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- Yes? Equipment and
supplies, Berlin Barracks.

That's what I'm telling you.

- The general would like
to take his dog home

without it going
into quarantine.

OK, could I just take
your name, please?

- Well done.

Harry!

Fresh off the plane.

Ah, ja, whiskey. US finest.

Das ist... very good.

I trust you'll check it.

Trust me, I will.

Frau Stu ten.

Andreas.

Good evening, Corporal Palmer.

Harry, please.

You are in uniform.
- I take it off every night.

All by yourself?

If I have to.

The contraband is off-loaded?

Yes, we'll be out in 10 minutes.

Good. The sooner, the better.

Andreas, this is for you.

It's American chocolate, but
it's far too much for one boy,

so promise me you'll share
it with your friends.

I promise.
- Good.

And this is for you.

But don't share it with anyone.

You are too generous.
- Egalitarian.

What's wrong?
- Hide the money and get out!

Andreas, come!

Quickly, it's the
military police!

Everybody out!

Corporal! Get back here, stop!

Possession of stolen
goods is an offense

under section four of
the Military Penal Code.

Corporal Palmer,
you are under arrest

for handling and profiteering
from stolen goods.

Did you enjoy that, Sergeant?

You greedy bastard.

Say auf wiedersehen,
Palmer. You're going home.

Prisoner out!

About turn!

Left, left, left...

left, right, left,
right, left, right!

Four head calibration
complete, professor.

Let's take a look, shall we?

Excellent! Now, who's
coming to the pub?

Neutron bombs are the future.

I mean, let's say,

a standard deuterium-fusion
device, yeah?

1.6 MeV released,

but four times that
amount in neutrons.

Travel further, penetrate steel-

- Bit like an
Australian fast bowler.

And every bit as lethal.

Look out!

In Berlin, Debs, I had it.

I had enough to
pay for everything.

Next time I got leave,
I was gonna come back,

go see a lawyer,
sort everything out.

And it's still there, the money.

Look, me being in
here, does that count?

No 'cause it's not cruelty,
insanity, desertion or adultery.

Is it? Not according to the law.

Me and Pete wanna get engaged.

And you promised me a divorce,
and the years are going by.

Yeah, I know that.

I've got eight of them
right in front of me.

Sorry.

What are we gonna do?

So, one more time,

how many spies do you
actually have on your payroll?

Spies?

Will you answer a damn question?

That depends.

Where are the headquarters
of this W-O-O...

Whatever it is.

War Office Operational
Communication.

Provisional?
- Yes.

It was only intended as a
temporary solution to secure

for the Ministry of Flow of
Intelligence without the delay

and obstruction experienced
in dealing with MI5.

An outrageous slander.
- And MI6.

Since it was
designated provisional,

I believe the
ministry was unable

to assign a code
within the budget.

Enabling you and your rogue
unit to hide from the Treasury.

Dalby.

That's your real name, is it?

Yes.

Insofar as anyone has a
real name in my business.

To whom are you answerable?

He's answerable to me.

Minister?

And any further questions
regarding Mr Dalby's budget,

feel free to put them in writing
and send them to my office.

Thank you.

Now, we can't trust
five and six on this.

Too many commies.

And it would not be helpful,
at this point, to imagine

that one of our scientists is
enhancing Soviet capability.

Not just any scientist.

No, by all accounts,
Professor Dawson is vital

to the development of a new
class of nuclear weapons.

This neutron bomb.

The last thing we want
is the Soviets learning

to cook one of their own.

Are we calling it an
abduction or defection?

Unexplained absence.

Not a word to the Americans,

not until we know
what's happened.

There are already too
many generals and senators

fixated on our list of traitors.

Well, to be fair, this could
bring an end to cooperation

on the development
of atomic weapons.

Thank you for
riding to my rescue.

Treasury, price of everything,

value of nothing and all that.

They kept asking how
many spies I've got,

as if that would mean anything.

Well, they'd be
trying to calculate

the pension implications.

What did you tell them?

Not many, I said, but
they're all very good.

Morning, Terry.
- Morning, Jane.

Typed up a summary if you
want to have a look and sign.

Time inventory's wrong,
it was-23, not-20.

Sweater was turquoise, not blue.

There was a central light
fitting in the main room

that would have been
suitable for a housing device

and one in the bedroom,
I'm sure you noticed.

And she did not say,
"Stone the crows."

Felt like she might.

She's a silly girl,
getting herself pregnant.

It takes two. Did they not
teach you that at Harrow?

- Charter house, actually.
- I will not sign this.

Sir?

Professor Peter Dawson
has been abducted.

Our chief suspect has been
identified by his missing finger

as one Jan Pilsudzki,

age 43, born to Polish
Bolshevik parents

who fled to the Soviet Union.

Played for all sides
during the war,

now believed to be in
the US sector of Berlin,

where he makes a living
smuggling goods and persons

from one side of the
wall to the other.

He also enjoys a nice sideline

in high-profile
kidnappings and extortion.

Jean, I want you to put in

a standard contact
application for the CIA.

It's their patch, see what
they know, but be discrete.

Yes, sir.

Who's this?

Come on, you pathetic
little worm, move!

Move!

Move it, move it, move it!

Now, carry them back.

Prisoner, sit!

Cup of tea, perhaps?
- Wouldn't say no.

Drop of milk, no sugar, mate.

Ta very much.

Thank you, Sergeant.

So, Palmer, Harold.

Son of Arthur, a
dockyard laborer,

and Maude, a textile worker.

Excelled at school.

You were offered a place
at Imperial College London,

where you graduate with a
first-class degree in mathematics.

It's unusual, son of a docker.

I know.

There ought to be some
way of preventing it.

Generally, there is.

Must've slipped
through the net, Mr.?

1952, you were enlisted
into the 1st Battalion

in the Gloucestershire Regiment.

You ended up in Korea.

You were recommended for a
Distinguished Conduct Medal.

Did you know that?
Gallantry under fire.

It's very impressive.

You could've applied for a
commission, become an officer.

Do you think so?

Perhaps not.

And so you find
yourself in Berlin.

There you are
surrounded, I imagine,

by folk with a poorer grip
of arithmetic than yourself,

and you see an opportunity.

Military supplies may be
easily stolen and sold locally

for United States dollars.

What do you want?

You're acquainted
with a chap in Berlin.

You may know him by
any of a dozen names.

But to avoid confusion,

let's you and I call
him Housemartin.

I believe you were
in business together.

For a while.
- And then?

Well, then I found other
people to do business with.

What sort of business?

Lobsters.

I had a contact on the ground
at the US Air Force base.

Pilot brought them in
on ice from Marseille.

I sold them to Housemartin.

He smuggled them to
the East and sold them

to the German mistresses
of the Russian generals.

The generals enjoyed the
lobsters and whatever else,

this lead to a feeling
of tranquility,

and so a flash point in Berlin,

and therefore nuclear war
itself, was continuously averted,

and we all lived
happily ever after.

But for some
unfathomable reason,

I never did get that
Nobel Peace Prize.

Must've been your
working class origins

holding you back again.

Shall I go back to my cell now?

I want information
as to how exactly

we might contact this man.

And in return, what?

You'll get me an extra
mug of tea a day?

Thanks, guv'nor.

I will seek to improve
your conditions.

He's not easy, you know.

He's a very smart man
and very suspicious.

And nasty with it, too.

He cuts people.
Enjoys it, I think.

Men and women, too.

And how do we approach him?

He'll see you coming a mile off.

So what are you proposing,
Prisoner 17315, Palmer?

Out of the question.

Is it?

I would've thought that
depends upon how badly

you need my help.

Hello, Papa.

Hello, my darling.

It seems more and
more likely every day

that we're all very shortly
to be blown to smithereens.

On the bright side,

that should save me
several hundred pounds,

if I understand the
plans correctly.

Jean, Darling? Darling!

We have been discussing
the plans. Right.

Your daughter is delightful.

I spoke to James in
New York last night,

he's so looking forward
to getting back.

Sorry, the plans, Mother?
- There isn't long, dear.

Well, it's not until
June next year.

And that will come around
sooner than you think.

Yes. There's so much to do.

Catering, dress
fitting, seating plans.

Then no more making tea
at the World Service.

New York is fantastic.
You'll love it.

We'll have an apartment on the
Upper West Side and when...

James, perhaps we need to keep-

- Darling, darling.

You won't need to work.

Right, but what if I want to?

Here, I brought you this.

Gosh.

Let me.

Fits like a glove.

I look forward to
working with you

in the months and years ahead

in defence of all
that we hold dear.

For we are under attack.

The Soviets are gaining
ground and weapons technology,

and we cannot stand still.

Two months ago, they detonated

the most powerful nuclear
bomb ever manufactured.

A device with a yield
of over 50 megatons.

That's 3,000 times the yield
that was dropped on Hiroshima.

Here it is.

How long would you need him for?

Depends on where the
operation leads us.

It's a somewhat tenuous link.

It's the only one we've got.
- You think you can trust him?

Almost certainly not.

Get in the car.

Thank you, officer.

Am I allowed to know
where I'm going?

Nice necklace.

Thank you.

What is it, Chanel?

You know a lot about
jewelery, do you?

I've seen one just like it.

Belonged to the wife
of an American officer.

How fascinating.

Gift, was it?

Not really your business.

From a fiance, perhaps.

You like to
speculate, don't you?

- I'm thoughtful.

You'll think yourself
all the way back

through those gates,
if you're not careful.

Right.

Let's go, shall we?

They're waiting for you.

Thank you.

Ta-ta.

I like him.

This is the Official
Secrets Act.

You'll read it and sign it
at the bottom of each page.

You will then be bound
by its restrictions,

any breach of which
will render you liable

to prosecution under its terms.

Your pay is designated
as Civil Service E4.

All allowances will apply
on a pro rata basis.

Annual leave entitlement
and pension contributions

will accumulate after
the first three months.

Excuse me.
- I haven't finished yet.

This accommodation has
been assigned to you

at a level appropriate
to your grade,

with deposit and rent to be
deducted directly from your pay.

OK, no-one's actually told
me what I'm doing here.

Sign and date each page of
the act, there's a good chap.

If you don't sign,

Alice will send you back
where you've come from.

If you do sign, I'll
take you for lunch.

Good morning. How
can I help you?

I'm here to meet Mr Paul Maddox.

- And you are?

Jean Courtney?
- Yes.

Paul Maddox. Good morning.
- Good morning.

Yes, that's right, I'm Black.

Listen, I'll be straight,
I have a hangover,

which I promise is not
a usual thing for me.

Can we grab a coffee?

I was at a club last night.

English boys playing the blues.

- Were they good?

What is it Samuel Johnson
says about a woman preaching?

"It's like a dog walking
on its hind legs."

"It is not done well,"

"but you are surprised
to find it done at all."

A woman can't preach?

A woman can definitely preach.

English boys can play the blues.

And I can be an intelligence
officer with the CIA.

So it's all good.

We have something for you.

Do you know Colonel Stok?

We do. Grigor Antonovich.

Allegedly a third undersecretary
at the Soviet embassy,

but known to one and all
as a colonel in the GRU,

and the very possibly
highest-ranking

undercover operative
in Western Europe.

This is his English girlfriend.

We didn't know about that.

He uses her apartment for
semi-clandestine meetings,

politicians, journalists,
trade unionists.

Are you gonna put
the hook in her?

- We're going to.

So what's on offer?

We share all
transcripts, recordings,

and additional
information from her.

And in return?

- We have an
operation in Berlin.

We may need your assistance
at the border points.

It's the retrieval
of a missing person.

Why not use MI6?

They have presence in Berlin,
and as I understand it,

they are the same
nationality as you.

It's a point of principle.

Ah.

Do we get to know who's missing?

In due course.

You can consider us
suitably intrigued.

My friend and I will settle
for the best of everything.

Chin-chin.

Glad you came?

Very.
- Alice is formidable.

Parachuted into France in '43,
murdered a Gestapo officer,

brought home his Luger,
which she keeps in her desk

between the stapler and
the typewriter ribbon.

I won't borrow anything
without asking.

That's what I wanted to hear.

Now, tell me, did you sell your
stolen goods in East Berlin?

Sometimes.

And how did you get
the merchandise across?

You got a pen?

Berlin.

East. West.

Now, there are stations
here, here and here.

Only they're closed.
No-one gets on or off.

Won't last, of course,
they're more secure every day.

And there's a risk
of being shot dead.

But if you know
what you're doing,

you get into one
of these tunnels,

and you can go
from West to East.

And East to West.

Very enterprising.

Until I got caught.

And quite a stiff sentence, too.

The judge didn't like me.
- I can imagine.

Now, Housemartin.
- Business.

I knew we'd get there one day.

His interest to us is in
relation to a missing person,

who is himself of
great importance

to the defence and
security of the nation.

I can see where this is leading.

Through your contact
with Housemartin,

you will help us in our efforts

to locate and retrieve
the missing person.

Then what?

I can't promise your freedom.

Prefer it if you did.

Housemartin first.

And I'll do what I can.

Just like last time.

Only there was three of them,

and the big, ugly one
punched me in the face.

Perhaps you provoked him.

I certainly tried to.

Could I interest you a drink?

No, thank you.

OK, well, I hope you
don't mind if I have one.

Quite a place you have here.

For an non-commissioned officer.

I didn't say that.
- You didn't need to.

I'm sure you deserved
it. After Korea, I mean.

I never thought of it like that.

Actually, I will
have a drink, please.

What was it like
there? In Korea.

Well, at first,
I was very bored.

And then I was very frightened.

And eventually, I was very bored

and very frightened
at the same time.

My brother, he was there.

He was wounded quite badly.

So I always wonder...

See, after he came back,
he wouldn't talk about it.

He took his own life.

I'm sorry.

Of course.

What else is there to say?

You're not wearing it, I see.

The necklace.

I save it for special occasions.

That's the trouble with jewelry.

Well, whether we wear
it or whether we don't,

it sort of tells a story.

What about Deborah? Is she
wearing a ring these days?

Waiting for a
divorce, isn't she?

Are you always
this well informed?

You may have intuition, Harry,
but we have intelligence.

What else is there
about me and Deborah?

That she was pregnant
when you left for Korea.

Yeah.

Sorry.

What else can you say?

How are you going to
contact Housemartin?

Well...

I go to the Liebeskellar
nightclub in Kreuzberg.

I tell the doorman I'm
looking for Alex, or Jan,

or whatever he's
calling himself tonight.

And I wait and I watch
the dancing girls.

And every 15 minutes, a
waitress comes to my table

and sells me a drink.

Maybe one of the drinks
comes with a message.

That's the only way.

This is who we want.

Disappeared six weeks ago.

We believe Housemartin
abducted him

on behalf of another party.

You are to purchase information

on who that other
party might be.

Housemartin could be
working for anyone,

and if you can persuade
him to accept a rival bid,

you are to offer up to $10,000.

Any questions?
- Could I have some money?

To pay for the drinks.

Thank you very much.

Don't forget to
collect your receipts.

Fresh passport and
ticket to Geneva.

Tomorrow morning. BA.

Be careful.

Shall I take that?

You're good, Palmer.

In fact, I'd say you may
have a natural talent.

But you're not as good as me.

Not yet.

And the ticket, please.

And the passport, too.

Geneva? Harry, we
would've missed you!

And this, excellent quality.

You must tell me where
you got it sometime.

I don't suppose
there's any possibility

you might just give all
that money back to me?

If we succeed, I
will refund you,

after an appropriate
deduction for expenses.

You will take care
of it, won't you?

Your life savings?

Sentimental value, really, sir.

Don't mess this up, Palmer.

What's happening?

We've lost him.

Well, you can be the one
to bloody well tell Dalby.

Harry. I heard you
went back to England.

How was it?

Inhospitable.

But now you return to the
freedom of West Berlin!

Some friends of mine think you
might be able to help them.

You know me, Harry, I'm always
interested in good business.

He's gone missing.

And my friends will
pay for information

on who wanted him
and where he went.

We made good business, Harry.

Nobody could get
lobsters like you.

But if I think you are
trying to trick me-

I've seen your work.

Ah.

Frau Stu ten! She lied
to me about money.

Do you know that?

I drove her to the
hospital. I know that.

There was blood everywhere.

Blood? Is that all?

I was in Warsaw when
they crushed the rising.

I've seen things for
which there are no words.

And which side were
you on, exactly?

We who survived, you cannot
judge us by your standards.

The man that you are looking
for is still in Berlin.

For $20,000, I will
arrange his return.

Tomorrow night 0100.

That's in the East.

That's your problem. Come
alone, Harry, or not at all.

$20,000?

Just as well I happen to
have, in my possession,

a suitcase full of money.

The East German guards
work overlapping shifts,

so it's pretty difficult to
have all our people in place

to let your man go through.

Nevertheless, he has one
hour, between 0030 and 0130,

to cross over alone and
return with whoever it is.

After that, there's
nothing we can do.

Thank you.
- No sweat.

Jean, back in London,

you wanna come for
dinner some time?

That's very kind of you.

Then you can tell me who
it is we're bringing back

if that's permitted.

Perhaps it will be.

I'll look forward to it.

Paul, you coming for a beer?

No, no, thanks. I don't drink.

Dalby likes you, you know?

What if I were to run away?

Where to?

Disappear. Change my name.

We'd find you.

That's time.

This bloke, what's so special?

He designs atomic bombs.

Great. My service to humanity.

Evening, sir.
- Evening.

Papers?

Thank you, sir.

You're good to go.

Papiere, bitte.

Professor Dawson?

Yes.

It's him. You can
check his scars.

Give me two minutes.

It's too late.

We've lost him.