapon cachets left from Operation Gladio that are now being
Speaker 6: used for Soviet terrorist attacks in Italy.
Speaker 1: And what his Operation Gladio?
Speaker 6: It was a top secret program to create hidden safe houses,
Speaker 6: ammunition deposts and weapon cache is meant to supply a
Speaker 6: leaf behind army in case the Soviets attacked Western Europe
Speaker 6: after World War Two. Your father was the chief architect
Speaker 6: of the operation, and no one can interpret these maps
Speaker 6: better than you.
Speaker 1: Let me guess Martin's sending us to Italy.
Speaker 6: We leave for Rome tomorrow. Martin will provide details for
Speaker 6: the mission on the way.
Speaker 1: Guess I better tell I've lost it a packer bags again.
Speaker 1: Fortunately she absolutely loves Italy andiamo Roma.
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