WEBVTT - S1-E08: The Ticking Clock 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:16.319 Diversion podcasts. Hey, this is Stephen Talty, the host of 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.280 this podcast, Good Assassin's Hunting the Butcher. This podcast project 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:23.880 came out of my work on a related book called 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.040 The Good Assassin. If you want to explore other parts 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:29.840 of this story, check it out. It's not just a 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:33.000 book version of the podcast. I spend time on different 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.920 aspects of the mission. There are chapters diving into World 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.760 War two history that we didn't cover in the podcast, 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.320 and the book works as a kind of a companion 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:45.080 to the listening experience. You can purchase a copy of 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:49.680 The Good Assassin on Amazon, Apple Books, and on bookshop 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:57.480 dot Org. Thanks a note, this episode contains descriptions of 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:10.800 graphic violence listeners describe and is advised. Mio was happy 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.880 to be back in Paris. His children had missed him. 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.440 His young son, in fact, had asked so many times 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.160 when his father was coming home that MEA's wife arranged 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:22.760 for a friend to call and pretend to be her husband. 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.400 But when the boy got on the line, he knew 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.280 the voice on the other end wasn't Meos and he'd 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:32.600 been crushed. So he was overjoyed that his father was 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:39.679 finally home. But me his mission wasn't completed. The final 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:45.000 act was still to take place in Uruguay and in 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:48.639 your's apartment in the heart of Paris. The team started 0:01:48.680 --> 0:02:04.840 putting the pieces together. I'm Stephen Talty and this as 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:14.000 good assassin's hunting the butcher. The first pile was to 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:18.040 find and not bendling forward file. The second clock was 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:24.160 mine a Nazi and hearing we must thwart this shameful 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.960 pass the end of a trail of blood and horror, 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.440 the end of a man whose name will be written 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:52.880 in the end Episode eight, the ticking clock. There was 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:57.320 a lot of work to do. We've had collected all 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.680 the letters and telegrams that Meo had said from the field. 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.760 Neo had brought back maps of Montevideo and sal Polo, 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.079 lots of information on hotels and unning cars and the 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:13.280 vacation home market. He'd written down exactly what he needed 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.960 to go through passport control and what problems the other 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:19.920 team members might find. Nothing could be left to chance. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.200 There was a file on Zookers, what he was like, 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.240 what he didn't like, what his habits were. But they 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.400 still didn't have a place with the assassination could be 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.360 carried out. They didn't even know how it was going 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:36.560 to be carried out. On the trip back to France, 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.520 knew I had given some thought to that. He was 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.680 very straightforward about it, he later wrote in his memoir. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.560 I pointed out that the distant sniper shot was not, 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:53.880 in my opinion, at least a shootable option, most because 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.120 of the noise and because it would not allow us 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:01.440 to give him the clue. Degrass I also rejected the 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:05.920 use of poison. I gave detailed the count of the 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:10.520 so called drinking night I had set up the Japanese nightclub. 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.840 I mentioned his strange habit of sipping his drink in 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:21.239 an ever so slow, almost nerve wracking fashion. The sniper 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.119 shot would have been a possibility if they've been carrying 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:27.360 out the assassination on their home soil, but the team 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.240 had a factor in their need to escape. It was 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.719 always a temptation to devote more time to figuring out 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.960 how to eliminate a target than to figuring out how 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.920 to get away once you've done it. They couldn't fall 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:44.320 into that trap. Bessad wanted everyone to suspect that Israel 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:47.320 had carried out the killing, but it didn't want any 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.880 of its agents to actually get caught. That could lead 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:57.960 to interrogations and other things. What they were doing wasn't legal. 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.320 Secris wasn't going to get a trial or have a 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:05.520 lawyer like Adafikman had got after Massad kidnapped him. They 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:09.719 didn't want Massad to be the story. They wanted Suckers 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.200 to be the story. So the team members had to 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.240 carry out the killing, gather their belongings, and head to 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:19.159 the airport. They had to get on the plane and 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:23.240 get safely back to Europe before Sucker's body was discovered. 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.240 That influenced how the assassination would be carried out. It 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.679 couldn't be public, it couldn't be loud, and the body 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.240 had to be left out of sight so that someone 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.080 didn't stumble on it and raise the alarm before the 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.520 agents had time to leave the country. A hotel room, 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.760 for example, was out the maid would find the body 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:47.839 too quickly. Neo gave the finale a lot of thought. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:52.040 It was his call. He had met Sukers. He had 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.280 a better sense of what would work than you, even 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:58.279 the others who've been busy training. But by the time 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:02.039 he met with the team, me had an idea. I 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:07.279 believe that's the best way is to lure him into 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.920 a house where an elimination unit will be waiting for him. 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:15.680 From my intense and intimate acquaintance with the late one, 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.880 and from the numerous hours we have spent together, which 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.560 have included many visits to various rental sights, I'm convinced 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.840 he will enter any house I do. He trusts me, 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.719 but get him. Ron, the former messodge and military historian, 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.760 learned later what Mia wasn't aware of at the time. 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.920 Suchers did not trust Anton Kunzla as much as he believed. 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.200 Still the last moment, was not fully sure that the 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:50.440 meal is kosher. He took a picture of meal, gave 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:54.240 it to his wife and told her, if something happens 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:58.800 to me, if I don't come back, this is the killer. 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.559 He killed me. It was a plan, but it wasn't 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:06.520 fool proof. Zukers had already shown that he was suspicious. 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.160 He seemed to trust MEO and some little thing would 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.559 send him off and they were almost back to zero again. 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:18.080 That was the first risk. The second was Zuker's physical strength. 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.480 Mio knew that you're reeve and the team members getting 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.960 tired of his warnings about how tough the butcher was, 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.240 but he didn't care. He was a lead agent. This 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:31.160 was his mission. You had to see the guy to understand. 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:35.880 He looked like a competitive weightlifter, so Mio kept at it. 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.160 He told your Reeve again about how Zukers was a 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:43.560 highly mistrustful man, acutely vigilant, armed with a gun, and 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:47.600 of great physical strength. You're reeve nodded, but he was 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:51.560 probably thinking Meo was getting a little paranoid himself. Massad 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.200 agents were war veterans. They killed before the butcher was 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:58.680 sixty four years old. They would take care of him 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.120 without any problem. You Reef told me, oh, he'd done 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.720 a good job. But for the killed team getting the 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.160 butcher inside the house, that was the tricky part. They 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.960 would take care of the rest. If four strong Israelis 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:16.760 couldn't handle a senior citizen, well, then Massad was in trouble. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.960 You Reef went over MEO's plan and quickly approved it, 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:29.120 and he confirmed one important detail before the sentence was 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.680 carried out. The team would read out a verdict in 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.040 the name of the thirty thousand men, women and children 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:38.080 that Sukers had helped kill. Would be like a judge's 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.800 sentence would show the world the Israelis had given serious 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.040 thought to why Sukers had to die. In no way 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.480 could the execution be equated with the death of his victims. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:53.000 They had to show that they had carefully considered his crimes. 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:59.760 This was justice, not vengeance. This raised an intriguing possibility. 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:01.880 If they were going to take the time to read 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:07.120 the charges, maybe Sucres would respond. Maybe he'd even defend himself. 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:11.280 Maybe I thought he'd tell the Israelis why he'd done 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.680 what he'd done. In my quest to know the motives 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.920 behind his actions, this would be a perfect time for 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:22.640 Suckers himself to tell his story. Or if he was 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.840 truly an anti Semite at heart, maybe facing five Jewish 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:31.120 assassins would reveal that. Maybe he'd shout some abuse at 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.680 the team. They would at least be a clue. But 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.880 one thing was for sure. With this plan, there would 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:41.080 be a chance for Zukers to finally tell the truth. 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:46.600 Mia was satisfied all the work he'd put in had 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:50.440 been vindicated. They were going ahead with his plan. The 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:53.400 debate in the German Parliament was coming up in a 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:58.240 few months. They all hoped a successful mission would influence 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:05.040 it On the ninth of November, a letter arrived the 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.520 Rotterdam po box that MEO had set up months earlier. 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:15.480 It was from Zuker's. Following your request, I hereby enclosed 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:19.080 my flight ticket from sal Follow to Monte Video went back, 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:24.760 as well as a few other receipts for personal expenses. 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.600 I hope you arrival in Rotterdam and said to all 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:35.559 these films this you hoping to see you soon. This friendship. 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:41.920 Heppert so cares. The team was pleased. The butcher was 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.679 taking the bait, but me A waited over a month, 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.960 said a reply. He wanted it to seem like he 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.360 was a busy man putting deals together. He couldn't appear 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:57.280 to be too eager. Dear Abert, I thank you for 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.280 your letter and forms of receipts you sent. Everything here 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.920 is running as it should, and as far as business 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:08.280 is concerned, I have nothing to complain about. My associates 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:10.600 are very pleased with the outcome of the trip to 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:15.520 South America to Grasil and Uruguay. I intend to return 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.200 to South America in the coming weeks in order to 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:23.200 realize and implement various investment plans. I should therefore be 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.720 grateful to you if you could manage soon after receiving 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:31.320 this letter to make the necessary arrangements to Chile and Uruguay. 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.840 I'm enclosing a banker's check for one hundred dollars to 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:39.240 cover your expenses. Please inform me by telegram when all 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.199 the necessary papers are in your hands and you are 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.160 ready for the trip. A happy New Year to you 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.560 and your family. Hope to see you soon. Your friend 0:11:49.120 --> 0:12:00.960 and Tom Kumslay your rearranged with MASSAD headquarters to provide 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:05.320 new identities for the other team members, fake names, passports 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.000 and backstories that would give them a reason for being 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:12.920 in Uruguay. The men spent hours memorizing the details. They 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:16.320 learned a few key phrases in Spanish and Portuguese in 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:18.360 case they were stopped by the police or had some 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:21.840 other problem. The four team members were almost done with 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:26.760 their training, and Crabmagaw, the Israeli fighting system Emmi Lichtenfeld 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:29.800 was working them hard. Neil wasn't part of the training. 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.400 His job was to get the butcher into the room. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:37.880 That was it. They practiced the same maneuvers over and 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.920 over again. Watching the sessions, Neil later wrote he thought 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:46.880 the instructor had the graceful movements with dancer Lichtenfeld's feet 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.600 slid across the floor soundlessly as he avoided knight thrust 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:54.720 and club swinging at his head. But according to Emi 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:59.240 Lichtenfeld student a yl Yanilov, his graceful nature would never 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:04.280 have been mistake in for weakness. So Emi was differently 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:09.080 with very high level of refined movements. So like Muhammad 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:13.000 Ali said, he say that's like about the fly sing, 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.960 Then the Krapma God teacher could look a little scary. 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:20.959 In his white karate tunic, he had a glass of 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:24.000 eye and half his face was frozen from an injury 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.280 he had sustained on his journey to Palestine. He's spoke 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.400 in a deep, bare tone with a slight lisp caused 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.319 by an injury to the left side of his mouth. 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.800 Krama God did require slight adjustments for the mission, having 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:40.320 been invented to save Jewish lives, was defensive in nature. 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:44.320 It's core philosophy was do whatever is needed to cause 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.120 as much damage as possible to your attacker and get 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:52.079 away safely. But in Uruguay the massadman would be the aggressors. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:56.920 All knows how Emi would have instructed the team to 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:01.640 locate the target's weak spot. He will tell them the 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:05.280 slight to the most sensitive points to be very efficient 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.199 in their striking with open hand or with closed fist. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.200 So he's very strongly to the knee, to the sole, 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.360 reflexes to the floating griegs, liver and sleep. Go up 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:19.800 at this line of the neck. Front of the neck. 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.040 Back of the neck is extremely efficient. Go to the 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:25.320 line of the drop to coast one cushion. Go to 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.200 the line of the eyes, especially the temples. So these 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.160 are strikes that will coastal cushion and we make the 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:36.120 person who groogi full down. They practiced disarming a target 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:38.840 as Mill had told them. Sekers carried a gun everywhere, 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:42.240 and Cromaga, if there was a gun involved in a fight, 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:46.040 who always assumed it would be fired. But the massad 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:50.080 agents wanted to immobilize Seekers before he could drive, so 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.040 they practiced a blow from the back they hoped would 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:56.880 bring the butcher down. A l can imagine what the 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.840 team was going through. He vividly remembers how hard Amy 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.840 pushed him in his own training. He said, do again, 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:08.280 not good, do do again, not go, do again twenty times, 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.080 No good. Do again. I didn't even know what you 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:13.320 wanted from me. What should I do? In that sense? 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:17.640 I think I just too eventually, So when you think 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:22.960 about it, it's just the agile. You have to do 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:27.800 something you know doing, go did do better? That's it. 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:34.080 You read could fear a meat and Sudie practice. Kick 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.440 after kick they paired off and rain blows down on 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:41.960 the head of their opponents. Lintenbell believed the knuckles were 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.520 too delicate for a good smash to the face. He 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:48.000 preferred the meaty base of the hand, or even better, 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:54.200 the elbow balance was key. Kick returned to position, Kick 0:15:54.480 --> 0:16:00.520 returned to position. Kick, They drilled and drilled. We made 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:03.400 the experience that much more exhausting for the men was 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.000 that Mio wasn't even doing theneath for us, and the 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.800 rest of it kept reminding them they were about to 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:13.680 face a raging animal. Remember the late one is a 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.680 strong man, and he's always armed. Even your Reeve grew 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:23.280 impatient with him. Meo exaggerates a bit will overcome, so 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:30.320 cooes without any problem. It was MEO's turn to be annoyed. 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.680 These Raeli Is always believed they could solve any problem. 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:38.960 Typical saber bullshit. He was worried they were going to 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:47.400 mess up his operation. Are you curious about something you've 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.800 heard on Hunting the Butcher and want to know more? 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.200 Is there something I haven't covered that you wish I would? 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.400 I want to hear from you. We've set up an 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:59.880 email address for listeners to send us questions about the show. 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:04.520 We've received some amazing, thoughtful questions so far, and we'd 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:08.600 love to hear more. Record yourself asking your question, include 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.280 your name and where you're from, and we'll try to 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:15.240 answer your question on a future episode. The email address 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:20.920 is Hunting the Butcher at Diversion Podcasts dot com. Record 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.200 yourself asking a question and email it to me. The 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:29.119 voice memos app on iPhone works well for recording yourself again. 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:33.640 The email address is Hunting the Butcher at Diversion Podcasts 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:38.680 dot com. That's podcasts plural. I'm looking forward to hearing 0:17:38.720 --> 0:18:04.359 your questions. Thanks, you're even The others took all of 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.800 MEO's notes, the telegrams and letters, his thoughts on the 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:11.879 kill method and honed them into a working paper. It 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:16.800 included maps, even timetables to and from different landmarks in Montevideo. 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.560 They looked at the maps searching for the right neighborhood 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.520 to rent a house. They bought summer clothes that would 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.240 be right for Uruguay, and they went to various banks 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:31.920 and changed money for Uruguay and pesos. Then they began 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.480 to look for a staging ground for the operation, a 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:38.760 place where they could fly into, getting organized and prepare 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.320 for D Day. They didn't want to be hanging around 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:48.400 Uruguay for weeks attracting attention. They chose Buenos Aires. Meo 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.359 never revealed the reason why they chose it, but my 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:55.040 theory is that it was a big city, cosmopolitan. He 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.320 got visitors from all over the world. They wouldn't stick 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:00.880 out there, so it was a good place to lay low. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:06.159 All of this work and planning took about two months. 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.199 The world took no notice of their mission. The Beatles 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:14.080 released a new album, Beatles for Sale, and college students 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:18.760 in America were staging protests against the Vietnam War. As 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:23.120 for France, he was preparing for Winter Olympics. No one 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:26.520 paid any mind to the men entering and leaving the 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:36.320 little apartment on the avenue they were side jan Another 0:19:36.440 --> 0:19:42.600 letter arrived in the Rotterdam po box her col I 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:47.560 completed all the arrangements as you asked, I have to passport, 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:52.520 including the visas for Uruguaya and Chile, waiting for your 0:19:52.680 --> 0:19:57.160 arrival and for for the details concerning our joint business trip. 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:04.080 This friendship ever took us. In the note, Zuker seemed 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:07.000 a little more nervous than in the previous one. Did 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:09.919 the line about waiting for further details mean that he 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:13.760 was having doubts? If the details weren't what he expected, 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:28.439 would he refuse to leave Brazil? Nobody knew. The agents 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:31.800 booked their airline tickets. Each member would be traveling separately. 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:35.879 They didn't want to look like a team. Before their departures, 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:38.600 the five men met for a final time in the 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:42.720 Paris apartment. They went over the plan. They double checked 0:20:42.720 --> 0:20:45.840 and triple checked everything. There was nothing left to do 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:50.120 in Paris. It was a solemn moment. We were all 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:53.159 aware that we were going to take the life of 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:58.000 a man, but none of us had any doubt this 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:05.280 was the just punishment for his statistic criminal Mio sat 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:08.920 down and wrote out a telegram for Suckers, including all 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:13.560 his travel plants. Then the members poured some drinks and 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:17.520 made a toast best of luck. Your reef told them 0:21:17.560 --> 0:21:20.560 he wasn't much of a speech giver. The men kept 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:25.359 their private thoughts to themselves. They were eager to get going. 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:36.600 Three days later, Mio boarded his flight to sal Paolo. 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:40.320 He was going to Brazil first to reconnect with Suckers. 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:44.159 The other members would fly out later. Neo planned on 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.760 meeting Suckers in the airport transit lounge before flying on 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:52.200 to Buonos areas. He had to make sure the butcher 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:55.280 was all in. After twelve hours in the air, the 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:59.240 plane landed. Maa waited until after the other passengers got out, 0:21:59.640 --> 0:22:02.520 then walked toward the airplane door. At the top of 0:22:02.560 --> 0:22:05.560 the jetway. He was heading down the stairs, lost in 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:10.719 his own thoughts. I heard Ruko's familiar voice. Hello, he Anton, 0:22:10.880 --> 0:22:14.159 I am here. I looked down to the bottom of 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:18.760 the stairs, and what did I see? Herbert Chukos wearing 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:23.159 a colorful tie, holding something black in one hand and 0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:26.960 waving happily with the other. That black thing in the 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:31.399 butcher's hand, that was a camera. He was filming me. 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:35.800 Oh as he arrived, How on earth did he manage 0:22:35.840 --> 0:22:39.760 to get in here? I wondered? This was a restricted area, 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:42.520 and we were supposed to meet in the transit lounge. 0:22:43.480 --> 0:22:46.760 When Meo realized what the black object was, he was shocked. 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:52.800 This meant that Drukos was actually filming me, immortalizing my 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:57.080 image on film. Instinctively, I raised my hand as if 0:22:57.080 --> 0:23:00.919 in greeting, but the motion was actually tended to hide 0:23:00.920 --> 0:23:04.480 from the camera lens some of my mold distinguishing features. 0:23:07.359 --> 0:23:11.880 It was a disaster. Suckers had sprung a trap. When 0:23:11.880 --> 0:23:14.720 you're undercover, you want there to be no record of 0:23:14.760 --> 0:23:18.280 your actual self in the mission. The documents all have 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:21.720 your cover name, not your real one. If you're photographed, 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:26.080 who want to be wearing your disguise. This was a 0:23:26.160 --> 0:23:30.840 time before the widespread use of surveillance cameras. Neo thought 0:23:30.880 --> 0:23:34.399 he was safe, but now the butcher he had him 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:38.640 down on film. It was bad. That was only half 0:23:38.680 --> 0:23:41.879 of it. The other half was why was Zuker's filming 0:23:41.960 --> 0:23:44.760 him in the first place. As the two men had 0:23:44.760 --> 0:23:47.400 been old friends. Meal might have passed it off as 0:23:47.440 --> 0:23:50.399 his body wanting a memento of their trip, but that 0:23:50.520 --> 0:23:54.600 wasn't it. This was Zukers being paranoid again. He wanted 0:23:54.600 --> 0:23:58.919 to film as evidence, just in case, Kunzla was up 0:23:58.920 --> 0:24:02.240 to no good. Sucker said he was ready to become partners, 0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:06.199 but clearly he still had his doubts. He'll never be 0:24:06.359 --> 0:24:10.840 rid of his suspicions. I thought this concern. I was 0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:14.520 fully convinced that this was yet another one of UCO's 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:19.640 security exercises. One false move the team might interpret as 0:24:19.720 --> 0:24:23.480 my attempt to hide from the camera, and all my 0:24:23.680 --> 0:24:27.560 months long efforts to win his trusts would come to nothing. 0:24:29.240 --> 0:24:32.440 And in fact me it was right. The butcher didn't 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:37.560 trust him fully. Later, his wife nodded all police what happened. 0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:41.639 When Sucers returned home, my husband told me that he 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:46.480 had filmed Kunzla coming off the plane. He emphasized that 0:24:46.560 --> 0:24:49.199 if anything bad were to happen to him in the 0:24:49.240 --> 0:24:53.000 near future, then it was this man seen on the 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:57.960 film waving at Harvard who would bear directed soul responsibility 0:24:58.080 --> 0:25:02.399 for it. The film and the stills taken from it 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:06.680 would haunt the massad agent for years. When I discussed 0:25:06.680 --> 0:25:10.680 this with Gad Shimron, he mentioned how significant this became. 0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:14.800 This photo. For many years, uh Nio told me that 0:25:14.840 --> 0:25:17.400 every time he crossed the border, somewhere on the road 0:25:17.480 --> 0:25:22.200 there was a big interval coaster wanted for murder with 0:25:22.880 --> 0:25:27.120 his picture as complet taken by a suspicious to much 0:25:29.240 --> 0:25:31.240 so Mea was coming down the steps of the jetway 0:25:31.480 --> 0:25:34.600 at the airport in Sal Paulo. He's holding up his 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:37.879 hands like he's waving it at Sukers a friendly greeting, 0:25:38.480 --> 0:25:40.680 but in reality he's trying to block the view of 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:44.160 his face from the camera. He's trying to look smooth, natural, 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:48.640 but it isn't working. He looks awkward and nervous. He's 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:53.720 realized that Suckers has outsmarted him. Neo finally made it 0:25:53.760 --> 0:25:56.040 down to the bottom of the chet way and Suckers 0:25:56.119 --> 0:25:59.280 dropped the camera to his side. He greeted the agent. 0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:03.280 It went into the transit lounge to talk Neis flight 0:26:03.320 --> 0:26:06.199 to Buenos Aires was leaving soon, so they only had 0:26:06.240 --> 0:26:10.040 a few minutes. They ordered drinks and Mio tried to 0:26:10.080 --> 0:26:12.800 get back on track. He told Suckers he has some 0:26:12.880 --> 0:26:16.879 good news. His partners had decided to invest heavily in 0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:21.159 South America, hundreds of thousands of dollars at the very least, 0:26:21.960 --> 0:26:24.920 and they'd agreed to bring Suekers on board. If he 0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:27.919 played his cards right, he would soon be a rich man. 0:26:29.880 --> 0:26:33.280 Zukers didn't react the way Meo had hoped. He said 0:26:33.320 --> 0:26:35.879 he had a problem. It turned out that he hadn't 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:38.560 been telling the truth in his telegram, his visa and 0:26:38.600 --> 0:26:43.280 other documents, they weren't ready yet. He couldn't fly to Uruguay. 0:26:43.960 --> 0:26:46.720 It was getting worse. And worse was Zuker's backing out. 0:26:47.200 --> 0:26:49.960 Had he realized he was being trapped or was he 0:26:50.040 --> 0:26:53.880 just being lazy? Meo had no idea what was going on, 0:26:54.600 --> 0:26:56.920 but he stayed in character, the character of the hard 0:26:57.000 --> 0:27:02.000 charging businessman. He got angry and loud. How could you 0:27:02.040 --> 0:27:04.920 do this? Did you say you want to be a businessman. 0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:08.600 I am a businessman and I stick to my vote. 0:27:08.960 --> 0:27:12.760 You want me said all your papers weren't older. I 0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:16.240 want you to know that I am very, very disappointed. 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:21.600 He really was furious. If Sukers couldn't get out of Brazil, 0:27:22.200 --> 0:27:24.640 the mission was off. There might not be a chance 0:27:24.640 --> 0:27:27.399 to organize a second operation before the vote in the 0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:32.560 German Parliament. The butcher had messed up everything. Zukers hung 0:27:32.600 --> 0:27:35.879 his head. He was embarrassed, or he appeared to be embarrassed. 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:39.840 I promised it would never happen again to Mio. He 0:27:39.920 --> 0:27:43.840 appeared to be sincere. After a few tense moments, Neo 0:27:43.960 --> 0:27:48.199 calmed down. He told Seekers that Brazil was out. The 0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:51.440 partners wanted to do their business in Uruguay and Chile, 0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:54.600 so he wanted Seekers with him when he traveled to 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:57.720 the two countries. Neo took a lot of cash out 0:27:57.720 --> 0:28:01.439 of his pocket handed it to the butcher traveling expenses. 0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:04.720 He told the butcher to get his papers straightened down. 0:28:05.200 --> 0:28:07.240 Once that was done, he would pay for his flight 0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:11.440 to Uruguay, but he had to get moving. Suckers cheered up. 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:14.439