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Next, the FBI in color.

Roger.

May I present Mr. Roger Vincent.

Good evening, Mr. Vincent. Colonel Rudolph Klar, cultural attaché and our

I decided to meet you personally and here, Mr. Vincent,

so there would be no doubt in your mind who you were dealing with and no doubt

as to the consequences in the event you failed us.

Deliberate pressure, you might say.

You do follow me.

I'll try to manage.

Good. The fact is, payment day has arrived, Mr. Vincent.

I wasn't aware Michael was working for your government.

You now know who Michael is.

Whatever your rationalization was before, you now know why he rescued you

from financial ruin.

Most unfortunate stock.

A speculation he got me into in the first place.

Yes, that's true.

I paid back that obligation. I gave him... Certain restricted papers from

diplomatic section, yes.

Little stupid things entirely without consequence.

My friend, you can cooperate with us...

Or you can have your department made aware of these stupid little things.

The latter choice, of course, would see the end of your career and a period

in the federal penitentiary.

What is it you want?

That's better.

We require certain details of a document you have access to, Mr. Vincent.

Roger, you really must learn to relax.

We are a competing government, not an enemy.

Don't beat yourself, Roger.

Ninety -eight percent of this business is just a game, you know that.

Roger, get well, huh?

Sure. Come in out of the cold. That's exactly right.

Tomorrow.

Right.

Roger, don't be a fool.

Roger, don't.

We can talk about this, can't we?

Roger, come.

The Ford Motor Company presents the FBI.

A Quinn Martin production starring Ephraim Zimbalist Jr.

Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

Diane Baker, Lyndon Childs,

Edward Franz,

Melissa Murphy.

Tonight's episode, Target of Interest.

When the Washington police, investigating the death of Roger

him as a career diplomat with access to highly classified information, the FBI

was immediately alerted.

He could have been thrown or he could have jumped.

But so far there's no evidence to indicate one way or the other.

And if our first question is why, and for the moment we disregard his job...

then there's no motive for either suicide or murder.

What section was he in?

Middle East, K section.

Well, we've had information that Code Green Embassy was going to recruit some

minor official from Section K.

I doubt if it was murder.

No, they're too discreet for that.

You see, Tom, we believe that their cultural attache, a Rudolph Klar, is

a kernel of intelligence.

resting cozily under the usual umbrella of diplomatic immunity.

But so far we haven't been able to prove it.

Well, this may give us a chance.

Tom, I want a file review on Vincent and how many others in Section K?

Three others.

All of them.

And whoever is in line to replace Vincent.

Yes, sir.

They must have had Vincent under a great deal of pressure.

He might have committed suicide just to avoid giving in to them. And if that's

true, they still haven't got whatever it is they were after.

Well, this could give us a chance to step behind that immunity.

Expose Klar, force his recall.

Who knows, if we're successful, he might even defect.

Which would give us a real inside look at Code Green operations.

You know, Art, I could step in as Vincent's replacement.

Go undercover?

Yeah. There's a man with a distinct flaw.

Someone who'd be vulnerable to them.

Every detail of your identification would be thoroughly checked out.

I've done it before.

What's the big?

We haven't got time to build a money trap.

identification would be as thoroughly checked as yours.

I don't say it wouldn't be risky.

But have we got time?

I don't see that we have any choice, Art.

I read the enchanting story.

He fell from the roof. He was a stupid fool.

The thing that irritates me is I could read that in his eyes. I just didn't put

it together fast enough. By the time I got to him, he was... He wouldn't have

jumped. It wasn't in him. He didn't have the guts.

Andy, he was a neurotic. He was just a spook to some crazy horse.

I don't like it when they make you be the one to do it.

Why you? Why do you have to be the killer?

Sandy, I did not kill him.

As I was trying to explain to you, by the time I got to him, he was already

standing on the edge of the roof.

I tried to stop him and he fell. A railing broke.

You know, Sandy, we're almost out of time ourselves, you know that?

If we muff this, it's going to be the heads of all of us.

I told you it was a dangerous business.

Now, don't ever, ever say how you feel about killing again. Not even to me.

I know. I'm sorry.

Who's the lucky successor?

I'm sure that Clara will let us know.

Necessarily, it has to be one of these three people.

But how?

Is that a dent in any one of them?

It has to be.

Everyone has a weakness.

All right, Alan.

Thanks very much.

Who's Alan Bennett, San Francisco?

We found the right woman.

Anna Frayling.

Double agent.

She was with the old SGA section of East Germany, with U .S. blessing.

Anna Freling, Anne Addison, Anne Frazier.

Born Hamburg, Germany, 1937.

Raised in the U .S. and England. Married 1958 to Stephen Addison, American.

Deceased in 61.

The important thing here is she's been living in Paris the last six months.

She just arrived in Santa Luisa, a little town outside of San Francisco.

What's she doing there?

She has an eight -year -old daughter living there with her grandfather, John

Addison.

Ann moved in with him this week.

Do the Reds know where she is?

They only know her as Ann Addison. That's the reason for the Ann Fraser

passport.

Have we contacted her?

Yes, but she's been inactive the last 18 months. She wants to stay that way.

So she said no.

I'd like to talk to her myself.

She certainly is a handsome woman.

supposed to hang like that. The bang.

I'm sorry. I keep forgetting, don't I?

Come on.

Mother? Yes, darling?

It's all right if I call you mother when we're alone, isn't it?

It's all right any time. I told you I just don't want you to dramatize me.

I wouldn't. Yes, you would.

You have a highly active imagination, and I just don't want...

I don't want you to make a story out of me.

And I certainly don't want your friends eyeing me as a woman of mystery.

You know, I was once your age myself, and I could see the temptation.

I made up a pretty good story about it in my head. I'm sure you did.

About why we didn't grow up together. I mean... I know what you mean.

Well, it is something.

Darling, I told you.

Not everything, though.

Well, as soon as I can thoroughly trust your instincts as a dramatist, I am

going to bore you to death with the most minute details of my life.

Mother, when?

Perhaps in about ten years.

Mother.

The second wave, I suppose.

The principal.

I'm the one who needs a fiancé.

But you'd save time, Mr. Erskine, if you'd take my word.

I've said no.

The answer is no.

I did think you... You thought now your organization could call and I'd rise

again. The old war horse.

Hardly that. One more battle. One last assignment and then I'd be left alone.

Well... That was in Bonn one year ago.

That was in Frankfurt 18 months ago.

And that's how it'll be again if I listen to you now.

I don't think so.

For eight years, I've done everything I've been asked.

I've let my daughter be raised by other people while I've lain awake at night,

waiting for a knock at the door as a result of that one tiny slip I might

made.

Well, I'm tired.

I'm sick of it. I... I haven't the stomach for it anymore.

I can understand that.

And I don't think I ever did have.

You were dedicated.

You offered your services to the United States even before your husband was

murdered.

For what happened to my parents after the war and my husband.

I had to fight them.

And now?

Well, thanks, Mrs. Addison.

Most people don't do that much.

Mr. Erskine.

I suppose you know that you make me feel very small and selfish.

I guess that's part of your plan.

You're much too wise.

What a beautiful little girl.

She's a little witch, really.

You did say that this would be the finish.

One way or another.

In any case, after this you'd be exposed.

And one way or the other means we'll be successful or dead.

Not to put it too melodramatically.

Door to the left, Mark Franklin.

Everett Franklin?

Yes.

I'm Louis Erskine.

How do you do? Tom Colby.

Well, we're close enough if all they have is a written description.

The, uh, summary's in here, sir.

Everything pertinent.

And, uh, every personal thing I could think of.

Including the weather last night when you left Paris?

Including eating that. Good.

Good luck, Mr. Franklin.

Thank you, Miss Franklin.

I look afraid.

I just got in a couple of hours ago myself.

I tried to get something to eat and it was a big mistake.

a stunning girl. That was her business as a foreign agent, was it not?

It's also my business, but I don't look like that.

Colonel, what is your... What is your estimate of all of this?

Life is not usually so kind.

These two, they so perfectly meet the specifications.

It gives me a deep feeling of unease.

That's certainly all we can hope for.

It falls right into our laps.

A man who has access to information we need.

A man who is in love with and intends to marry a woman who is a

former agent of ours.

One whisper of that and his career is smoke.

On the other hand, they couldn't possibly have invented these people, but

How could they have... Tumbled?

There is no tumbling.

It's a matter of hard work, as it is with us.

I was just going to ask how they happen to know that we're interested in Section

K.

Vincent's death.

Exactly.

Yes, General.

We're discussing the matter at the moment.

I'm painfully aware of the date.

Yes.

Frighteningly close.

I... I do not underestimate the urgency.

General, I'm sure your report to the party will be a model of objectivity.

Call me Colonel.

How come Paris knows nothing about the relationship between these two?

Well, it's understandable. They never had any contact with Franklin.

And that woman was only checked periodically.

Now, Vincent's death has made it extremely risky. And to accept such

circumstances as this is even more risky.

Now, regardless of the pressures from upstairs, I will not move until I've

every possible test. Now, start making contacts.

Meanwhile, I'll arrange for Van Ritter to fly over from Paris tomorrow.

He knows Franklin intimately.

I'm Sandy Davis. If I've been staring at you, I am sorry, but that is just

absolutely fantastic.

Well, that's very kind.

I was sitting over there admiring you, and I just decided to come over here and

tell you so.

Thank you.

This place is new for me. I had to come in here. I tore my nail. It makes me so

mad. See?

Yeah, see?

Oh, the manicurist, she said that this place was new for you, too, that you

arrived from Paris.

Yes.

That explains it. The style.

You've been wearing it like that in Paris, right?

I've only been here two years myself. In America, I mean.

I was so lonely until I met Michael.

Was Michael your husband?

No, not yet.

But I've got him off balance.

His business is horses.

He's not really a horse breeder. He's a broker, I guess.

He's got the nicest little farm And the most beautiful hunters Do you like to

ride? Do you like horses?

I'm mad about them

I didn't want to say anything in front of Ann, but I am. I think I know a

of yours.

Oh, who's that?

Paula Drake.

Paula Drake?

I ran into her last night. I told her you were coming over this afternoon. We

got to talking about Paris and the embassy and one thing and another. There

another fellow that came up from the conversation.

Buzz Benton.

Yes, the military attache.

Right.

But you say you don't know Paula Drake.

Afraid not.

Well, that's strange. I wonder what she could have been talking about. I guess

she meant that she knew Buzz Benton.

You know how Paula can scramble a person.

Point is, you see, I don't.

Paula Trey.

That's right.

Paula Trey.

Did they give you any indication where I might have known her?

No, it might have been the embassy in Paris.

No.

I'm absolutely certain I don't know her.

And it was a test.

They sound like a very professional young couple.

And cool.

And you know nothing of their affair, von Ritter?

In Paris, you understand, we are not occupied with this Franklin.

And not with Anna Freiling.

The affair they have is entirely possible.

For myself, I could not say yes, I could not say no.

The concierge?

The concierge. A waiter here and there, yes.

But that is so easily arranged.

on good terms with him.

Intimate.

One would think I would have come across her, but we are searching.

And in the morning I will see him, Franklin.

Oh, hold it, will you?

Yes? I'm Mr.

Vanderveer to see you, sir. He says he's been referred to you by Mr.

Hughes.

Hughes?

All right, show him in.

Mr. Franklin will see you now.

Oh, please sit down. I'll just be a minute.

How do you do?

It's very good of you to see me.

Yes, Evan, that would be helpful.

Okay.

Now then, what can I do for you?

Christoph?

Vandermeer.

Now, what's this Vandermeer business?

The girl.

It's complete confusion.

Oh, well, it's, uh, par for the course.

Well, what are you doing here in Washington?

Uh, Greer, there's a visitor with Franklin.

Van Ritter.

Gustav.

Round -the -clock surveillance.

All right, switch me over.

Yes, Arthur.

Colby has something new on the Roger Vincent death.

Yeah, Lou.

Vincent joined the Virginia Hunt Club three months ago.

Yes. The member who proposed him was Michael Weil.

I see.

So there's no doubt about it. He's the go -between.

It is Franklin, all right.

Yes.

I know, I know.

And yet, I still have that uneasiness.

Excuse me, Colonel.

There was a child.

They found the baptismal records in Hamburg.

Claudia Ann Addison.

The age corresponds with the age of the girl seen with Ann in Switzerland in

1967 -68.

She'd now be eight years old.

The suggestion is made that the father may have taken her with him when he and

Anne separated.

And the grandfather.

And Addison's home was?

Santa Luisa in California.

Try it.

I want her father.

I'm sorry. I must have the wrong party.

Oh, and I think it's time we went back to work. What do you say?

Does he know?

No, I don't suppose he does. He'd be a fool to bring you into the country if he

did, wouldn't he?

I'm afraid we're going to have to tell him.

Tell him what?

Certain facts of life. Your life.

That's right.

We're calling you back.

What are you talking about, Michael?

Your codename was Taurus.

Your control was Klauber.

Your contact was Petrithic.

I don't think I have to say any more.

Are you very much in love with him?

Yes, I suppose you are.

Well, that's all for the best.

Michael has just told me he's a foreign agent.

What?

And he's going to ask you something, undoubtedly.

And for leverage, he's going to tell you that I was an East German agent.

Wait a minute. If this is some kind of joke, I'm not getting it.

No, it's true. I was.

I didn't tell you at first.

Why would I?

Then... When were we first sure we were in love?

There was no exact moment.

There was no exact time for me to tell you.

I haven't been a spy for years.

I thought I was free.

But I didn't want to lose you.

But it isn't much of an excuse, is it?

Well, if he was John Addison of the 4th Squadron, I did. I admired him a lot.

You did?

How old are you, Claudia?

Eight. Can you come out to see us?

Well, I don't know.

Is your mother home?

Oh, no.

Well, when will she be back?

Oh, I don't know that.

She doesn't live here. You see, she's a woman of mystery.

Everett, why don't you wait and find out what it is that we want and then decide

whether or not it's worth going down with the ship.

As soon as I get back, I'm calling the FBI.

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

I have almost a foolproof story to explain to them how I happen to know

was a foreign agent.

And anything that you say is going to sound like a very lame defense. I'm just

asking you to think it through.

If you make an issue out of this, there is no way that you can keep from being

scrubbed.

And I can assure you that you're not going to like what might happen to Ann.

Don't let them.

Don't listen to them.

I don't intend to.

Everett, it's not going to hurt you to find out.

And I think we can show you that it's nothing you can't live with if you're a

reasonably sophisticated man, which I'm sure that you are.

Every man has a right to self -preservation, you know, and he also has

right... No, Ed.

He also has a right to keep his girlfriend safe.

Well, look, why don't we just take this one step at a time, just...

Call me when you've had a chance to think it over, will you?

So?

I think so.

Well, bless your heart.

Michael, you win.

Hello.

I'm willing to listen.

Well, I think that's very sensible, Everett.

The meeting will have to be with your principal.

I'm not so sure about that.

Then there won't be a meeting.

My only consideration is Anne's safety.

I understand.

And if we do have an arrangement, I want to make sure she won't continue to be a

target.

Well, we can make a deal.

Don't worry.

Would you

like

a drink?

No, thanks.

Anne? No, no, thank you.

Good evening.

I'm Rudolph Claude.

Or perhaps you know me.

No, I can't say I do. You wanted assurance of our official status.

I'm the cultural attaché.

Good evening, Mrs. Edison.

Well, Mr. Franklin, we can be brief.

It's a simple matter, really.

We wish to know the position of your government in the event of, let us say,

belligerency in the Middle East, specifically that area which your people

designate as Section K.

There is a position paper detailing the response of your government under

various circumstances.

We want a copy of that document.

I agree to listen.

And now you have listened, so you are committed.

Well, I only said that I... And, uh, Mrs. Addison, I rely not only on your

knowledge of our idea of discipline, but I believe I can more or less ensure Mr.

Franklin's cooperation and yours.

We have your daughter in San Francisco under the eyes of our men.

No.

No, she has no part in this. Listen to me. I won't have them harm her. No, I

won't risk it. She won't be hurt. I promise you.

You, um... You will guarantee that?

Of course.

If you insure us the document.

I understand the problem, but please assure her the child is not in any

I've explained that to her, but she wants the girl out of there.

I understand that, Lewis, but if Clara's men so much as had a hint the child was

being protected by us, they'd know it was a trap.

Let me talk to Ann.

Ann?

Yes?

Ann, Claudia is under round -the -clock surveillance by our agents.

Now, we also know she's being watched by the other side. We've identified the

man.

Look, I want her here, safely.

Arthur, it's no use. She wants the girl here.

All right, very well.

Lewis, the other problem is how to get to Clark himself.

If they make the transfer to Weill, as they insist.

I think that's a matter of timing, Art.

It'll work if we can take Weill out at just the right moment.

We seem to be surrounded by ifs.

Well, that's the kind of business we're in, isn't it?

Ready? For hours.

Claudia's very excited at seeing her mother.

Granddad, why can't you tell me where we're going?

Shh. It's a secret.

We'd better hurry. Yes.

I'll take that. Thank you.

I'll call the embassy.

Clarence must know of this immediately.

Jane Moody?

Yes?

I'm with the FBI. I have a warrant for your arrest.

Arrest?

There must be some mistake.

You're charged with failure to register as a foreign agent.

Hello?

I've only got a moment.

Have you lost your senses?

This phone's safe.

We have to make a change.

The zoo is planned, but at 12 o 'clock.

They're sending me out of town. It's my only chance.

Michael, while we're with the FBI, I have a warrant for your arrest.

Come on. Charging you with failure to register as a foreign agent.

You'll have to come with us.

Where's Michael?

I don't know.

Have you talked to him this morning?

No, I didn't expect to. Why?

Well, he's not at the farm. Any idea?

No.

They're pushing up the time. We're to meet him at 12.

Locate Van Ritter for me. Tell him I want to see him immediately.

He'll try to arrange the transfer for that area down there, but be prepared to

move.

There's nothing else for you to do.

He's being sent out of town. It might cause a delay which we cannot accept.

What would you tell them upstairs?

One car.

I'll tell them everything if you can't prove to me that Claudia's safe.

I'm not bluffing.

Trust me.

Yes?

When?

For failure to register as an agent.

Yes, I see.

No, the colonel has gone himself.

I will reach him.

What's the matter with here?

No, not here.

Ev, I told you I wouldn't go through with this until I was positive Claudia

safe. Anne.

Franklin.

Yes, I'm coming.

AG -17739.

This is von Ritter.

Where's the colonel? He's just making contact.

Get to him. Michael has been arrested as an agent. It is a trap.

Satisfied?

For the moment.

Excellent C!

Yes? It's a trap!

MDI, drop your gun!

We hope your interest in the document does not mean you believe there will be

belligerency, is the word you used.

Would you care to make a statement?

For the moment, no.

Well, in that case, I'll see about turning you over.

Mr. Ward, need we be in such a hurry?

The prospect of my embassy shipping me home is something I regard with very

little enthusiasm.

Are you suggesting asylum, Colonel?

Possibly. I understand I'd have to agree to certain conditions.

Well, the man for you to see is the Undersecretary.

Well, I'll leave the Colonel to you, Arthur, if you don't mind. Not at all.

Colonel Rudolph Clare waived immunity as an embassy official and was granted

asylum.

Michael Wiles, Sandra Davis, and Eugene Moody were convicted of conspiracy to

commit espionage.

They are serving sentences in a federal penitentiary.