"Good morning, Mr. Phelps." "Six months ago, Ramon Prado, one of the largest narcotics dealers in Latin America, bribed a courier for the Pan-American Narcotics Agency into giving him half of a microfilm containing the names of 16 agency undercover men." "Prado's half is useless by itself." "But two weeks ago, his bitter underworld enemy," "Arturo Sandoval, contacted Prado and announced he has the other half." "The two have been attempting to arrange a truce and thereby combine both halves of the microfilm." "Your mission, Jim, should you choose to accept it, is to gain possession of the microfilm before Prado and Sandoval can work out the terms of their truce, one which would mean certain death to the 16 PANA undercover agents" "whose names are listed on the film." "As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions." "This tape will self-destruct in five seconds." "Good luck, Jim." "He's right outside the door." " Which one's he after?" " The black knight." "Stay, Chico." "Stay." "Good boy, Chico." "Good boy." "Good boy." "Thank you." "It's an oscillator." "Gives off sound waves far above the range of the human ear." "Chico could hear it but we couldn't." "It's great, Barney." "Now, this is a plan of Ramon Prado's estate." "Heavily guarded all around." "Prado has made millions in drug traffic." "Most of it, he's invested in rare stamps and coins." "This collection is kind of his bank account." "He keeps it here, 20 feet underground in an old bomb shelter." "It's a kind of combination vault and gallery." "The air conditioning unit is on the roof here, Barney." "Well, Jim, what about getting through this passageway that leads from the house to the bomb shelter?" "No." "No way, Willy." "There's a guard there at all times." "Now, the list of underground Pan-American Narcotics Agents is in an anagrammatic code, which can only be read when one half of the list is superimposed on the other half." "Now, Prado has put his half of the list on a microdot and concealed it on the face of one of the stamps in his collection." "All you have to find out, Paris, is which stamp." "I am Tito Alvarez." "Manuel Alvarez's cousin." "He's very, very sick today." "He asked me to come to work for him." "On the telephone, you said you were the first mate on a ship that arrived in Puerto Verde this morning." "That's right, mate." "The Kowloon Ranger out of Hong Kong." "And that you have something you think I might be interested in buying?" "Yeah." "Have a dekko at this." "You recognise it?" "The Xi Jiang Seven, a stone coin discovered in the Xi Jiang province in 1925." "It's believed to date from about 1000 B.C." "The oldest known money ever found." "That's right, mate." "As rare an item as any coin collector ever laid eyes on." "How'd you get it?" "Well, now, you ain't gonna believe this." "Now, I bought it for $10 off an old bloke in Hong Kong who didn't know what he had." "You're right, I don't believe you." "Well, now, that don't really matter that much, now, do it, mate, huh?" "You take it from me, the old geezer what had it, he ain't gonna cause any trouble." "He wasn't worth a sack the last time I saw him." "Suppose..." "Supposing I did want it?" "How much are you asking?" "Well, I'd..." "I'd like to make a trade." "The Xi Jiang Seven for $200,000 worth of stamps from your collection." " Not cash?" " No." "Stamps are easier and safer to carry." "Of course, I've gotta be sure you've got something I can sell back in Hong Kong." "Where is your collection?" "We're standing on it." "Come on." "Tell Sanchez to meet us in the gallery." "I know a boss cocky in Hong Kong who specializes in middle 19th century British issues." "Buy most anything from that period." "Pay most any price." "Take a look at those over there." "I ain't never seen the likes of this." "Never." "Why, just these beauts alone is worth over a million dollars." "I tell you what I'll do." "I'll settle for any four of these." "Except for the twopenny Wellington Black, you can take your pick." "Yeah." "Well, as a matter of fact, the bloke I mentioned earlier has already got a twopenny Wellington." "I assume you don't have the Xi Jiang Seven with you, huh?" "Come off it, mate." "Not very likely, huh?" "But I can bring it around this arvo." "Say, around 5:00?" "All right then, 5:00." "All right." "He says his name is Lewis Profett." "That he's the first mate on a freighter, the Kowloon Ranger." "Check up on him." "I'd like to leave this letter for Mr. Harry Snow." "Yes, sir." "That guy just going out." " What about him?" " He left an envelope at the desk for a man named Harry Snow." "Is he who I think he is?" "The courier is not always the same man but he uses the same name." "Harry Snow is your contact." "What's he doing here in Prado's territory?" "Get the envelope." "Any mail for 420?" "Looks like a telephone number." "Get me 253-081, please." "Prado residence." "Prado residence." "Victor." "Yes, señor?" "Something is the matter with the air conditioning." "Call someone to see what's wrong with it." "Yes, señor." "Hello." "Yes." "Yes, this is Montez Air Conditioning Company." "I will have a man there in 20 minutes." "There is over $100,000 here." ""Andre, Armand. "" ""Ernst Konrad. "" ""Frederik Carson. "" "The code name the courier uses in the Balkans." "A valve in the water pump was sticking." " I guess that caused the trouble." " You guess?" "Well, either that or a thermostat." "But I think it was a valve." "Don't think." "You make sure." "Good afternoon, Mr. Snow." "Who are you?" "What are you doing in my room?" "My apologies, but I had to confirm the fact that you are the Harry Snow." "What do you mean, the Harry Snow?" "I am Arturo Sandoval." "That supposed to mean something?" " Does it not?" " It does not." "I find that rather difficult to believe." "In spite of the fact that you may be relatively new to your organisation, your employers would have briefed you about me." "What organisation?" "What employers?" "I don't know who you're looking for, but you've obviously got the wrong man." "Now, tell him to drop it." "No, you are the Harry Snow." "However, there is one thing wrong." "You are in Ramon Prado's territory." "And I wish to know why." "All right, I am here to talk to Prado." "My friends in the States are thinking about doing business with him instead of you from now on." "Why?" "They trust him." "Not me?" "What have I done?" "Now talk." "Looks clear to me." "I'll see what the temperature reads now." "It's down to 78 degrees." "Well, then everything's all right." "Now, just what is it you are accusing me of?" "I'm not accusing you of anything." "I'm just trying to tell you how my friends feel." "Put yourself in their position." "The undercover agents haven't touched you but they've been hitting Prado's operation more and more." "So they assume I have made a deal?" "Well, you've refused to cooperate with Prado on the microfilm." "That doesn't help anybody but the Narcotics Agency." "That is a lie." "Prado knows that I will put my half of the list together with his any time he is willing to meet my price." "Yeah, but your price is too high." "You'll put him out of business." "Mr. Sandoval, I was sent here to talk to Prado but if you want some advice, I'll give it to you." "Well?" "Stop trying to sandbag Prado." "Cooperate with him." "Put your half of the list together with his, find who the undercover agents are and put them out of commission." "You'll both profit." "And if I refuse to do so?" "Well, you won't get another dime's worth of business from my friends." "I can find plenty of other customers." "Sure you can." "As long as you're around to look for them." "Am I to take that as a threat on my life, Mr. Snow?" "You would if you knew my friends as well as I do." "Here it is." " A twopenny Wellington Black." " Must be." "Prado was willing to give up stamps worth two and three times as much as the Wellington." " Willy, set up the press." " Right." "Prado residence." "This is Arturo Sandoval." "I want to talk to Prado." "One moment." " Hello, Prado?" " What is it, Sandoval?" "I want to see you." "Unless you've got something new to tell me, let's not waste any time." "I have just had a meeting with Harry Snow." "You know the name." "So?" "I think we can come to an agreement." "Make it 6:00 here at my place." "I'll be there." "Six o'clock." "That gives you less than an hour after we get to Prado's to get the stamp out of the bomb shelter." " And get it back." " Can you do it?" "Do we have a choice?" "Satisfied?" "No, not quite." "Hey." "What are you doing, mate?" "The real Xi Jiang Seven weighs 2.2 grams." "This one, 2.7." "Sanchez." "Oh, now, wait." "Wait just a minute, mate." "If that coin's not fair dinkum, then I didn't know it." "I swear." "I didn't know it." "You are a liar." "You're not the first mate on the Kowloon Ranger." "The ship docked one hour after you visited me this morning." "Search him." "Look, I..." "I can explain that." "Yes, so can I." "You used the fake Xi Jiang Seven to gain entry to my place." "Then you offered to trade the coin for the stamps, hoping to get a chance to substitute this forgery for the real Wellington Black." "Now, why...?" "Why the Wellington Black?" "Oh, you see, mate." "That was the only one I could forge." "That's a lie." "All right, all right, all right." "I wanted the Wellington because I know what's on it." "Get rid of him." "Now, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute." "Maybe..." "Maybe we can still do some business." "What are you talking about?" "The other half of the list." "What about the other half of the list?" "I've got it." "You're lying again." "How can you be sure?" "Because the man who's got the other half of the list will be here at 6." "You're wrong, Prado." "The man with the other half of the list is standing right here." "Right now." "Somebody set you up, mate." "Now, if you've got the microfilm, how'd you get it?" "Well..." " I bought it off a bloke in Hong Kong..." " How...?" "All right, all right." "I've been working with your buyers in the States and I got a tip on the agent that was carrying it and where he was headed." "And I was there to meet him." "Where is it now?" "In the safe at the hotel." "But..." "I'm the only one that can get it." "I see." "Sanchez, go with him and get it." "Oh, when?" "When do we talk price?" "When I see what you've got." "I don't suppose I've got much choice, do I?" "No, you don't." " Yes?" " Señor Harry Snow is at the gate." "He wants to see you, señor." "Harry Snow?" "All right, I'll see him in my study." "All clear." "Attaboy, Chico." "Good boy." "Good boy, Chico." "Stay, Chico." "Good boy." "Stay." "Stay, Chico." "Good boy, Chico." "I came early, Mr. Prado, because I wanna talk to you about Sandoval." "What about him?" "Didn't you ever wonder why the Narcotics agents are hurting you more than they are him?" "Of course I have." "But I'm a man who prefers to keep his speculations to himself." "And since I think the question will be answered this afternoon," "I see no point in theorizing about it." "Here." "Quiet, Samson." "He isn't moving." "The other dog is frightening him." "Go on, Chico." "Go on, boy." "Sorry, I guess the dog made me nervous." "Go on, Chico, go on." "Good boy, Chico, good boy." "I want an envelope I left in the safe, please." "Your receipt, señor?" "Good boy, Chico." "Good boy." "Drop it." "Drop it." "Stay." "Stay." "Here we are, señor." "Come in." "What is it?" "Señor Sandoval is at the gate." "He's ten minutes early." "All right, let him in." "Pick it up." "Hold it." "Good boy, Chico." "Good boy, Chico." "You are early." "The grille over the duct didn't open." "This way, gentlemen." "The electric door must be jamming the signal." "I'll have to find a new frequency." "Now, here's my half of the list." "Where is yours?" "Stay, Chico." "Stay, boy." "Come on, Chico." "Come on." "There's nothing there." "That's alphabet soup." "What's the meaning of this, Prado?" "Some kind of a stupid joke you're trying to play." "One of you is lying." "That is quite obvious." "But which one?" "We'll find out real soon." "What's this?" "You'll see." "So, Sandoval." "So many mysteries are so simply explained." "No." "No, that is not true." "How your operation ran so well and..." "That is a lie." " Mine had so many problems with the Narcotics Agency." "I'm indebted to you, sir." "I'll leave him with you." "No, no, no." "Wait." "Listen, someone has tricked both of us." "I'll talk to you later, Mr. Prado." "Now, you get out of here." "Don't you ever come back." "Let him go." "Now, Prado." "Now, listen to me." "I swear." "Someone is making fools of us." "You must believe me." "That is the only explanation for my name being on the list." "Sandoval, I prefer my own explanation." "Sanchez." "Prado, please." "Prado." "Operator, give me the police."