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Tobin, listen, now don't talk to me about chess. You know what you are,

Do you know what you are? You're a checker snob. Oh, now look, Tobin. Man,

block the gate.

Mr. Sager.

All right, I'll appeal to an expert.

Sager, you play chess, you play checkers. Now, in your honest opinion...

Kenneth?

Do you want a chair, Mr. Sager?

Why?

Well, you look a little white, Ken.

I feel perfectly fine.

I got the special delivery letter you sent up, Tobin.

Thank you.

Well, I hope there wasn't any bad news in it, Mr. Sanger.

I'll see you tomorrow.

How are things in the missile business?

You have something new for me or microfilm?

No.

No.

Well, why did you phone me?

You told me you would get Lizelle out of prison.

Yes, yes, I did. I will.

She died eight months ago.

I asked the West German authorities to check on it.

Kenneth, communications between East and West Berlin are hardly reliable.

You knew she was dead all this time.

Why on earth didn't you tell me?

First, I didn't want you to worry.

I knew how much the girl meant to you.

And after a while, I couldn't bring myself to explain the cruelty of it.

I didn't want you to blame the party.

What you mean is that if I knew she was dead, I'd stop spying for you.

Well, I'm through with the party, and I'm through with you.

Kenneth, turn around.

I want to show you something.

All right, Sean.

Poor fellow.

This is the only part I never get used to, Joseph.

Thanks for phoning to warn me anyway.

What was bothering him, Robinson?

Was it the letter he got?

Found out his girlfriend was dead. He went all to pieces.

When the next blueprint comes out, you'll have to photograph it for me. Can

do that? Of course.

Bonjour.

The FBI.

A Gwen Martin production.

Starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Julie Summers, Harold Gould, and special guest star

Michael Rennie.

Tonight's episode, The Daughter.

On April 4th, investigation by agents of the FBI in Los Angeles led to the

capture of a communist courier named Derek Lamb.

Though Lamb seemed unable to identify his superiors in the United States, he

willing to reveal their target.

He had been sent to pick up microfilm plans taken from the Pacific Missile

Development Corporation of Long Beach.

They would be addressed to E .K. Jackson, care of General Delivery, San

California.

While the FBI waited for a second courier to claim the package, the body

Kenneth Sager, a draftsman who had had access to some of the plans at Pacific

Missile, was found on a deserted beach near Palos Verdes.

I'm Louis Riskin with the FBI.

Sergeant Cookham, LAPD.

What have we got, Sergeant?

Apparent suicide.

I guess he's been dead.

15 or 20 hours.

Apparently, he tried to shoot himself down by the ocean, botched the job, and

tried to crawl back to his car.

Any other evidence besides a gun?

No.

No other tracks?

No.

I guess for the way the wind is around here, there wouldn't be any left anyway

after 15 or 20 hours.

Not likely.

No suicide note?

No, we didn't find one, either on the body or in his car.

I guess he was trying to get back to it. His keys are already in his hand.

Yes, sir, I do remember seeing this.

He won it in a chess match at Wilmington.

He was a very good chess player.

Very fine man, too.

Mr. Tobin, would this little charm have had some special significance with

Sager, do you think?

Not that I know of.

When did this chess tournament take place, Mr. Tobin? Well, it wasn't a

tournament. It was head -to -head play with a pro.

Remember the pro's name?

I don't think I ever heard it.

Mr. Sager never talked about things like that.

Kept his nose pretty much to the grindstone, huh?

Yes, sir, he certainly did. He was always here long after everybody else

gone. Night after night.

Of course, he wasn't married.

He did have a girlfriend, though, but she was overseas.

Where? Germany.

Do you recall her name?

No, I don't. I'm sorry. I can't help you.

Oh, I do remember, though, that he got a letter from Berlin a couple of days

ago. In fact, it was the day he disappeared.

He looked terrible when he came out that afternoon.

I remember wondering if maybe she turned him down.

Any sign of a letter like that in his personal effects? Nothing from Berlin.

It was an official -looking letter, special delivery from the Berlin mayor's

office.

All right, Mr. Teldon, thanks very much. Yes, sir, any time.

Got to take a run down to Wilmington, see if we can locate the man he won this

from.

Try all the hobby shops, card parlors, chess clubs, check with any players you

find on the beach.

I have a couple more questions I want to ask him, then I'll have another talk

with Lamb. Yes, sir.

Well, this calls for some thought.

Are you worried, Albert?

I always worry a little when you drop by, Martin.

Everyone wants to know what happened between you and Kenneth Sager.

In my opinion, he was no longer useful to us. He might even have been a danger.

We still don't have the final set of blueprints, do we?

Now with your plant contact gone... Please, I've had a second man in there

over a month.

It's all taken care of.

Check.

All the same, couldn't have come at a worse time.

Did you know they picked up land?

What about the San Pedro package?

Still at the post office. General delivery, I suppose.

All right.

Let's see how close the Bain bloodhounds really are.

I'll send someone else after it.

I'll bet you can't do that. I didn't say I'd send someone valuable, Martin.

Please leave the worrying to me.

Still the LCA?

I need another operation.

I say I keep too much inside me.

You understand, don't you, Sharon?

I don't know how you can go on living alone like this.

Martin, shall I tell you a secret?

There's just one absolutely certain way of going down the drain if you're in my

position.

That's by becoming involved with someone else.

I had to make up my mind a long time ago whether I wanted a stomachache or a

rope around my neck.

It wasn't a very hard choice.

Funny thing, the real Albert Robinson had an ulcer, too.

Well, really?

It was in the autopsy report we examined before I took his identity.

Poor, dull little American.

Dying in prison so far away from home.

What do you suppose he was so worried about?

Do you want a charm?

Albert.

Albert.

You've got to try hanging on just a little while.

This is the final assignment.

What was the final one?

Like the revolution, never really final.

Care for a game, sir?

Yes.

His name is Albert Robinson.

That's quite a chat.

Turns out that we both went to the same school in Redwood City.

Had the same math teacher, Miss Bennett.

Remarkable woman, Miss Bennett.

She was about 22 when I was going to school there.

Robinson's at least 15 years older than I am, which would make her about seven

when she was his teacher. Maybe there were two Miss Bennets. No,

I checked.

Albert Robinson did attend school there.

Straight -A student.

President of the chess club.

He opened the Strand bookshop in August of 1966.

Coincidentally, that's the same month that Kenneth Sager went to work for

Pacific Missile.

Was this lamb able to tell you anything more?

Well, he admits that Sager was his contact, but he says he never would have

killed himself if he wasn't that kind of a man.

Anything in the files on Robinson?

No, nothing locally. I haven't heard from the Bureau yet.

Where's Kenny?

Lewis, in regard to your inquiries about Kenneth Sager,

the West Berlin authorities say that the special delivery letter you mentioned

was sent to inform Sager that a Miss LaZelle Klein had died in an East Berlin

prison eight months ago.

She was a West German student who had been detained in the East when she went

visit her brother on Christmas Day, 1965.

Was she a relative?

No. Fiancée.

So, if she'd been held hostage to ensure Sager's cooperation, well, I can see

why he might have gone a little crazy over news like this.

Art, he didn't kill himself. The angle of penetration was entirely wrong for a

self -inflicted wound.

Paraffin tests on both hands were negative.

Oh?

Lewis, what about that chest charm he was holding?

We may have something on that.

We've located a man here called Albert Robinson.

Robinson?

Yes, I've got something here.

Tom asked for a check.

The identification division just sent over a summary.

Yes. He has no arrest record, nothing at all derogatory in the files.

But there was an inquiry about him from another government agency, so we checked

back with them.

There's a San Diego woman named Janet Sinclair who's trying to locate him.

The Robinson she's trying to find was born and raised in Redwood City,

California.

Now, this might be interesting.

He was on a European chess tour when the war started in 1939.

Then he was in prison in Amsterdam for anti -occupation activities by the

Germans.

Would that be your man?

It could be.

All right, he may be a murderer, so it might be best to hold off giving the

Sinclair woman his address.

Too late for that, Lewis. The man I talked to was going to contact her this

morning.

Yes, ma 'am.

Albert Robinson?

Yes.

Albert C. Robinson?

Yes.

Born in Redwood City?

Dated the home of Cornelius Van Groot Hendrickstraat Amsterdam in 1939 and 40?

Young lady, why are you asking all these questions?

Are you the one?

Yes.

I've been trying to find you for so long.

I don't understand. Why exactly have you been trying to find me?

Because you're my father.

The girl came by about 1 .30.

She's still there.

This is a description of a San Diego woman who was asking about him.

Is it fit?

Yes, sir.

Hello?

Got a message from the post office surveillance. Somebody just phoned in

about a package for E .K. Jackson, general delivery.

All right, stay here. I want a complete report on all the girl's activities from

now on.

I never saw this woman in my life.

That's my mother, Henrietta.

Don't you remember? She was from Friesland. She boarded with the Van

Young lady, believe me, I realize how much this probably means to you.

But I can't lie about it simply to make you feel better. But there's nothing to

be ashamed of.

She understood you couldn't marry her until the war was over, the Nazis were

defeated.

I remember she kept telling me how you promised you'd come back for her and

her to America with you.

Where is she now?

She died.

I was four.

The Van Goode sent me to an orphanage, and I was adopted by an American couple

named Sinclair.

They told me to forget about you, that you were dead.

I wouldn't believe it.

Listen to me. This poor woman made up the whole story.

I couldn't possibly be your father.

I never saw your mother in my life. Never.

I swear it. I'm sorry. She knew all about you, where you were born. Would

please stop tormenting yourself and me?

You're never married.

You have no family.

Not at all. The fact is, it's all a mistake.

I have no daughter. Nothing has changed.

Package 3K Jackson, please.

your package.

Gee, thanks, mister.

FBI, hold it.

Hold it.

That's it.

His name was Nicholas Rovash.

He was a seaman on the freighter Croatia.

Did you get any help from his embassy, or should I even ask?

They claimed the body. That's about it.

Incidentally, I talked to Pacific Development this morning.

They finished their final plans on the air -to -air missile.

Now, they want to know if Sager was the weak link in their security, and if he

was, whether or not he was the only one.

How long will they be able to keep those drawings in the vault?

Less than a week.

Their engineers have to have a mock -up by the 20th.

Ask them to hold off as long as they can, will you, Art?

I don't think Sega would have been eliminated if he'd been the only spy on

planet. All right.

Anything new on Albert Robinson?

Not on Robinson himself.

I talked to the SAC San Diego, though, about the Sinclair woman.

Yes? What did you find out?

She's 26, unmarried, born in Amsterdam during the German occupation, adopted by

the Sinclairs after the war.

She listed her mother as dead, her father as missing.

He claims he's an American named Albert Robinson.

Robinson, huh?

Well, well, well.

Might be a little inconvenient for Mr. Robinson to have her turn up now, huh?

If he is our man, what do you think he'd do?

He's already done it. He turned her away.

Well, it might be the best thing all the way around under the circumstances.

It might be.

What worries me is that she hasn't gone back to San Diego.

She's taken a room near the bookstore.

And late.

Sorry.

Better luck next time.

What is it? Telephone.

Is it Robinson?

Yes.

Hi, Albert.

The FBI was waiting at San Pedro.

I'm not surprised.

What happened to the man you sent?

Dead. He wouldn't have had a chance to say anything.

You know, Albert, I wonder if... I wonder if it wouldn't be smart to forget

about this Pacific development business. Just mark it down as a bad job and pull

out. Don't tempt me.

See, it's been a shaky one right from the start. First Lamb, then Sager, then

this wild -eyed girl showing up at your place.

Now this mess at San Pedro.

You know the KGB's been grumbling about all the slip -ups.

Yes? Well, you tell those espionage geniuses to worry about their own slip

Why didn't they know the real Robinson had a daughter?

Now, please, Major, don't... just don't get excited.

You know, it's bad for your ulcer.

Life is bad for my ulcer.

KGB, dialectical materialism, homesickness, they're all bad for my

And young girls in need of a father, they're bad for my ulcer.

Say, Albert.

Albert, do you suppose... Well, I mean, there's no way in the world this girl

could be a counteragent, is there?

It had occurred to me.

It's too bad you couldn't have played along with her for a while.

Until you know exactly what she wanted.

Well, she's gone now.

I can't have her hanging around here, that's quite obvious.

I tell you, Martin, I wish I believed in prayer.

I'd pray for that girl.

Really, I would.

I have to go now, Martin. I'll talk to you tonight.

I've spent 25 years looking for you.

And I'm not going to be sent away now.

So, you might as well get used to it.

There's no sign of the girl since I called you.

I went in to have a game with Robinson, my old Redwood City buddy.

He said he wasn't feeling very well and asked if I could come back tomorrow.

You couldn't spot the girl?

There's a kitchen in the back. She could have been back there. I thought I heard

some singing.

Oh, by the way, did you get in touch with SAC San Diego?

Yeah, I talked to him on the car radio.

He'd contacted the Sinclair family.

They think the girl's first foster mother is in this country now, a woman

Van Groot.

She could identify Robinson, couldn't she?

If he was really Robinson.

We had a good laugh this time about the old haunted house on Tarkington Street.

No haunted house?

No Tarkington Street.

It's alright, Sean.

It just occurs to me I don't know what to call you.

What do you think?

What would you prefer, Albert?

Anything you like.

Okay, then let's take the plunge.

All or nothing.

Daddy, what would you like in your coffee? Cream, sugar?

Black.

That's what comes with paying a doctor for advice and then not following it.

It's an ulcer.

I bet you've been eating and drinking like a maniac. Chili, onion.

Well, from now on, it's milk toast. Janet, I'm not a baby.

Listen to me. I know what's best for you.

The sooner you give in to me, the better, because I'm more stubborn than

are.

After all, I knew you were my father, didn't I?

Yes, yes.

So, maybe you didn't like the idea of some strange woman popping into your...

Oh, you're wrong. I can't tell you how often I've longed for someone, a family

of my own.

Then why did you pretend not to remember my mother?

Perhaps I didn't want to face the responsibility.

Oh, you don't have to worry about that.

I intend to take care of both of us.

Janet, would you get my pills for me? They're on the windowsill in the

You may not be important to you, but you're sure important to me.

And this is my cup I already drank from.

Is that better?

Okay, don't talk to me.

Janet! Stop!

Cormac tells me he's a lawyer.

Don't!

Help me, please!

He's terribly sick. He said it was an ulcer.

Get an ambulance.

I think they should call the FBI.

Connect me with the closest emergency hospital.

Yes, I thought it was cyanide by the smell.

All right, thank you very much.

Hello, the girl's here.

Miss Sinclair. Hello.

Thanks for coming by.

Won't you sit down?

Thank you.

I don't know who told you my name was Sinclair, Inspector, but they were

It's Robinson.

Anyway, call me Janet, please.

How is he, by the way?

The doctor said they'll have to operate. He's under sedation now.

Honestly, I couldn't have made it without you two.

It was a bad moment.

It was a miracle.

I mean, how lucky can I get?

Out of all the people in the world who might have come walking by, here come

FBI men.

I still can't believe it.

Does Robinson know about us?

No, he was unconscious all the time.

Well, Janet...

To be frank, it wasn't really an accident.

I don't think I understand.

Special Agent Colby has had you under surveillance for some time.

But why?

Because we thought you might be in danger.

From what?

Janet, the last thing in the world I want to do is hurt you.

I'm afraid there's no other way.

Your father has probably been dead for at least 20 years.

My father is in St. Matthew's Hospital right now.

We don't know who the man in St. Matthew's is, but we're fairly sure he

Albert Robinson.

You're wrong.

You're wrong.

Don't imagine.

Grown so big.

Still my Janet need.

I say so often.

Where is the little girl now? Where did you come from?

I'm now in America. Three years in Phoenix, Arizona.

Were we asked here to help identify Albert Robinson?

Did they tell you I found him, Mama? Wait till you see.

Was that the man who boarded with you in the Hendricks strap, Mrs. Van Groten?

Well, Albert was not so broad.

He's put on weight.

Janet, long ago I hear from a boy who was with him, Albert is

forlorn in the creek, dead from the war.

I wish I could be more certain.

I am.

Certainly my heart.

But then hearts say different things to different people.

Mr. Van Groot, would you be kind enough to wait outside, please?

I'll see you there.

But if he isn't Albert Robinson, who is he?

We're still trying to find that out. We believe he may be an enemy agent using

your father's name as a cover. Janet, listen to me, please.

You seem to have stumbled into his personal life, whoever he is.

He tried to kill you today.

There was cyanide in the coffee he wanted you to drink.

This is ridiculous. Those pills are for his stomach ulcer.

Excuse me, I'm going to the hospital.

Janet.

We can't stop you.

We can't even protect you.

All we can do is tell you what we believe to be the truth and ask for a

time to prove it. One week.

Go to San Diego.

Write to him if you like.

Give him any excuse you want, but stay out of Los Angeles.

Will you do that?

Hello? Hello, Martin Eldon?

Yes?

Well, you don't know me, Mr. Eldon, but... My father, Albert Robinson,

your name.

Oh, yes.

And I was wondering if you could help me.

Yes, I'm sure I can.

The gun that killed Sager was ordered through the mail from a wholesale house

Montana. It was sent to a Mr. E .K. Jackson general delivery in San Pedro.

It had been registered, so he was required to sign for it.

Here, take a look at this.

Okay, have an agent take these to the lab for handwriting comparison.

I'll be at St. Matthew's Hospital.

Moving.

Blue?

Yes, just a moment.

The, uh, Janet Sinclair surveillance.

Yes, Barton.

Your hunch was right, Inspector.

Girl got off the bus at the last minute, made a phone call, now she's waiting at

the cab stand.

Okay, stay with her and notify Colby the moment she settles. He'll know where to

reach me.

Yes, sir.

Listen, Martin, this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. You can't do

here.

Look, Edith, if you're going to gag or faint or throw a fit, just get out.

Go to a movie, go shopping, something. Just quit bugging me, will you?

These orders come from a very high source.

I don't care if they come from Lenin's ghost.

They can't order you to foul your own nest. She has to be killed, Edith. She

could walk into any police station. But you're not a butcher.

You're the one that'll gag and faint.

I may.

But I'll still do the job.

I have to do it. He did it because Albert can't. Albert is all through. Do

understand that? He is all through.

Hello?

Martin. Albert.

Well, Albert.

Albert, you know you gave all of us quite a scare. How do you feel?

You know where I am?

What happened?

Yes. The girl called.

Where is she?

Well, she's at the bookstore, I thought.

No, no, I tried there.

Martin, I want you to help me out.

There's some coffee at the shop.

I fixed it.

Help for Janet.

Yes? I want you to throw it away before someone finds it.

All right.

All right.

Now, Albert, you do know that the girl's going to have to be taken care of

sooner or later.

Certainly I know that.

But I'll handle that part myself, do you understand?

Tell them it's entirely up to me. No one else. Entirely up to me.

Albert, please.

It's in your hands. Now, don't upset yourself.

Life is so helpless.

There's nothing to worry about. Everything is on schedule here.

Our man is ready to make delivery of the blueprints directly to me.

As soon as he comes off shift this afternoon.

That all right?

All right, all right.

I'm going to say goodbye now, Albert. But please, now, don't upset yourself.

Goodbye. Martin?

No, never mind. Goodbye.

Albert Robinson?

Yes. My name's Iskin, Mr. Robinson. I'm with the FBI.

What would you want with me, Mr. Iskin?

Does the name Nicholas Rovash mean anything to you?

I understand my rights. You know I don't have to answer these questions.

No, you don't.

What about Kenneth Sager?

E .K. Jackson?

All right, that's enough. Would you please get out?

Hello?

Mr. Robinson, why would Janet Sinclair go to visit a man named Martin Eldon in

Palos Verdes?

She went there?

By God, he'll kill her!

She entered the house? Yes, she did.

Tell Barton to interrupt.

Door -to -door salesman, anything.

But don't let him move against Eldon until we show the girls out of danger.

Mr. Erskine, there isn't time.

Let me call him. Keep him on the phone until your man gets there.

5403599, please.

L .A. 12.

L .A. 12, go ahead.

Regarding your traffic information request.

SIG Alert reports considerable freeway congestion south of the 9th Street

turnoff.

Thank you, LA -12 clear.

I'll have to get off the freeway.

Albert, please, what is the matter with you? I told you I understood about the

coffee.

I don't know when I'll be able to get back there, Martin.

You'll have to see to the newspaper, the mail.

Yes, yes, please, please, I'll take care of everything. Don't worry about it.

What about Sean? What's going to happen to Sean?

Albert. Excuse me.

Yes? How do you do, ma 'am? I represent the Interstate Insurance Company.

Oh, thank you. We already have plenty of insurance.

Just a second.

Look, Albert, there's some kind of salesman at the door. I'm going to have

go.

I'm sorry.

We have a very attractive retirement plan here, which I'm sure you'd be

interested in. I'm sorry, I'm really not interested.

Under this plan, you can receive benefits of up to $400 a month at age

Of course, if you decide to postpone your retirement until age 60, then... I

really don't want any more insurance.

You won't believe this, but it's usually quiet as a tomb around here.

I'm terribly sorry.

Won't you just sit down?

Thank you.

I'm really sorry to barge in on you like this, but I absolutely didn't know

where else to go.

Well, Miss Robinson, let me tell you something.

The FBI is not infallible.

They can make mistakes, too.

Is your husband at home?

You can't see my husband. He's very busy.

How could I give him my card?

Just take me a second.

Didn't you understand?

We don't want any more insurance.

Look, I'll tell you what we'll do.

I've got a good idea.

Why don't we go down to my office?

I can contact the Dutch ambassador down there. I know him personally.

Oh, I hate to put you to so much trouble. Oh, my dear, it's no trouble at

Come on, why don't we go out the back way?

Hold it.

Ellen, it's the FBI.

How is he?

He's under sedation. They're taking him to surgery now.

I never had a chance to thank you.

That's what we're here for.

I'm sorry I was so stubborn.

I still don't know what to make of him. He didn't have to cooperate with you.

No.

Strange man.

Shannon.

Hello.

I wish so much it could have...

Major Jan Anka, alias Albert C. Robinson, Martin and Edith Eldon, Joseph

and Derek Lamb were all convicted of espionage and are serving terms in

penitentiaries. Janet Sinclair is living in Phoenix, Arizona, with her foster

mother, Mrs. Juliana Van Groot.

Thank you.