"#IN 1964 THE UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION WERE LOCKED IN A BLIND AND DEADLY STRUGGLE#" "#THAT THREATENED TO OVERWHELM THE WORLD." "ONLY CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER LESTER PEARSON,#" "#NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, TRIED TO BREAK THE MOUNTING TENSION BETWEEN#" "#THE TWO SUPER POWERS." "HIS RIGHT HAND MAN IN THIS QUEST WAS JOHN WATKINS.#" "#AGENT OF INFLUENCE#" "#SEPTEMBER 1964 NORTH OF MOSCOW, USSR#" "That's where I'm going to retire." "Enjoying life with my wife and the kids." "And you?" "Where will you escape to?" "There's a small square in Paris, a little café table that gets the morning sun." "That's where you'll find me." "Translating poetry?" " Yes, possibly." "My retirement is still a long way off." "A modest dream for an Ambassador." "Shaped by a modest Canadian pension, my friend." "John." "The Soviet people think you deserve more than a small cafe table in Paris." "Aloysha." "What's this?" "You want to turn me into a spy?" " Hear me out, John." "I can see the headlines now, Canadian Ambassador retires to Paris Moscow gold!" "We want to help you." "We know certain things" "Who's "We?" Your colleagues at the university?" "Or the KGB?" "The Americans are aware of your indiscretions in this country." "Indiscretions?" "#WHAT ARE THESE GYPSIES DOING?" "#" "I think I'll stretch my legs." "#DON'T LET THEM BLOCK THE ROAD.#" "#THAT'S ENOUGH#" "#STAY AWAY FROM THE AMBASSADOR!" "#" "#PLEASE FRIENDS, HE'S HARMLESS...#" "#CAN'T COUNT HIS BALLS AND GET THE SAME ANSWER TWICE.#" "What are you telling them!" "?" " He only uses his head to keep the rain out of his neck!" "The Russian was napping in the nut pile when God was cracking nuts." "The best part of him ran down his mother's leg." "May his Russian head swell and his Moscow dick shrink!" "Swear in russian" "What the hell was your plan?" "To shoot every man woman and child?" "These gypsies are not good Soviets." "Where did you learn Romani?" " Why does a history professor carry a gun?" "You know?" "There is a story I've always wanted to tell you, my dear Ambassador." "It's about Canadian wilderness." "You know that nature demands a constant balance between the predator and prey" "#KANANASKIS, ALBERTA, CANADA#" "You brought Dad through here in a kayak?" " I know you blame me." "It was a heart attack." " He drowned." "His blood pressure was sky-high." " No, Murray, Dad was healthy." "I never saw him take any medication." " He decided not to." "How do you know?" " I snooped through his journal." "Why didn't you tell me?" " I didn't know about the trip." "Before, Murray!" " I was ashamed." "Spying on my own Dad!" "The job's deformed me." "He wanted to die." "You should have told me." "#THE KREMLIN MOSCOW, USSR#" "Ca va?" " Ah, oui!" "Ca va." "Thank you." "Arrived this morning in the diplomatic pouch, sir." "Gromyko knows about the Times article." " Thank you, Mario." "I can always count on you." "Good morning Minister Gromyko." " Good morning ambrassador." ""Russians Not to be trusted," so says Lester Pearson," "Canada's usually more pro-Soviet Prime Minister."" "How is the Soviet Union to do business with a man who today shakes my hand and tomorrow stabs me in back?" " The journalist who wrote that article," "Minister, worked for the U.S. state department." "Paul Fields?" " Exactly." "My staff checked that story out." "And Mr. Pearson has never been interviewed by that reporter." " So, Ambassador, this is your "free press," a vehicle for CIA?" "Minister, The Times is the world's most prestigious daily" "According to Ambassador Watkins, it employs men who are paid to lie." "You hardly expect me to stay silent, Charles, when you use the American press to malign my Prime Minister?" " Malign?" "Aren't we be little paranoid, Ambassador?" "Gentlemen?" " So now you're in trouble with Americans" "But never mind." "You will always have friends in Soviet Union." "Well friendship is a gift, Minister.That's why my first loyalty is to my old friend," "Lester Pearson." "God knows I never had the desire to be a diplomat." "I only became one because of him." " In politics, Ambassador..." "One day a friend, the next problem." "Do you know Russian joke?" "Remove the person and you have no problem." " Minister, in Canada even we bureaucrats are still guaranteed a fair hearing." "Here's to Canadian fairness." "What a day, and it's only noon." "Damn, I forgot my glasses." "I'll go get them." " No Mario, please read it to me." "It's a personal note from the Prime Miniser. "Dear John, a note to remind you of your promise to dine with Maryon and I next week Montreal." "Please phone me as soon as you recover from your flight home." "Best Wishes, Mike."" "You're asking me to arrest my own Ambassador?" "Moscow was the last straw." "Son of a bitch actually told Gromyko that Fields was CIA!" "Mr. Angleton, I'm sure Gromyko knows that Fields" "We've got your beloved Prime Minister, the goddamn Nobel Laureate peace-nik, whining about our nuclear weapons program, telling anyone who'll listen that Vietnam is "not worth one American life." That foreign bastard commie-sympathizer gets to decide the price of an American life?" "We got him elected." "We made Pearson." "First this pinko has got to go." "KGB written all over his face." " Sir, we need a bigger reason than some gossip at a Moscow reception" " David, meet Robert Madison, my go-to man in special operations." "This is David Present, director of the RCMP's KGB desk." "Explain to our Canadian guest why he will arrest Ambassador Watkins." "Do you recognize these two men?" " No." "KGB defectors." "Initial interrogation of this one, Golitsin, confirms that Watkins for several years, has been known inside the KGB as an "agent of influence"-- - What could possibly be his motive?" "Golitsin says that Watkins is being blackmailed." " I've checked him out." "So have MI6." " The Brits!" "?" "Think I'm going to trust any secret service that produces faggot-traitors like" "Burgess, Maclean, and Philby?" " Philby is a ladies' man, sir." "You should know." "After all, he was your best friend before he went over to KGB." "I've got two KGB defectors telling me Watkins is suspect." "Now you pick him up and interrogate the son of a bitch!" " I have to do it my way" "Just get your polite Canadian ass back to Ottawa, remind your boss, Hayden, of the agreement he has with the CIA." "The RCMP must act on any evidence that reveals a security threat against either country." " I'll need some time..." "I know you can make it happen." "We've invested so much faith in you, David." "So what are we waiting for, David?" " The CIA to finish squeezing two KGB defectors." "#RCMP INTELLIGENCE OTTAWA, CANADA#" "What do you think, Inspector Fletcher?" " We know the CIA evidence is coming." "Let's go and get Ambassador Watkins now." "I think that's the last thing we should do." " Sir, with all due respect." "At any moment Watkins could return to Paris." "Three hours later, he's sipping borscht with Krushchev." "We lose him forever." "He's waiting to see the Prime Minister This closest friend and mentor." "He's not going anywhere." " Fine, but while we wait for the CIA, we arrest him and interrogate him about the leaks." " Intelligence work is not about kicking down doors and arresting people." "It's about setting the trap." "The CIA says he works for the KGB." "He might have a name, might even be contact" "Even if mole exists inside B Operations, KGB would never tell" "Ambassador Watkins who it was." " We need to do something different, fifteen years we haven't caught one spy." " There was Morrison, Levy, and-- l walk-ins, David." "Low-level Soviet rejects." "Turned themselves in before we even knew they existed." "Sir, if we have even a suspicion of a mole, waiting could be fatal." "Watkins might be tipped off." "We move now, pick up the Ambassador and wait for the CIA documentation." " No, we keep him under surveillance." "The CIA wants us to" " I'll be damned if I let the CIA bully us into arresting our own Ambassador without any evidence." " Well, your way David and we lose him forever!" " Sir, you want to risk another Herbert Norman suicide?" "I'm sure no one here wants an ambassador's corpse on their record." "Okay, David." "We'll wait for the CIA evidence." "Diane, you keep your eye on Ambassador." " I think that's the right way to go, sir." "But if and when we pick Watkins up," "I want Inspector Fletcher to lead the interrogation." "Fine with me." " That's all for now." "The Inspector and I need to talk." "You won't regret this, sir." "But do I report to Present?" " Present has a right to be there." "But this time you report directly to me." "and we'll see." " Meaning?" "We need new blood at the top." "This is your chance, Diane." "Don't blow it." "#TWO WEEKS LATER#" "Good afternoon Prime Ministers office" " Put me through toPrime Minister, please." "Mr. Ambassador?" "Terribly sorry to have kept you waiting, sir." "There was some confusion when you called." " I've been calling all week." "Yes, well, we've had some temporary staff in lately." "Things are difficult." "To your father." "Best minister of health Alberta ever had." "I think he was happier as a simple country doctor, y'know." "No, no, no you're going to need this one." "What's up?" " You better sit down." "The Prime Minister's got a problem." "He gave it to our Minister." "I have solution." "You have to make it work." " Okay, can we start with the problem?" "The CIA wants the RCMP to detain Ambassador John Watkins for interrogation." "What on earth for?" " They believe he's working for the Soviets." "I was his third secretary in Moscow." "Watkins is no spy!" "He was Pearson's right-hand man." " Still is." "And normally speaking, the PM could handle this, but with the cabinet scandals, the endless flag debate ... Herbert Norman suicide." " What's Norman got to do with this?" "The CIA can't forgive Pearson for publicly supporting Ambassador Norman in his refusal to appear before McCarthy's witch hunt." "Because Pearson won't sacrifice a Canadian to Americans, now Watkins has pay price?" "No, no, no." "Pearson wants him safe." "He just can't rescue another Canadian ambassador who..." " Watkins is no traitor." "Well, in politics, perception is more important than reality." "So this is all about upcoming elections." " The Liberals would be destroyed," "Pearson's career finished." " And it's our job to make sure Watkins never gets picked up." "This is absolutely unacceptable!" " The Prime Minister has just left, sir." "But someone in his office will call you early next week." " Next week?" "I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do for you Mr. Ambassador." "Please call again next week." "Oh, and Murray?" "The RCMP officer in charge is your sister." "I want you to stay away from her until this is over." "If she finds out," "Watkins doesn't have a chance." "It's been a year since the JFK assassination and the Warren Commission..." "Look Murray, I just want to apologize about the other day at the rapids, I" "If they assign you the Watkins investigation." "Don't take it." " What?" "!" "Two days ago your boss Present asked us to send every dispatch" "Watkins ever sent from Moscow." " Don't do this to me, Murray." "You know I can't talk about intelligence operations" "They want to destroy Watkins because of some CIA hunch." " I have to do my job, quickly and efficiently." " No one even knows what Watkins is being accused of." "Do they?" " Dad's death is screwing up your perceptions." "How could Dad do this to me?" " It wasn't suicide." "And this is not about Dad." "Right now I have to find out what the Ambassador has or hasn't done." "Then charge him or release him." "It's that simple." " They want you to think it's simple!" "You can't win, Diane!" "If Watkins is found innocent, everyone assocated with the arrest will be purged." "And if something happens to the old guy under interrogation, they'll need a scape goat." "I can take care of myself." " Yeah Great." " Yeah great." "Did this collector really know art or did he just see a good deal at $5 a crack?" "Oh my God." "Murray Fletcher!" " Yes sir." "Still enjoying your work over at External's spook section?" "All those dirty little secrets eh?" "I hear they're grooming you for first secretary." "Which Embassy?" "Rome?" "Paris?" "I take it our meeting was not by chance." "I'm here to give you an unofficial message." " Then it must be bad news." "Not entirely." "You have a very powerful friend who's made arrangements." "What does he want me to do?" " Return to France immediately." "Go to your usual hotel on the Left Bank where you will continue receive full pay." "Do not allow yourself to speak to anyone in the department." "Do not allow yourself to talk to any official from any government agency from any country, including our own." "When things are died down youre retairement are quietly announced and full pension...fact?" "Can I trust you, Murray?" " You know you can, sir." "Air France 142 leaves for Paris in three hours." "I'll accompany you to the airport." "Excuse me, would you prepare my bill, please?" " Yes, sir." "Not now!" "Not now!" "Yes, Inspector Diane Fletcher, please." "Airport, please." "Look here, this isn't the way!" "This isn't the way." "Yeah what is this?" " Mr. Ambassador, I'm Inspector Diane Fletcher, RCMP." "For security reasons I must ask you to come with me." "It's essential I'm in Paris tomorrow I have an important meeting." "Everything is taken care of, sir." "You'll soon be on your way again." "This way." "#ST JOHN'S HOTEL, MONTREAL#" "Fitz, empty his pockets." "I would love to get out of these wet clothes." "No, not those." "No, no please I need those in case of an emergency." "Be quiet!" "Regulations." "Fitz, just take him into the bathroom." "We're twelve stories up." "The balcony doesn't go anywhere." "Anyway, we control the whole floor." "Like Icarus, your ambition will burn your ass, Diane." "We've been waiting for you to start the" "We all agreed to wait for the CIA evidence." " Things have changed." "You were supposed to tail Watkins not pick him up." "Everything happened very quickly." "We couldn't find you." "Hayden ordered the arrest." " Why?" "Watkins was making a run for it." " You want my job, don't you, Fletcher?" "But you don't know the rules." "Let alone know the game we're playing." "Because if you did the last thing you would want is my job." "Better make yourself comfortable, Mr. Watkins and we'll get on with formalities." "How can I be comfortable?" "This is humiliating... and it's ludricous." "Get me to a phone, I demand to speak to my minister!" "Where were you running to?" " I wasn't running." "One-way ticket to Paris." " Give me a phone." "Please!" "The sooner you co-operate the quicker you'll be on your way." "Now sit down!" "Now, first name, last name, date of birth." "John Watkins, Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union." "I have to protest this arrest of Watkins." "We haven't developed the evidence yet." "That's why I'm here, David." "To give you the big picture." " You know Robert Madison." "Up from Langley to lend a hand." "Before you allegedly studied Russian, I understand you were already fluent in Danish." "Where did you learn that language?" " As a boy -- growing up in Ontario." "How old were you?" " Nine, ten." "Who taught you?" " Nobody taught me." "So you're a fatherless nine-year-old boy, growing up in rural southern Ontario, and you teach yourself Danish." "From a book, perhaps?" " It was in the summer." "I worked with a Danish farm hand." "He had two sons." "They didn't speak much English." "I picked up Danish by being around them." " Your father was dead." "What did your mother do?" "She ran a coal yard." " She had a farm to rent out?" "Yes, in the summer where I worked... helping out..." "With the Danish farm hand and his two sons." " That's right." "This is tiresome." "But you haven't done too badly for a poor farm boy from Norval, Ontario." "Well." "Here you are fifty years later, rubbing shoulders with prime ministers and world leaders." " If I was really one of the old boys' network would I be sitting in this room listening to your inane questions?" "You sound bitter, Mr. Watkins." "If that's your real name." "Does the Prime Minister know that I'm here?" " This Danish farm worker." "The one you learned Danish from by "just being around him and his two sons, what was his name?" " Luc." "Um Luc, I don't remember his last name." "Let me help you." "Luc Van Den Brink" " Yes, that's - that's right." "You sure, now?" " Yes, Luc Van Den Brink." "But Luc Van Den Brink was Dutch, not Danish." " How do you know that?" "Are you still going to insist you learned Danish from a Dutch farmhand who couldn't speak English?" " Why don't you ask him, for God's sake!" "Luc Van Den Brink died in a boating accident, when you were fourteen." "But you knew that, didn't you?" " It was a long time ago." "Why such a clumsy lie about Luc Van Den Brink?" "Or perhaps your Soviet intelligence handlers forgot to brief you on that part of your story." " My handlers?" "Your favourite, I understand." " Thank you." "You see, we don't think you are who you have pretended to be all these years." "We are convinced you are what we call a long-time sleeper.Another Gordon Lonsdale." "Supposedly a Canadian, but really a Soviet slipped into our society as a teenager with a phony background." "How else could you make contacts in the Soviet Politburo that no American diplomat can?" "You're just the brawn in all this, aren't you?" "When do the brains arrive, Inspector?" "Why didn't you know about this, David?" "Where were these taken?" " That's his lover." "And his lover is KGB." "Who provided the photos?" " French intelligence." "They're working on the man's identity as we speak." "You spent two weeks last year interviewing Watkins in Paris and you didn't know anything about this?" "What were you guys doing?" "Jerking each other off?" " How old were you when you first came to this country?" "I think I'll wait for your keepers to show up." "And now I'd like to rest." " Of course." "We have all the time in the world." "Fitz, would you show the "Ambassador" the bedroom?" "But I demand that you inform the Prime Minister that " " He already knows." "Mike Pearson's sense of justice would never allow this kind of a witch hunt." "He stands by his people." " Did he stand up for Herbert Norman?" "He tried." " And did such good job that Norman jump from 5th storey building Cairo." "Herb Norman was my friend." "I don't think he was the kind of man to take the easy way out." "Let's be very clear, Mr. Ambassador." "I'll do whatever it takes to find out how and why you betrayed my country." "Here's to your dirty work, Inspector Fletcher." "We won't be able to keep the Prime Minister's office out this for much longer." "It's Friday." "At least we have the weekend." "You understand what we need you to do?" " I can't guarantee anything." "Come on, you'll be fine..." "You've got far too much to lose." "This is Robert Madison, CIA." "I have first crack at the old man today." "I wasn't informed of..." " That's the way it is." "If you have a problem." "You talk to DGI Hayden." "Ambassador Watkins, we meet again." "This is my colleague, Mr. Madison." "Unfortunately, Ambassador -- " " I would like to be released, sir?" "We can detain you here for as long as we wish." " Our last discussions in Paris, the places I took you for a good meal, excellent wine." "That last meeting, you thanked me graciously for my time." " We can recommend that you be stripped of your post..." "You said I had co-operated in the fullest way possible way, and that... and that your retirement pension be denied." "And you will cease to exist." "Why did you bring me to this place against my will?" " To help you clear your name." "If I need your help to clear my name, I'm in serious trouble." "Ambassador?" "You have been named an "agent of influence."" " Agent of influence" "What in God's name is that?" " As Canadian Ambassador in Moscow, you discharged your duties in a way that shaped the foreign polices of Canada and the West to the benefit of the Soviet Union, rather than serving best interest of Canada and our allies." "Where is your evidence?" " We will go into that in great detail." "And uh, my motive?" " That you were the victim of a KGB entrapment that made you vulnerable to blackmail." "Well, you don't have anounce of proof." "The first of many pieces of evidence." "Where were those taken?" " A photo of an acquaintance." "It doesn't mean a thing." "Why didn't you reveal to me that you had a sexual relationship with this man an individual that has been identified by two Soviet defectors as a KGB agent." "Who is this man?" " What!" "?" "This is the package you tried to throw away when we first detained you." "We have traced the phone number to a Paris apartment." "Who will we find there?" " I have no idea!" "Your KGB friend Gregori Aloysha threatened to expose your homosexual relationship with this man." "That's why you became an "agent of influence"" " No!" "What do you choose, Ambassador?" "Your lover or your country?" "You, filthy..." "I have been a loyal Canadian my whole damn life!" "Fitzpatrick." "Take the Ambassador to his room, please." "Now we can't see your ministry colleagues like this." "Reeking of vodka." "You're absolutely right, my friend." "You see?" "This is what I always do when I'm going back to office after drink parties." "See?" "They will never suspect a thing." " Yeah, yeah, only that we've come straight from the bloody whorehouse!" "What are the rules of your game, David?" " I thought we made a good team." "First you try and block interrogation." "Then it turns out you've already interviewed Watkins." "Months ago in Paris." "Exactly whose side you on?" "You've been briefed on a need-to-know." "Just make sure you keep following my lead." "The CIA has arrived ahead of schedule." "Hope you brought the evidence we need." "That was a good job softening up the Ambassador." "It's just way I would do it." "I spent all night at the airport." "I checked the passenger list of every international and domestic flight out of Montreal." "Nothing." "They've got him." " And the PM?" "That door is now closed." "I've been informed the Prime Minister's office is," ""Not ready to intervene at this point."" "#AMERICAN CONSULATE, MONTREAL#" "Yeah." " Hey, Robert!" "Having fun in Montreal?" "It's not Paris." "What have you got for me?" " Listen." "We found the apartment." "It's on Rue Lily." "The target is identified as Khamal Stoikov." "That's our guy." " Bit of a problem though." "The French SDECE boys are bustin' my balls." "They refuse to pull him out." "Say they first need to establish he's not a French citizen." "Now look, tell Capitain Nadeau that the target is a Soviet national, who is illegally in France and that I'll buy him a brandy next time I'm in Paris." "He'll like that." " And one more thing." "Get Gerard to do the interrogation, okay?" "I trained that guy." "He's the most creative psychopath they've got." "You got it." " Okay." "Thanks." "Mean anything to you?" "How on earth did you get a visa to get to Paris?" "They wanted me to spy on you." " Good God!" "Who?" "Who else?" "It will never happen, John." "I am an Uzbek and a poet." "So when they come to ask me about this and that, I'm going to tell them to go and screw themselves." "Besides, what could I possibly tell them?" "Except that you have a weakness for good wine, poetry, land horrible cheap perfume." "From Tchaikovsky to Ray Charles!" "I'm really impressed, Ambassador." "This information you've been collecting, Inspector Fletcher." "It's merely a stepping stone for yourself isn't it?" "You're a careerist, aren't you?" "You'd sacrifice any principle, any person just to get ahead." "Murray told me about the kayak trip." "How your father died." "Murray?" "Spoke with you?" "Yes, a few hours before you arrested me." "Is it anger with your father that's behind all this?" "Mention my father again and I'll make sure you never get out of here." "We should die proudly, when it's no longer possible to live proudly." "I think your father must have believed that." "Dad!" "Left!" "Left!" "There's nothing to be done." " What have you tried?" "Everything possible." "It's a mess spinning out of control." "Walk away." " No." "I won't be able to help you, Murray." " Just tell me what you know." "Five minutes and I'm gone." " Give me everything you got what'shappen to Watkins." "Don't say his name." " Come on, Steve, I'm desperate and you owe me." "I don't know anything." "Rumour has it it's just another round in the "Fag Purge" orchestrated by the RCMP's very own David Present." " I don't think so. "" "My boss told me the Ambassador's being interrogated by some shadowy CIA character they brought in from the Congo." "Maybe you've heard of him." "Kinshasa was crawling with CIA spooks." " Robert Madison." "It's over." "Watkins is screwed." "You know the guy?" " The guy was practically a celebrity down there." "In Kinshasa he was supposed to be some kind of military attaché to the U.S, commission." "Course, the bastard was CIA." "Special Ops, torture, assassination." "Heavy stuff like that." " What can we do for Watkins?" "Pray." "Contact Charles Blackburn." "Put the pen away, put the pen away, put the pen away." "He's before your time." "He's one of Pearson's guys who helped build External from the ground up." "What happened to him?" " He was purged for being queer." "Blackburn might still be angry enough to help out, if he knew what was going on." "Thanks, Steve." " Have fun." "Hello, operator..." "Please Have Diane Fletcher call her brother." "Urgent family business." "Thank you." "That's all there is to tell about my so - called relationship with Khamal." "Interview with Ambassador John Watkins suspended at 11.30 am, Sunday, Oct. 11, 1964." "Are you staying Inspector?" "I'll only take a moment with the Ambassador." "Off the record, Ambassador." ""Off the record?" In a clandestine interrogation?" "Off the record." "That's one of the funniest thing you've said all day, Inspector." "The tape recorder is off, sir." " It's like I've been trying to explain all morning," "Khamal and I were literary friends, We were not lovers." "I admired his poetry." "Why did you hide your dealings with Colonel Aloysha?" "What are you talking about?" "Hayden and Present both knew about and encouraged my contacts with Aloysha for some considerable time now." "Now, why is it that you weren't filled in on that one, Inspector?" "And when was the last time you saw Colonel Aloysha?" "The last time I saw Aloysha was on the way back to Moscow from a weekend in country." "We were forced to stop by a gypsy convoy" "There is a story I've always wanted to tell you,my dear ambassador." "You know that nature demands a constant balance between predator and prey." "And the only difference I have noticed occurs in your Canadian prairie." "For some mysterious reason, every seven or eight years, Canadian hares suddenly start screwing like crazy." "Their population explodes and soon like some biblical punishment, the entire countryside becomes a sea of bouncing, hopping balls of fur." "But their state of bliss is short-lived." "Lynx, weasels, owls and foxes descend on the defenseless hares." "And it becomes a bloody feeding frenzy." "The hare population soon plummets to maybe a dozen animals..." "With the food source suddenly gone, the predators starve to death within a few months." "And for a number of years both populations all but disappear until one day, inexplicably, the hare community explodes and the bloody cycle beginsagain." "I asked him who told him that story and he said..." " A Canadian." "The first foreign agent I ever turned." "Did you believe his claim to have turned a Canadian spy?" "Who knows." " And which animal are you, Mr.Ambassador, the fox or the hare?" "I refuse to be a part of that madness." " Then neither side will protect you sir." "That's the point." "See, if I am guilty of anything, Inspector Fletcher, it is of being alone." "As one of the few female officers in a para-military police force, you ought to know how that feels." "Look, look gentlemen, I believe this has gone just about far enough." "Y" " You know I'm not guilty." "So I ask you to do the right thing and that's to release me now." " We will Mr. Ambassador..." " Excellent." "If you can explain to me why we should release enemy of American democracy?" " What?" "Over the last ten years, in Moscow and all across Europe you have articulated a steady stream of anti-American positions..." " But I'm not American!" "I am a Canadian Ambassador." " positions on nuclear arms, on Cuba, on American two-China policy, and now the communist guerrilla war in Vietnam." "The CIA demands to know why you have become such an implacable enemy of the United States of America." " The CIA demands to know?" "You mean, seeing the world through other than American eyes means that I am a Soviet agent?" " Who do you and your friend Pearson imagine is going to protect this country when a million Red Chinese troops come pouring down into British Columbia?" " Please, Mr. Madison, please!" "It will be us, the Americans!" " Yeah." "The day the Chinese army invades British Columbia I'll eat my hat!" "This is 1964." "Freedom is under attack in Africa, in Latin America, in Asia." "It takes 18 minutes for a Soviet nuclear warhead to reach West Berlin and incinerate half a million people!" "In this war there is no time for academic discussions!" "You mean there's no time for intelligent thought!" "In Canada there are hundreds of young Americans who refuse to fight in Vietnam." "That is treason, Mr. Watkins!" "And, like you, those draft dodgers ought to be lined up and shot." " My loyalty is to Lester Pearson and to this country." "Which country?" " Canada!" "Where the hell else to you think?" "Pearson has sworn never to let the disease called McCarthyism, of which you are the very worst example, infect this country." "And that's why I know he cannot be aware of this interrogation." " He is aware, Mr. Watkins, he just doesn't give a shit!" "Why would the PM stick his neck out for a dying old fag whose purpose has been served?" "Give me pills, give me my pills." "You bastard." "Finally a Canadian with huevos." "How refreshing!" "Thank you." "Mr. Blackburn?" " Yes?" "I don't mean to alarm you, but this is a matter of some urgency." " Who are you?" "My name is Murray Fletcher." "I work for External Affairs." " And?" "I know you are a close friend of Ambassador John Watkins." "The Ambassador's in dire straits." "The Prime Minister must be contacted." "If you could see your way to... to help me out." "Please." "Leave me alone." "You know, we're always looking for experienced female recruits down at Langley." "How do you think the interrogation is going?" "Well." "What's your analysis, Inspector Fletcher?" "Very soon I'll need to see the evidence that Watkins was blackmailed." "The KGB defectors' testimony is on its way." "Should be here by tomorrow." "Excellent." "I'm convinced you'd do well in the Company." "I'm flattered." "It's amazing the way you make Watkins believe you're going to help him, then..." "The ability to act without remorse is a rare gift." "Makes our job so much easier, Diane." "Is that what you tell all the girls?" "We really want you in the CIA, but you have to screw me first." "You are the Ambassador's last hope." " Are you too tired, too scared to try and save an old friend?" "You stupid idiot, I've got every goddamn right to be scared." " Why?" "Why!" "They probably want to kill him." "You know, it's funny." "But for the first time..." "I'm afraid." "Ambassador." "You know that -- that I must continue to interrogate you." "See that the Prime Minister gets this as soon as possible?" "He will." "I believe your father... died fighting." "No." "He used me to commit suicide." "No, I think he chose to die battling the river." "Why take me?" "He wanted the child he loved most by his side." "How touching." "It means so much to me that you could be here today." "Remember the first time I brought you down here?" " I could barely see over cockpit." "You paddled all day." "Never complained." "Yeah." "Come on, let's get some rest." " After the rapids." "Has the Prime Minister read my letter?" " Delivered to Sussex Drive an hour ago." "Shall we continue? "An Ambassador must report all meetings with Soviet citizens, especially ones he suspects of ulterior motives." "These are the rules." "In the case of Khamal, why didn't you follow them?" "Sir, you had a sexual relationship with a KGB man and did not report it." "Did Pearson know about Khamal?" " I refuse answer questions foreign intelligence agency." "All right then, when did the blackmail begin, Mr. Ambassador?" "This is your proof?" "Some miserable photo taken two years ago in some bizarre?" "Without the help of the CIA sir, we would never have found out that you were a KGB collaborator." " Understand this, David." "While you were focussing on destroy lives of every homosexual in public service," "I was initiating contacts with the Soviet Union that led to the sale of millions of tons of Canadian grain." "The Kremlin paid handsomely and in gold!" "I'd rather starve than accept Soviet gold." "That money went directly into the pockets of thousands of farm families, who in turn invested in this country." "This ended a recession." "It's sad nobody will remember that when they discover your collaboration with KGB." "These trade deals softened the gridlock of the Cold War, led to détente between East and West and finally a nuclear treaty with Soviets." "I feel profoundly privileged to have been a diplomat and served my country in these difficult times." "And now you tell me, what, in your mean little professional life remotely justifies you in calling my work a collaboration with the KGB?" "Hello, operator." "Yes." "I made several calls to Diane Fletcher." "Yes, this is her brother." "I just wanna make sure the messages are getting through." "Thank you." "From the Prime Minister's Office." "So?" "Well, it appears that I am no longer an Ambassador." "Congratulations, David, you have more power than I thought." "You still believe the Prime Minister doesn't know about this interrogation?" "Is that why you became an intelligence officer?" "To act as a mindless thug for the CIA?" ""Dear Mr. Watkins." "This is to inform you that as of today, you have been relieved of your responsibilities as Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet" "We thank you for years of service and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours" ""Yours sincerely, William T. Ives"" "The machine has been proven effective in the past." "I need to see some hard evidence that Watkins is an "agent of influence"." "Well the Khamal interview in Paris is going well and our defectors..." "Oh yes, the mysterious KGB defectors." "Do I get to interview these men?" " Fraid not." "Only select CIA personnel are allowed to" " So we destroy the career of a Canadian Ambassador based on hearsay?" " You've got the iron-clad word of the Central Intelligence Agency." "Your word that a Canadian Ambassador is guilty of treason?" "The security of your countryrests in the hands of the CIA." "Without the CIA, the RCMP can't exist." " Oh, spare me the jingoistic bullshit and bring me the evidence, Mr. Madison!" "You two cooked up that Watkins lettertogether." "Do you have a problem with that?" " What is exactly that Madison and CIA have on you?" "Come in, please." "You're not going to use that." " Fruit Machine." "I'm going to prove that Watkins is a queer." "You're going to strap him into this medieval monstrosity?" " Yes, I am." "Get into bed with the CIA and this is what you get, David?" "It's only a variation on a polygraph, sir." " Of course." "I am going to prove." "Mr. Watkins, that you are a weak homosexual who, in order to hide your adventures in Moscow, allowed yourself to be exploited and blackmailed by the KGB." " Well, it's all quite mad, David." "But certainly not boring." " It's a chance to clear yourself, Mr. Watkins." "Good." "Even though I haven't committed a crime." "Mr. Ambassador, you don't have to do this." " Hold on." "Hold on," "Inspector Fletcher, don't underestimate me." "Submit to this test, sir or" " Be of good cheer." "I will gladly take the test." "Ambassador" " On one condition." " Yes?" "That you take it first." "Just to prove you're heterosexual, of course." "Fitzpatrick!" " Yes sir!" "Get in the chair." "Take the test." "But sir, I know that I'm not a homosexual, sir." "Yes, yes of course." "Sit down." "But what if the machine says that I am, sir?" " It's only a test." "You'll be ok." "No, sir!" "I won't take this test!" "If this thing says I am, sir, then you'll have to fire me from the Force, right?" "Those are the rules no homos on the Force." " Well spoken, lad!" "Now cut it out, you're making us look ludicrous." "Mr. Ambassador, I'm just going to be straightforward about this." "Well, that's usually the best way." "This is awkward." " Come on." "Come on, Inspector!" "Spit it out!" " Are you sir...are you.." "You want to know if I'm gay?" "Of course I am." "But I was never, ever manipulated by the KGB." " But sir, it's very hard for me to believe you never worried about the possibility of, of blackmail?" "I was discreet... and anyway DGI Hayden Sgave me the green light." "He was aware of your sexual liaisons?" " Of course he was." "Mr. Hayden." " Not now, Diane." "No, now's the time sir." "You've made me prime interrogator in the investigation but you've kept me in the dark." "Sir, this lack of information has seriously compromised my ability to " " Diane." "You knew Watkins had lovers." " I never worried about that." "Until the CIA started asking questions, right?" "We're all so terrified of that bastard Madison that we're just going to sacrifice Watkins?" "I want to tell you why I chose you for this operation." "No, sir, where is the evidence against him?" " You're loyal, tough, smart, but so ambitious I knew you wouldn't worry about lack of evidence." "And I was right." "You dove right in." "Took the old man apart without ever asking to see any evidence against him. - They promised me the evidence was" "Fletcher!" "Salvage what you can from the chance I gave you." "And, in light of the Fruit Machine disaster, we've decided to make" "Robert Madison prime interrogator for the next session see if a different approach will get us what we need." "And Inspector Fletcher will be happy to give you her full cooperation." "Any problem with that, Inspector?" "#PARIS, FRANCE#" "What have you got for me?" " Believe me, Robert..." "We did our best." "Did he give up the Ambassador?" " Robert, he had nothing to give up." "Una voce poco fa!" "My French colleagues regret to inform me that the young man by the named Khamal killed himself in Paris two hours ago." "He hanged himself with a belt." "You sir, are responsible for this man's death." "More importantly, he fingered you as a Soviet agent turned as a result of a sex-trap operation by the KGB." " This is madness." "During my tenure in Moscow, I engaged in homosexual activities with the KGB agent Khamal Stoikov..." "Rather than publicly admit my deviant sexuality," "I allowed myself to be blackmailed." "I became a Soviet "agent of influence."" "Sign this, and you're on your way." "This is madness." "Did Pearson know about Khamal?" " To protect democracy, you torture people to death?" "!" "Fitz!" "Come take a look here." "You know some of these rabble rousers, don't you?" "So you want a piece of me?" "Damn, it looks like it's going start raining again." "Now I would urge you to sign that confession, Ambassador." "I've nothing to give." "I've nothing to give." "I've nothing to give." " Do you think I'm just here just for you?" "Do you?" "You sign it and you go back to France." "Fitz, where's Madison?" "Mr. Ambassador?" "Get away from him!" " Everybody calm down." "John and I were just getting some air together." "Fitz, take the Ambassador to the bedroom." "And stay with him." "It's Pearson they want." "Is that why you became an intelligence officer?" "You should die proudly when it's no longer possible to live proudly..." "The C.I.A. has nothing!" "Watkins is only guilty of having sex with a man.." "Sir, if they had any proof Watkins was an agent of influence," "Madison wouldn't be trying to throw him off a twelfth storey balcony" "If we don't let this thing work itself through, Angleton has threatened to cut us out of the C.I.A. intelligence loop which makes us blind outside Canada." "We're already flying blind!" " You don't think I wanna get the old guy out?" "I do!" "But neither one of us has a choice." "Get this through your head." "Lyndon Johnson speaks to the Director of the CIA, the Director talks to Angleton." "Angleton tells me." "Christ!" "Do you get it now, Diane?" "Watkins told me you tipped him off." " I tried to tell you he was innocent." "I know." " Diane, I'm sorry" "You did the right thing." "But I wonder who leaked it to your boss?" "Only two other people knew we were about to pick up Watkins " "Hayden and Present." "And I'm sure it wasn't DGI Hayden." "So it had to be Present." "Take a look at this." "Patrice Lumumba." "First democratically elected president of the Congo." "Madison was the last American to see him alive." "I checked the US embassy directory." "Madison was listed as a military attaché in Egypt, the same month Herbert Norman" ""jumped" to his death." " Now it's our turn." "Two months after Madison arrived in Brazil, the conservative President Quadros was smeared as a communist, overthrown and replaced executiv United Fruit Company." "Everywhere Madison shows up, leaders wishing to be independent of the US end up overthrown or dead." "And listen to this:" "There are whispers that only last month Angleton tried to convince MI5 to arrest British labour Prime Minister Wilson on the suspicion that he was a Soviet agent." "They failed in Britain, now they want a shot here." "The Ambassador was right." " It's a classic CIA tactic." "If you can't outright kill the guy, smear him so bad he's drummed out of office by his own people." "And to do that, what do you you need?" "Watkins." "Get the hell out." "I can't do that." " It doesn't matter to them if Watkins is innocent or guilty." "He's going to be sacrificed to bring Pearson down." "Diane?" "Even External Affairs has given up." "You're alone now." " No" "My brother's thinking about me." "If you get in the way, Madison will take you out." "Come in." " Mr. Ambassador?" " Oh." "Yes." "I am falling into years." "But such as you and I do not seem old." "Like men who live by habit... wrote this, didn't HE." " Yeah." "I dreamt I was reading my own obituary." " What did it say?" "Ambassador John Watkins died suddenly of a heart attack while dining with friends at a farewell dinner." " Well, not such a bad way to go." "No!" "But I was angry in my dream." "See, I knew I had died here, alone, surrounded by my enemies." "The obituary was a lie." "Curious, don't you think?" "Did you really believe your relationship with Pearson would protect you?" " My belief in his honour and in my own record, became my blind spot." "Get me out of here?" "Inspector?" "Give me until tomorrow." "Where's Madison?" " He's gone to his consulate." "We can start without him." "May I have a word with you?" "I know you tipped off External Affairs to try and get Watkins out of the country." "What do you want, Fletcher?" " I want the Ambassador safe." " I can't do anything" "Together we could try to convince DGI Hayden to call this thing off." "He won't act." " It's the CIA, David." "Angleton's behind all this." "We're intimi dated fighting so much amongst ourselves, we can't protect our ambassadors, not even our own Prime Minister!" " It's too late." " Why?" "Look, the best thing you and I can do right now is try and be amongst the last ones standing." " We're trapped." "It's a bloody cycle, Diane." "Let me tell you something, you are way over your head!" "Do you know the story of the Canadian prairie hare?" "It's fascinating, really." "Every seven or eight years, Canadian hares suddenly start screwing like crazy." "Pretty soon, their population explodes but then, like some like some like some biblical punishment..." "But their bliss is short-lived." "Lynx, weasels, owls, foxes descend on the defenseless hares." " You're a natural-born story teller David." "You're the goddamn mole, you bastard!" " Fitz!" "Let him go!" "We need to talk." "Fitz, will you give us a minute please?" "You did everything to avoid arresting Watkins." "You feared if he were real mole, he'd expose you, too?" "You must have panicked when I arrested him." "But after that first interrogation, you realized that Watkins was innocent." "To save yourself, you destroyed the Ambassador." "How ironic that in the end, you betrayed yourself." "Do you still want my job, Diane?" "You're about to enter hell, David." "How so?" " That's where Angleton will send you when I tell him you're the KGB mole we've all been looking for." " Angleton won't do a thing." "The CIA already knows?" "And they never bothered to tell us." "I pity you." "The life of a triple agent." "Lying to everybody." "Desperate to look busy when any move you made could get you killed?" "No more deals, David." "You'll do exactly what I tell you." "Cause if word gets out through Fitzpatrick to the rank and file that you were KGB..." "You won't last 24 hours." "Now you look like an ambassador again." "Living the good life." "It's not over yet, is it." " It won't be long." "Present's on side." "I'm on my way to see Hayden and negotiate your release." "I can't leave you alone." " Well, Fitz is just around the corner." "I can survive one more hour in a hotel room." "Get something for yourself." "Getting you on that plane'll be enough." "And then?" " I'm staying." "They'll have to work harder to drive me out." "Your father would be proud as hell." "Thank you." "Get going." "I'm curious." "Why do you enjoy inflicting pain?" "Some people are short, some are tall." "Some are fat and some are thin." "It's just my nature." "I think you could learn a thing or two from me Ambassador." "Oh yes?" "About 20th-century ugly American diplomacy?" "16th century Machiavellian Italy." "Pearson understands that to rule effectively a man must learn to be bad." "I'm the living proof." " Yes, and you can continue to protect Pearson." "Or you can tell me about his collaboration with the Soviets." "Are you all right, Mr. Ambassador?" " Oh, yes, thank you, Fitz." "I'm just having a last chat with my American friend." "Another harangue, Diane?" " I'm bringing the Ambassador out." "Not today." " I'm afraid so." "With or without you." " Well, as much as I've enjoyed your company, Mr. Madison... and our fascinating geo-political discussion, I'm leaving." "You don't understand, Ambassador." "You sign this document." "I have the power to keep you here forever." "And we both know how long that can be." "Touch of angina, Ambassador?" " I'll never sign a document that accuses the Prime Minister of treason!" "That would be such a terrible lie, and a betrayal to my country." "You sign it!" " No!" "I'll bloody well choose the terms by which I live or die." "Funny." "Herb Norman said the same thing." "Mr. Watkins!" " The Ambassador requires medical attention." "Go get Inspector Fletcher." "You have to confront Angleton now sir, before Watkins dies under the stress or Pearson brought down?" "Are you that terrified of Angleton?" "I'm taking Watkins out right away." "Things are out of control!" "Ambassador!" "It's too bad, I was just starting to get to like the old guy." "Don't give me an excuse to kill you." "Look at it this way, Diane." "You and I, we put the poor old bastard out of misery." "David Present here." "The Ambassador has just left, Mr. Prime Minister." "Yes sir." "To go out for drinks and later dinner with some friends..." "Yes sir, as soon as he gets back." "Thank you, sir." "Inspector?" "Would you witness the death certificate, please?" "Just give me a minute." "Sign this." "By the way." "Present comes with me." "CIA asset." "I'll send him to you when I'm done." "Mr. Present?" "On the order of DGI Hayden, I am commanded to detain you in this place." "And inform you that you have beensuspended from all duties and responsibilities until this inquiry is satisfied." " On what charges? "" "You have been identified, as collaborator with Soviet intelligence organizations." "I will cooperate fully in investigation." "But I wish to state that I am innocent and will prove it beyond any doubt." "October 12, 1964." "Inspector Diane Fletcher interviews David Present." "Acting Sergeant Sean Fitzpatrick attends." "Time is 7.45 PM." "Now sir, please tell me in a clear voice your name, rank, date of birth." "#THE TRUE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF AMBASSADOR JOHN WATKINS DEATH#" "#REMAINED A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET FOR 18 YEARS UNTIL WRITER IANADAMS UNEARTHESTORY.#"