"Dr. Esau." "This is big, major." "We intercepted a truck." "One driver and a Kraut general." "The truck is loaded with top-secret stuff." "Chemical formations, diagrams of rockets and the pictures of that goddamn plane with no propellers." "It's wall-to-wall, major." "I tell you, I've never seen anything like it." "Was he alone in that truck with no military escort?" " Yeah." "Makes no sense, huh?" " All right." "Don't struggle with German, major." "I am fluent in four languages." "My name is Helmut Kladen, general, 9th Corps Panzers." "Well, how about a cigarette, general?" "I've always admired these lighters." "I saw this at North Africa." "Kasserine Pass." "It's yours." "Why don't you take the cigarettes too?" "You're very kind." "Captain, I want you to get that German driver in the cab of that truck with one of our riflemen." "We're going to Weiden, Regimental Headquarters." " The general will ride with me." " Yes, sir." " Okay, we're moving out." " General." "Sergeant Fine, get the other prisoner back in the truck." "Why don't we get in the jeep, you try to keep yourself warm we'll split a bottle of brandy back at Weiden and you tell me what's in those files." "Why should I?" "Because the war is over, general." "And from now on, the world is gonna be one big happy corporation." "No more secrets, no more enemies." " Just customers." " All right, all right, move your asses." "Come on, get that lead out of your ass." "You know, the interesting thing about war is the wide variety of people one meets." "Those are my sentiments exactly." "Shall we go?" " So how many pins you spotting me?" " No spot." "Even-steven." " How much?" " You gotta take it easy." " Barney Caine?" " Only half-a-buck a game." "Yeah." "I'm Sergeant Louis Yosuta, Tactical Squad." "Let's talk over by the car." " What's the matter, Dad?" " I don't know, son." "Approximately two hours ago, Tom Neeley was shot to death." " Jesus Christ." " The commissioner requested you head up the investigation." " He says you knew Neeley." " Yeah, I knew him." " Who's running the case?" " My boss, Chief of Tactical, John Nolan." " How did you find me?" " I took the liberty to call your ex-wife." " Do you have a car here?" " Yeah, it's a red Mustang." "It's right in the lot here." "He'll drop the car off at your apartment." "I have to go with the sergeant, son, I'm sorry..." "The officer will drive you home, huh?" "No, it's okay." "I'll take the bus." "I'll try to get over there later tonight." "Sure." "Take care, Dad." " Lieutenant Caine." " Yeah." "Sergeant Rizzo, Homicide Metro." " This is Sergeant Yosuna from Tactical." " Yosuta." "Louis Yosuta." "Yeah, come on, I'll show you around." "There's a Mercedes in the garage belonged to Tom Neeley." "This Bentley belongs to Arthur Clements." "Clements' chauffeur found the body." " What's his name?" " Herbert Glenn." " You talk to him?" " No." " We've been waiting for you." " Check the cars." "Lieutenant Caine, I gotta talk to you." "You know, we're supposed to be working this case together." "So let's get some ground rules straight up front." "I have a name, and I'd like you to use it." "Understood?" "You're absolutely right." "I should have said, "Check the cars, Louis."" "Or, "Would you be good enough to check the cars, Sergeant Yosuta?"" "But it's Sunday and I'm not with my son, and that bothers me so you'll forgive my sudden lack of charm." "Okay?" " Okay." " Good." "Now check the fucking car." "How are you, Gabby?" " It's Sunday." " Yeah." "Well, they really hit Tom." "Seven times." "From his ankles to his throat." "He was set up good." "We found strands of black hair on the pillowcase." "This voodoo doll was lying on Tom's chest." "It's stamped Port Au-Prince, Haiti." "The head comes off and there's a fine white powder inside." " Coke?" "It is not talcum powder, but I think you should run it through the lab." " Has it been dusted?" " Everything has been photographed and dusted." " Anything else?" "Yes, I've been saving the best for last." "This, over here on the newspaper." "The letters have his fingerprint." "Have Sullivan check this against Tom's handwriting." "You see where this last letter is very high?" "Almost as if Tom was trying to form another letter." "He may have lost control." "Maybe so." "But if I were dying, trying to name my killer, I'd use the last name, not the first." "Rizzo." "Makes sense." "Juan, he's all yours." " I'll have something for you late tonight." " Okay." "Thanks, Gabby." " That frame empty when you got here?" " Just the way you see it." " Any prints on it?" " Clean as a whistle." "Found this in Neeley's glove compartment." "American Express bill." "Hotel Kempinski, Berlin." "Dated January 18th, this year." "Club Venus, Hamburg." "Get a load of that." "It's a city map of West Berlin with the name Obermann written at the top." "This came out of Clements' Bentley." "It's an owner's pass to Santa Anita." "Okay, wrap all this up and see if you can find that jackass what's-his-name, Rizzo." "Make sure he gets it all downtown along with the voodoo doll." "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy." " Your name is Herbert Glenn?" " That's right." " I'm told you stumbled into this mess." " It scared the hell out of me, too." "The door was open." "I kept calling Tom's name." "I got to the bedroom..." "Holy Christ, I never saw anything like it." "Where were you supposed to take Tom today?" "Over to Mr. Clements' home." " How long you work for Arthur Clements?" " Almost five years." "I'm not just a chauffeur." "I'm also Mr. Clements' bodyguard." "Yeah?" "What's he afraid of?" "Who knows?" "Lmportant money is always edgy." "What does Mr. Clements do?" "He's on the board of directors at different companies..." "He owns Thoroughbreds big racing stable, you know what I mean?" "And he and Tom were good friends, huh?" " They were friends." " Well..." "What was the occasion today?" "Nothing special." " The usual Sunday social stuff." " What do you mean by "social stuff"?" "Well, Tom would come over, and some other people." "A lot of broads." "And..." " Well, they would turn on." " Turn on to what?" "Hey, lieutenant, can I stay out of this...?" " I don't wanna be involved over here." " I wanna know what these people turned on to at these social gatherings of Mr. Clements." " Cocaine." " That's nice." "Did Tom Neeley deal the coke?" "Let's say it was around." "Tom scrawled the letters G-E-N-E in blood in there." "You have any idea what he was trying to tell us?" "No." " Was he seeing any special lady?" " Hey, enough is enough, lieutenant." "I mean, I'm not up to any more answers now." " I know my rights." " Rights?" "Did you say "rights"?" "The court tells me that I have the right to be with my son today." " You see me with my son?" " No." "Please don't talk to me about rights." "Nobody has any rights, only luck." "And today, yours is as bad as mine, only we're both better off than Tom Neeley." "Now, Tom Neeley was a friend of mine so don't get cute with me." "I'm gonna ask you once." "Was he running around with any particular girl?" "Yeah, he was pretty tight with some slope hooker." "What do you mean by "slope"?" " You know, a Chink." " Yeah, you mean an Oriental girl." " Yeah, that's what I mean." " Stand up." "Now, tomorrow morning, I want you to take my slope partner here, Sergeant Yosuta over to that girl's house." "You understand me?" "Whatever you say, lieutenant." " See that Herbert gets home safely." " Right, chief." " Rizzo?" " Hold it." " Leave the cigars." " What cigars?" " The ones you took out of Neeley's bedroom." " Hell, he can't smoke them." "I know, but he paid for them, so leave them." "Let's go." "Oh, jeez, I got..." "I gotta call her before we go out there." "Who's this?" "It's Kay Neeley." "They've been divorced several years." "Good lady." "What was in this frame?" "I don't remember." "It's been years since I've been here." "Shep, come here." "Barney." "Kay." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "This is my partner, Sergeant Yosuta." " Nice meeting you." " I'm sure." "Come this way." " Can I get you a drink?" " Beer would be fine." " Sergeant?" " Nothing, thank you." " How can I help you, Barney?" " Just answer some questions." "Ask me anything you want." " You mind if Louis takes notes?" " No." "Of course not." "Did Tom know anybody named Gene?" "Well Tom knew a lot of girls..." " No." "I mean G-E-N-E." " No, I..." "I don't..." " What about Obermann?" "No." "I never heard Tom mention that name." "When was the last time you saw Tom or spoke to him?" "Well I should think it was about eight months ago." "Do you know about a trip that he took to Germany this past January?" " No." "No, there's only one trip that I know about." "Sometime around the holidays, Tom called and..." "Excuse me, Kay..." "You said you hadrt talked to him for about eight months." "Now you say he called around the holidays." "That's only a couple of months ago." "I'm sorry." "I'm not at my best today, Barney." "I understand." "Go ahead, please." "Tom said that he was going to Rome." "And that through Arthur Clements some important doors were opening for him." "What doors?" "He said that he had made a connection with someone called Adam Steiffel." "You mean the big oil guy." "I don't know what Adam Steiffel does." "Anyway he sent Tom to Rome." "Tom promised to call, but he never did." "There's an empty picture frame up at Tom's place." "A silver frame on the desk in the living room." "Do you happen to remember what was in the frame?" "No." "You think of anything else, Louis?" "No." "Not a thing." "Well, thank you, Kay." "I know it hasn't been easy for you." "I appreciate it." "Look..." "There's my number." "If there's anything I can do, just call." "Barney." "Have you any idea why Tom was killed?" "No." "But I think you do." "I told you what I know." "But not what you're afraid of." "Bye-bye." "Goodbye, Barney." " Any truth this is cocaine-related?" " What about corruption in the force?" " Any signs of robbery?" " When can the people be given a suspect?" "Is Caine's presence on this tied to the police shootings?" " Was Neeley dealing?" " Was Neeley involved with Clements?" "All right, now, hold it, hold it, all of you, please." " Are these things on?" " We're rolling." "I'll reiterate what I said before, but this is it, boys and girls." "Now, this is all you're going to get:" "A former chief, Thomas Neeley, was found shot to death early this morning." "Lieutenant Barney Caine has been named to head up the investigation by Commissioner Harris." "Tom Neeley served this community for 30 years." "His body's not even cold yet, so let's not destroy his memory in one night." " That's all I've got to say." " One more question, if we may." "The goddamn press." "Okay, fellas, where were we?" "Like I said, the weapon was a.22 automatic but they found a voodoo doll on top of Tommy's body." "Inside it was a half a kilo of cocaine." "He had sex shortly before he was killed." "Most likely with the woman who left the coke on him." "The two hairs on the pillowcase showed no solarization." " What does that mean?" " Mendosa thinks they're from a wig." "Oh, that's a big help." "Looks to me like a classic mob-hit on a cheating dealer." "Tom wasn't killed over cocaine." " How do you know that?" " I don't know it, I think it." "I mean, sex before death, the missing photograph Berlin, Obermann, G-E-N-E." " Add Kay Neeley." " What's she got to do with it?" " She's scared to death, John." " She said Clements put Tom into some action for Adam Steiffel." "All right, now let's get some ground rules established, huh?" "We can't put Adam Steiffel, or any citizen of his stature into an area of vulnerability with those journalistic vultures." "It's bullshit, John." "His name has surfaced." "He's already part of the case." "Now, wait just a goddamn minute, Caine." "Now, there will be no shooting from the hip." "It's a very delicate situation." "As a matter of fact, you'd better not talk to anyone without checking with me first." " Do we understand each other?" " We will in a minute." "I'm gonna say something because you and I have never worked together." "All you know about me is what you read in the file." "There's only two things that matter to me:" "My son and my work." "The rest of my life is an absolute zero." "Now, apparently I've been assigned to this case because the Neeleys knew my family and Tom was very kind to me." "He was a very good cop for a very long time." "And whatever he became, he sure as hell paid the price for it." "Christ, Barney, I mean, protecting the department is just part of the job." "What you're telling me is that Steiffel has his hooks into the Department." "No, no, I never said that and I must resent that implication." "Yes, Tom Neeley was a good friend." "It's difficult to believe that he's gone." "Tom never mentioned his source for cocaine?" "Well, as a matter of fact, he did say something once." " About a man named Frank Tedesco." " Who is he?" "I suppose he's some underworld character that Tom met when he was a cop." " But I'm just guessing." " Well..." "We're all just guessing at this point, Mr. Clements." "Well, there's one thing you can know, lieutenant." "Tom Neeley did not deal cocaine." "He provided it, yes, but that was just because he wanted to be useful." " He wanted to belong." " Belong to what?" "The power structure." "The group of people that he had protected all those years he was a commander in Beverly Hills Force." "But the cocaine was just a calling card." "Did you put Tom in touch with Adam Steiffel?" "Yes." "I'm on the board of Tidal Oil, and consequently I knew that Mr. Steiffel was looking for a man with Tom's background." "So I introduced them." "Did he ever mention anybody named Obermann?" " Not to me." " What about Gene, G-E-N-E?" "Nope." "Can you tell me anything about a trip that Tom made to Germany last January?" "Well, all I know is that Tom went to Europe on business for Adam Steiffel." " What kind of business?" "Well, you'll have to ask Mr. Steiffel about that." " Do you know Kay Neeley?" " Oh, I've met her actually, on various occasions." "Let's see, the last time I saw Kay was sometime around the holidays." "Yes, it was a party at Tom's house and she was there." " That's curious." "Kay told me that Tom called from time to time, but she hadrt seen him." " Why would she lie about that?" " I wish I could help you, lieutenant." "Kay." "Kay." "Christ, Louis, why didn't you call me?" "I got stuff to show you." "And I need a drink." "Go make yourself comfortable." " Sounds better." " Yeah, I got it fixed." " Congratulations." " What about?" "You were right." "The gun that killed Kay was a Walther.22 automatic." "The same weapon that killed Tom." "The last slug ruptured an artery in her throat." " What did you do, make this?" " Don't knock it." "I let it sit seven days." "Grows on you." "Now, these are two photographs from Mendosa." "Copies." "The wound on Kay's right leg was quarter-of-an-inch deep." "I've seen that crescent before, that's a calling card." "One of those Middle East terrorist groups." "How do you know that?" "Sixty-eight, '69, I was in our embassy in Beirut." "We had a naval attaché got shot to death." "And we found that crescent on his leg." "Jesus Christ, I can't figure it out." "What the hell does Kay Neeley got to do with the Haiti-Tedesco connection?" "Well, the cocaine came in a Haitian doll." "No." "It's not coke." "No, the whole thing's wrapped up in that Gene thing that G-E-N-E, G-E-N-E." "You know that missing picture in a silver frame?" "That was a shot of Tom in uniform about '44, '45, same one was down at Kay's place." "I wanna see Tom's service file." "Get on the wire to that place down in St. Louis." "What do you call it?" "The Bureau of Military Personnel, or something like that." "You want me to go down to Communications right now?" "If you feel you're being overworked, Louis, you can always go on vacation." "You know, when I think I'm being overworked you'll be the first to know." " Thanks for the drink." " Don't mention it." "Hey, while you're down there send a cable to Interpol." "See what you can find out about Frank Tedesco." "Right." "Okay, what do you gentlemen got for me?" "You got 17 seconds to tell me without one ounce of bullshit." " And go." " Oh, it looks real good, Adam." "There's no question this entire valley is sitting on top of a shelf of oil." "Those mountains are full of high-grade anthracite." " Did I detect an ounce in there?" " Not an ounce." "Excuse me, Mr. Steiffel." "There's a police lieutenant named Barney Caine down there." "He says you're expecting him." "That son of a bitch is right on time." "Mr. Caine." "How do you do, sir?" "Good to see you." "I was awful sorry we had to get you out here." " We were running real skinny on time and..." " No problem." "I appreciate your seeing me." "Well, I understand that you were with Intelligence in the State Department." " That's pretty fancy doings." " No, not really." "Come on, let's take a little walk." "Do you mind if I get on this side?" " I got bum ears..." " Oh, sure." "...and my machine's on this side." "Well, I congratulate you for getting out of there." "Oh, why is that?" "Well, personally, I was never convinced about all the intelligence going on there." "Well, maybe I just lived too long." "What...?" "What the hell happened to the America that I've known and loved?" "Christ, we send rockets to photograph the rectal passages of Jupiter and the kids wind up in porno films." "We violate the laws of Newton and Christ, and then we wonder why a bunch of bandits with towels on their heads have got us by the nuts." "Listen, I don't care how you slice it, Mr. Caine." "They got the oil, and when they say tap dance, we're gonna tap dance." "I guess that brings us to Tom Neeley, huh?" "I guess it does, huh?" " I was awfully upset about Tom's death." " So was I." "How did you happen to meet him?" "Well, it was through one of my associates, Arthur Clements." "We required the services of somebody who was well-schooled in police methods and..." "I could see where Tom would be the perfect..." "I hate to say it." " Bagman." "Well, just a second, Mr. Caine." "I mean, you know, that's kind of rough, because you have to understand that bribery is a way of life in the Middle East." "I mean, they call it baksheesh over there." "But listen, business is business." "Yeah, and if you're gonna be in business, you gotta do what you gotta do." " When did Tom make his last drop for you?" " Well, that was early January." "Tom took 500,000 francs from Zurich to Rome." " You never sent Tom to Germany?" " No, sir." "Did he ever mention a man named Obermann?" "No..." "Tom was pretty closed-mouthed." "He was a good soldier, Mr. Caine, and we're all gonna miss him." "Did you know Kay Neeley?" "Yeah, I met her over at one of those charity functions at the County Museum." "She was murdered yesterday." "Oh, God." "Oh, for God's sake." "Well..." "Well, it just makes me sick to hear that, I..." "I don't envy you your profession, Mr. Caine." "It must be one long tragic view of life." "I..." "Well, I wish there was something else I could do." "No, nothing else." "I'm grateful for your help, Mr. Steiffel." "Thank you, lieutenant." "I hope you can find your way back." "Is that all?" "No, they'd send "end message," if it was final." "Come off it, Barney, will you." "For crying out loud, I need a suspect." "You wanna go flying off to Germany chasing some mythical thing called Genesis." "Now, look, I need facts." "Not conjecture, facts." "Give me some facts that turn this away from a cocaine hit." " All right." "Try:" "Tom Neeley set up for a terrorist hit-team." "By a female coke-runner?" "You know, they're very popular this year." "Probably because they got more places to hide the stuff." "I'm telling you, coke has nothing to do with this." "That was an obvious plant." "This woman was no ordinary courier." "She was sent by Frank Tedesco." " Tedesco?" "Who's he?" " He's kind of an international power-broker." "A middleman between the underworld and the overworld." " What in the hell is the overworld?" " Big oil, big banking." "International can'tels, like OPEC." "Adam Steiffel's big oil." "OPEC is created by big oil." "Listen, listen, John." "Two months ago Tom Neeley made a money-drop to a Saudi finance minister in Rome." "And I believe he went directly from Rome to Berlin." "You believe." "You see, you see." "Now, that's conjecture." "Yeah, maybe." "But Kay Neeley's passport proves that she was in Berlin the same week Tom was." "She lied to me." "Tom told one of his favorite hookers here that he was "onto a colossal score in Germany."" " That's a quote." " Oh, that's terrific." "So you wanna chase off to Germany because of a quote by a two-bit hooker." "John the last act of Tom Neeley's life was to attempt to write the code word "Genesis" in his own blood." "Now, Genesis turns out to be something the Nazis considered very top-secret." " And whatever it is, it's still in Germany." " How do you know that, Barney?" "Because if it werert, the Neeleys would still be alive." "Germany." "For chrissakes, Barney, you'd be operating alone in the dark." "Without any authority." "Without even a weapon." "In the dark, maybe, but not alone." "The prefect of police in Berlin is a friend of mine, Hans Lehman." "We worked security together when Willy Brandt was out here in L.A." "He's a top-drawer police officer, and he owes me one." " I don't know, Barney." " John, listen to me." "If I'm wrong, you're out expenses." "But if I'm right, if the Neeleys were killed because of something in Tom's past..." "Something entirely separate from his police activities." " Then the department is clean." " Clean?" "Okay, Barney." "Okay, you win." "Send your files to Lehman." "Tell him to get started." "You make your reports directly through Sergeant Yosuta." "Remember, now, you do not violate German law, understood?" " Understood." " Yeah..." "Wait a minute." "You draw $ 1500 and a roundtrip ticket." " Tourist." "Now, get the hell out of here." " Fifteen-hundred dollars?" "You can't buy a glass of water for $ 1500 in Germany." "Well, don't drink the water." "Pretend you're in Mexico." "You're a sweetheart, John." "I know how to do it." "I know how to do it." "She's fine." "Speak English." "I understand English." "The frog is half-dead." "He's half-dead from the chlorine." "The chlorine is normal." "The pH factor is 7.4." " That's a perfect balance." " I don't care what the pH factor is." "I don't want you to put any chlorine in the pool." "It's shit..." "I've been doing this for 17 years." "I know what the hell I'm doing?" "Listen, the frog is half-dead, that's all you have to know." " Don't put any chlorine in there." " Look, he's all right." "Well, I hope he's got Blue Cross." "Right." "Did you hear that monkey?" "As soon as they get 5 bucks an hour they think they're goddamn chemists." " Hey, Adam." "Finally, some good news." "OPEC reversed themselves." "They're cutting back production 20 percent." "P.R. Says that that means if we act within a week we can get away with a 12-cent increase at the pumps." " Twelve cents." " Twelve cents." "That's about what their brains are won'th." "Honest to God." "Now, Adam, don't be harsh." "They have the company's interest in mind." "After all, our purpose is to make money, isn't it?" "Well, our purpose is to avoid having people machine-gunning each other in the gas line." "Oh, by the way, did the policeman, Lieutenant Caine, come by to see you?" " Yeah." " Well, what did you think of him?" "He seems..." "I don't know." "Bright, personable." "You know, I'm awfully disturbed about Reynolds." "I want you to go and tell him that he's completely wrong." "People are not gonna hold still for 12 cents." "Tell him I want him to crank it up to 7 and hold it there and that's the last." " Adam, we are making a mistake." "P. R is right." "The people will accept the 12 cents because we can blame it on the Arabs." "Arthur, you are missing the point." "We are the Arabs." "Go tell him, will you?" "Please." " Yes?" " It's Nolan." " Go ahead." " He's on his way." " Thank you, John." " Anytime." "Guess that's where the hamburgers and milkshakes end, huh?" " Yup." "That wall's been up now for about 20 years." "Close to a hundred people were killed trying to escape from the East." "More than one of them was a close friend of mine." "I'm sorry." " Any luck with Tom Neeley's hotel charges?" " Oh, yes." "Sorry." "Here are some photocopies." "There was one local number Neeley called eight times in three days." "It belonged to the Berlin Light and Power Company." "What the hell would Tom want with them?" "Their chief engineer is a man named Paul Obermann." " That's a major break." " Perhaps." "I went to see Obermann this morning." "I informed him of Neeley's death." "I told him you were arriving this afternoon." "And I also asked him to meet us at your hotel later on." "He refused." "Did he seem surprised when he heard about the Neeleys?" "He denied all knowledge of the Neeleys." " Let me get..." " I'll take this one." " All right, thank you." " I've requested a court order to compel Obermanrs appearance before a federal judge." " How long will that take?" " Oh, about 48 hours." " Cheerful place, Hans." " Well, considering your modest budget it's clean and reasonable and only 90 marks a day." " How much is that?" " About $50." "They're practically giving it away." " Would you please fill this out?" " Of course." "Right in the middle." " What about dinner, Hans?" " Impossible." "Two terrorists escaped from Moabit prison yesterday." "You know, you have been fortunate in America so far." "You haven't experienced organized terrorism." "I'll be in touch." " Barney, no action without my knowledge." " Not to worry." "All right." "I almost forgot something, I..." "I received a telex from your office in Los Angeles." "It seems a man named Arthur Clements and his chauffeur, Herbert Glenn were blown up as they started their car in a place called Bel-Air?" " My God, he was a prime suspect." " Oh, really?" "Well, not anymore." "Get some rest." "Your room is just upstairs." "Number 12." "Breakfast is coffee and rolls." "And if you wish juice, it will have to be 4 marks extra." " You must advise if you wish juice." " I'll let you know." " Is there a bellman?" " He died a week ago." "Herr Caine, that lift is out of order." "That explains what killed the bellman." "Hello." " Mr. Caine?" " Yes." "This is Paul Obermann." "I am prepared to discuss the matter of Tom Neeley." "What made you change your mind, Mr. Obermann?" "In Germany, one does not bring police into matters which concern the past." "If you come alone, I will meet with you." "Be aware that I will be in a position to detect any violation of my wishes." "You have my word." "Meet me at the Berlin Zoo." "The second-floor aquarium." "The bamboo bridge at precisely 5:50." "Keep your voice down, Mr. Caine." "We have only a few minutes." "Now ask your questions." "Did you see Tom Neeley early in January?" "Yes." "We met several times." " Was Kay Neeley with him?" " On one occasion." "We had dinner." "How did you come to know Tom?" "We met many years ago in Hamburg." "Under what circumstance?" "In the late spring of 1945, I was captured by the British and taken to their Intelligence Headquarters in Hamburg." "Major Neeley was there on a temporary assignment." "He worked with me and a Wehrmacht general named Kladen on a secret project, code name Genesis." "What did Genesis stand for?" "Synthetic fuel." " When you say fuel, you mean gasoline?" " Yes, of course gasoline." "Oil, propane, methane, thick lubricants, natural gas even butter." "All made from coal." "The process is called hydrogenation." "How important was Genesis?" "The entire war-machine ran on synthetic fuel." "Germany had no natural crude, but we possessed great quantities of coal." "As does your country." "The Genesis formula provided us with a pure synthetic oil producing no pollution." "Come." "We must go." "They are closing." "At the end of the war, they had developed a truly remarkable catalyst." "The catalyst lasted for over one million tons of coal." "Then the formula for that catalyst would still be considered secret." "Without question." "Whoever possessed the formula would need only coal and a basic chemical technology to be self-sufficient in energy." "Then it would follow that certain interests wouldn't exactly be thrilled with the introduction of mass-produced synthetic fuel made from coal." "Obviously not." "They would no longer enjoy huge profits from the scarcity of natural crude." "The entire power structure in the world would shift from the Arabs and OPEC back to the United States." "After all, Mr. Caine America has the largest deposits of coal on this planet." "Forces involved are colossal." "I warned Tom, as I warn you:" "Leave Genesis to the past, ja." " Who ran the Genesis project?" " Hermann Göring." "No, I don't mean a political head." " Who was the chief scientist?" " Dr. Abraham Esau." " Is he still alive?" " I have no idea." "Please, I must go now." "Alone." "Well, you've been extremely helpful, Mr. Obermann." "I really appreciate it." "I hope you succeed in your quest, Mr. Caine." "Yeah." "I'm sorry, I don't speak German." "Yes, that's right." "Good night." " I told you not to act alone." " I'm sorry." "I thought it was a chance that any professional cop would have taken." "I won't have you operating alone without my knowledge." "Now, that's not a request." "That's a..." "That's an order." "Come on, Hans, you would have done the same thing in my place." "I've notified Obermanrs next of kin to meet us at his apartment." "You smoke too much." "No, there's nothing here before 1956." "It's almost as if his whole life didn't begin until then." "Well, Obermann was captured by the British in 1945." "Apparently, Siebold and Obermann were Genesis scientists." "Yeah, but..." "Where do we find Professor Siebold, assuming that he's still alive?" "If he was important enough, there will be a file on him at the SS Documents Center in Zehlendorf." "Yes." "This is Mr. Barney Caine, an American police official." "How do you do?" "Mr. Caine had occasion to question Herr Paul Obermann shortly before he was killed." " Question about what?" " The crime whose origins are American." "There's a bottle of brandy in the kitchen cabinet over the sink." "Would you be kind enough to pour some for me?" "Naturally." "I don't understand men like you." "What in God's name can be important enough to place a mars life in danger?" "Two very dear friends of mine were brutally murdered in Los Angeles." "Mr. Obermann had certain important information." "I'm sorry, but I had no choice." "I would like to ask you some questions." "Your name in Obermanrs wallet was next of kin." "I mean, what was your relationship to him?" " He was my uncle." " I see." "My mother was Paul Obermanrs sister." "When I was 7, my parents were killed in a car accident near Munich." " Paul Obermann raised me." " When did you last see him?" "Three or four weeks ago." " On what occasion?" " No occasion." "We had lunch together." "Paul was lonely." "All his friends were gone." "I was the only one he had." "What is your occupation, please?" "I am a freelance model at the Lemendorf Agency." "Miss Spangler, do you know what your uncle did during the war?" "Only that he was a chemist working on some secret energy research." " Was that project named Genesis?" " I don't know." "But about eight months ago a Swiss businessman called my uncle." "He was interested in Genesis." "I remember that meeting with that man frightened Paul." "What was his name?" "Toble?" "Tauber?" "Tauber." "Well, tell me, do you know this man with your uncle?" "Yes." "I saw him very often when I was quite young." "His name is Professor Wolf Siebold." "He was a colleague of my uncle." " Do you know where we could find him?" " It was many years ago, I don't know." "Thank you." "I must advise you, we may require some more questions at a later date." "You may require questions?" "You bring me here at a time of sorrow asking questions..." "Stupid questions." " While my uncle is murdered in a public place." "I have only contempt for you and your so-called profession." "Fräulein Spangler." "You can claim your uncle's body tomorrow morning and arrange for the funeral." "There will be no funeral." "There's no one left to attend a funeral." "I will have Paul cremated." "That's some woman." "I hate to see her angry." "You think you could get me some stills of her modeling work?" "I suppose so." "To what purpose?" "No purpose." "I'm just a dirty old man who likes to look at pretty girls." "It's an affliction that comes with age, Barney." " Sorry about all this, Hans." " Oh, well, forget about it." "Yeah, the thing is, now what do we do?" "I mean, supposing I do locate Siebold." "Obermann said that no one with a past will talk in front of the police." " How will we operate?" " Yes." "Well, all right." "You can pursue the case alone if you let me know where you are and with whom." "Fine." " I'd like your professional word of honor." " You have it." "By the way, I took this off of Obermanrs body." "It's from Franz Tauber." "Well, why didn't you give me Tauber's letter before?" "Because we didn't have an arrangement before." "You know what you are?" "Du bist ein son of a bitch." "I'm a washed-up son of a bitch." "Say, how about giving me a xerox copy of that letter?" "All right, all right." "I'm running a check on Frank Tedesco with our Intelligence." "I already checked him with Interpol." "He's an open book." "Perhaps." "But I had dinner with a young Italian girl who works for our Intelligence and she reminded me that the Italian word for German is tedesco." "First, you have to find a way to accompany this American, Caine." "Second, you will lead him to Siebold." " Third, you will report everything." " Please, Dieter I'm not new with this business." "Tedesco was very precise with his instructions." "Tedesco is famous for his precise instructions." "I can't." "I feel nothing." "There's no more music in my head." "Do you understand?" "I feel so old." "University seems like a thousand years ago." " Be careful, Lisa." " You too." "It was kind of you to come." "Not at all." "It took courage for Mr. Obermann to see me." "Do you think Paul's death is related to Major Neeley?" "Well, I hope to find the answer to that in the archives at Zehlendorf." " So far, the only link I have is Genesis." " What is Genesis?" "It's a Nazi code name for synthetic fuel." " What is it you want with me?" " What do you mean?" "I'm no fool, Mr. Caine." "You have spent two hours with me." "You are in midst of a critical investigation." "Why?" "Well, the truth is, I wanted to pay my respects." "The truth also is, I need a favor." "I need someone who's fluent in German." "Not connected with the police." "Someone who has the right motives who can help me." "And you would like me to go to Zehlendorf with you and translate those documents." "That's right." "And afterwards?" "Wherever the case leads." "And you believe that's a fair request?" "Yeah, I think it's fair." " You worked us over pretty good last night." " I wasn't in control." " I apologize for that." " Don't apologize, I understand your anger." " But I'd still appreciate your help." " But I don't know how I can help you." "Well, I'm operating alone, six thousand miles from home digging into matters that concern the Nazi past." "And I can't bring the police along." "Look, Miss Spangler your uncle was shot down in cold blood." "Now, you can help avenge his death, if you want to." "It's up to you." "Let's get a taxi." "I'm very cold." "Lisa this has gotta be the same von Kladen that Tom knew 35 years ago." "It says he was badly burned and suffered a serious leg wound." "He was transferred from combat and placed in charge of the Genesis documents." "Fate unknown." "Well, at least we got a line on Professor Siebold." "But we don't know that he is still at university." "He's still there." "Otherwise, Tom wouldn't have gone to Hamburg in January." "Perhaps I can phone him." "I'm sure he will remember me." "Let's let Lehman call him." "That way he's got a choice of either talking to us or talking to the police." "Nothing on Dr. Esau, huh?" "No." "No file." "Only references." "He was captured by the Soviets in May of '45, that's all." "Okay, let's get out of here." "It's like dancing through a graveyard." " It is difficult to believe, isn't it?" " What is that?" "That an entire nation went mad." "Lisa, something you said kind of bothered me." "So?" "What?" "You referred to Tom as Major Neeley." "Only someone familiar with his military record would call him that." "But my uncle always called him Major Neeley." "Yes, of course." "You really sure you want me to accompany you to Hamburg?" "Absolutely." "Professor Siebold knows you." "Your presence will make him that much more relaxed." "You know, in the queerest way, this canal reminds me of Venice." "I was there once on holiday and I spent a couple of days with a man I have never seen before or since." "It was a beautiful time." "I think it's nice to have some of those memories tucked away." "For me, those times are the best..." "Because they have no history, no future." "Only the moment." "Please, sit down." "You know, the only memento Paul kept was that photograph of you and he as young men, at the Academy of Sciences." "It must be a great tragedy to you." "Paul was both father and mother to you." "He had a truly sensitive soul." "Mr. Caine, rest assured I will give you all the help you require." "Thank you, professor." "Tell me, did an American named Tom Neeley contact you in early January of this year?" " No." "Did a Swiss businessman named Franz Tauber contact you about eight months ago?" "Yes, Tauber." "He also spoke with Obermann." "He was interested in reconstituting the Genesis team." " I refused to see him." " Oh, why?" "I am almost 70." "I have no desire to conquer any new worlds." "What can you tell me about Genesis, professor?" "The manufacture of oil from coal is not new." "Real breakthrough came at a meeting at the Reich Chancellery in August 1936." "There were giants at that meeting." "It was at that meeting that Hitler gave the I.G. Farben works a grant of one billion reichmarks to undertake mass-production of synthetic fuel." "Dr. Abraham Esau was placed in charge." "I was chief liaison coordinator for all the 15 plants." "By 1941, we were producing great quantities of synthetic oil and lubricants." "This is an award presented to me by Albert Speer of synthetic fuel in 1944." "Mr. Obermann said that you had perfected a remarkable catalyst and that the catalyst controlled the process." "Now, that is true." "But I did not formulate that catalyst." "I merely coordinated." "Who did?" "Dr. Esau." "You wouldn't by any chance know what became of Dr. Esau?" "No." "But..." "Esau did have a personal adjutant." "A man named Reimeck." "I heard something about him being involved in one of these pornographic clubs across the lake." "That wouldn't be the Club Venus by any chance, would it?" " I have no idea." " Yes, you do." "You sent Tom Neeley there in January." "We found a souvenir of the club in Neeley's house." "Why did you lie to me about seeing Neeley?" "He says you're rude and presumptuous." "He's right." "You see, professor, I'm a little tired of being lied to and shot at." "And your phony nostalgia about the good old days doesn't impress me." "Don't play the sanctimonious American with me, mister." "In all the years of the war, in all the great Allied raids not one important hydrogenation plant was hit." "And why?" "Because certain American oil companies shared chemical patents with the Third Reich." "The Americans were in business with the Third Reich then." "And the same partnership exists today." "There is blood on your hands too, mister." "This is Manfried Reimeck." "He is the manager of the club and says to forgive the delay." "Tell him that we appreciate his time and help." "It is not necessary to translate." "I can manage some English." "What can you tell me about Dr. Esau?" "Dr. Esau, I remember..." "I was with Dr. Esau at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin the night the Soviet tanks entered the city." "And I pleaded with Dr. Esau to save himself, but he refused." "The city was burning." "There were wild animals in the streets." "Do you know where he is now?" "Dr. Esau is terminally ill." "He's at a private sanatorium near to St. Moritz." "A place called..." "Wait a moment." "The Kessenger Haus." "Sorry, but I must leave you now." "I hope I have been of some help to you." " Indeed." "Thank you." " No, thank you." "The drinks are, of course, on the house." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Lisa." "Hey, Lisa." "Come on." "What is it?" " Oh, I'm sorry." "It's a nightmare." " Yeah." "I'll say." "You..." "You wanna talk about it?" "No." "It's very old, very personal." "You don't know, maybe..." "Maybe we share the same nightmare." "Perhaps we are..." "They say all nightmares have a certain similarity." "Well, mine's in full color." "Very elegant setting." "A restaurant outside Santiago." "I'm having lunch with a friend of mine." "A man very close to Allende." "He was shot to death." "Did you know he would be killed?" "Yeah, I..." "I knew he was gonna be killed." "I was told that he was head of a group that intended to stop the flow of copper into the United States, you know?" "And that his removal was vital to our national interests." "About three months later I found out the whole thing was a scam." "You know what I mean?" "A setup, phony." "Just to drive up the price of copper." "So I resigned from the agency and I fell off the world for a couple of years and Tom Neeley resurrected me." "But, let me tell you, my dead friend is still alive in my nights." "I think our nightmares are not so different." "Well, after that cheerful little story, you're all right now, huh?" " I'll see you in the morning." " Barney." "Please stay." "Please." " More coffee?" " What?" " Do you like some more coffee?" " Oh, yes." "Thank you." "What is it?" "What's wrong?" "One phone call from Lehman." "Esau agrees to see me." "It's too pat." " What do you mean by "pat"?" " Easy, simple." "That kind of obedience is perfectly normal and very German." "You know, the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz is quite elegant." "You sure you can afford it?" "Lehman told them it was official business, so it's on the house." " Do you ski?" " Years ago, in Chile." "I wound up in a cast." "I love to ski." "There's something special about being alone, late in the day." "It's like a moment of personal truth." "Curious, isn't it, the places that people find truth?" " Where do you find it, Barney?" " I don't know." "When I left Los Angeles, my son put his arms around me." "I guess there's a good deal of truth in that." "I want you to understand about last night." "It wasn't just the nightmare." "I wanted you to stay with me because I couldn't be alone with all those images about that nightclub." "I kept thinking of the war of all that terror ending as a pornographic joke." "And all this time I thought you were just a pushover for a pretty face." "We should sit down." "The French are building an atomic reactor in northern Iraq..." "The French will sleep with anyone for a profit." "They are a nation of whores." "You are the niece of Paul Obermann?" "Yes, Dr. Esau." "He was only an adequate man, but a remarkable chemist." "Doctor, Mr. Reimeck told us that you had been captured by the Russians." "The Mongolians came into the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute." "They swarmed into my office still wearing their white winter uniforms in May." "They kept flushing my toilet over and over." "Can you believe?" "The German nation defeated by men who have never seen a toilet." " Where did they take you?" " First to Kiev, then to Moscow." "They wanted the Genesis formula." "The one that contained the final catalyst." "I designed the pilot hydrogenation-plant working with their Soviet scientists." "The process failed." "It was a purposeful failure." "After five years and millions of rubles they placed me in the Lubyanka Prison." "Keeping alive in that prison was in itself an act of vengeance." "Dr. Esau, what happened to that final formula?" "The Genesis file was part of a shipment that contained our most vital military secrets." "Himmler planned to trade those secrets with the Allies in return for amnesty." "The shipment was in charge of a general named Kladen." "It was intercepted by units of the American Army." "After that, we were lost." "We had nothing left to bargain with." "Why did the Russians release you, doctor?" "The can'tel negotiated my release from the Soviets in 1956." " What can'tel?" " The same can'tel that has conspired to suppress the production of synthetic fuel." "I must ask you to leave us for a moment, Fräulein Spangler." "As you wish." "You will forgive me for dismissing Fräulein Spangler but in my position, one learns the limitations of trust." "Our positions aren't that different, doctor." "The civilized world must record that in the long shadows of history it was I, Dr. Abraham Esau, that kept the lights burning." "And you, Mr. Caine, are in a unique position to ensure my immortality." "You have no connection to the can'tel or the Kameradschaft." "You are a policeman seeking justice for the death of your friends." "That's true." "I'm going to inscribe for you the Genesis formula." "You have all the proper motives to make it public." "My friends were killed for this." "Promise me that you will make my formula public." "You have my word." "I am going to die on your word." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Yes, sir." "Look..." "I was talking to Los Angeles, I got cut off." "Can you put the call back through for me, please?" "I'm sorry, the circuit is cut." "There's a message from a Franz Tauber." "You are to meet him tomorrow at noon where the horses race on the ice." " Good evening, Herr Caine." " Good night." "Son of a bitch." "Quite extraordinary, our Swiss horses that race on the ice." "The Swiss are famous for them." "That's interesting." "I always thought the Swiss were famous for their chocolate." "That's quite true." "Do you care for one?" "How nice, Mr. Tauber." "Thank you." "Thanks." " Express?" " Express, express, ja." "He says Express Airmail will leave Zurich tonight for New York and will arrive in Los Angeles sometime tomorrow night." "Oh, that's great." "Fine." "I need 16 francs for the postage and for the two copies." "You've got it." "How much have I got there?" "This is your key." "The matching key will be in our safe." "Simply present your key when you wish to have your documents back." "Fine." "Oh, here, please." " Thank you." " Thank you." "Oh, Mr. Caine, your call to Inspector Lehman from Berlin is ready." "You can have the call around the corner." "Could you tell me what the German words "die Orchidee" mean?" "Oh, it means "orchid."" "Like the flower." "Thank you." "What is it?" "What's wrong?" "Do you know what?" "I think I'm ge..." "Getting a little bit old for this racket." "The curious thing is you don't get any smarter." "You just get slower." "But you're awful good." "I gotta give you that." "When I ask you why you called Tom "Major Neeley" you never missed a beat." "It was the truth." "It was bullshit." "But you sold me." "Then I saw that photograph of you in the black wig." "There was hairs from a black wig on Tom's pillow." "Every model in the world wears wigs." "That's right." "You're right." "But every model in the world does not use a body oil with an orchid scent." "I found that same fragrance on a towel in Neeley's bathroom." "Oh, there's a couple other little things I forgot to tell you." "You know, you told me that Siebold knew you since you were a little girl." "I saw his eyes." "He didn't recognize you from Mohammed Ali." "Incidentally, I just talked to Lehman on the phone." "Dear old Uncle Paul Obermann had no sister." "You must have had a hell of a time keeping a straight face." "Such melancholy." "All that poetic ceremony about poor Obermanrs ashes." "And then, letting me talk you into taking me to Zehlendorf and helping me out." "And all the time you're just following orders." "It doesn't matter that my friends are murdered." "I don't know what you're made of." "I don't see how you can make love to someone and then two minutes later take out a Walther PPK and pump seven slugs into his body." "I did what I had to do with Neeley." "And I left." "I didn't kill him." " Just following orders, right?" " Yes." " Right into bed, right?" " No one ordered me to sleep with you." "Listen to me." "Try to understand." "My father was the commander of the Ravensbrück concentration camp." "And this man my father designed and carried out the gassing and burning of 200,000 women and children." "He kept jars of gold teeth taken from the dead." "He melted them down and bought his way into a respectable position in the new Germany." "When I discovered what my father had been I despised him and everything his generation stood for, but mostly myself." "You werert even born." " You couldn't be held responsible." " But I knew, you see." "I knew." "And I looked at my own world, and saw it being run by the same monsters." "Nothing had changed." "So when I went to the university I met some people and they helped me to believe violence was the only means to a new way." "We must believe in the universal brotherhood of man." "If not, the world will end." "One man miscalculates, pushes a button and we all end as an accident." "So I..." "I did what I thought was right." "You actually believe that." "You think that those people who send you out to kill are different than the people you kill." "No wonder you have nightmares." "You've been brainwashed by experts." "Sweet Jesus, you really think that those bastards believe in the brotherhood of man?" " Yes, I did." "For a long time." "The same way you did in Chile." "The causes are always the same only the flags are different." "Lisa can you tell me why the Neeleys were killed?" "We were instructed to find out if they had been in touch with the Swiss, Tauber." " Why?" " I don't know." "Thank you." "What do you think they have in mind for me?" "My orders were to accompany you." "Nothing more." "Whose orders?" "Frank Tedesco." "I want you to set up a meeting for me with Tedesco." " Why should I?" " Sweetheart, we've both been used." "There's not much time left." "Maybe I can buy you a little with Lehman but you gotta help me." " There's no use, Barney." " There's no use." " Why not?" "You can't touch him." "You have to promise me." "If I arrange a meeting, you won't do anything than talk to him." "Because you will be in danger, not him." "I understand." "Tedesco is in Berlin." "Barney, don't cross that line." "That's East Berlin." "I can't help you there." "I'm Frank Tedesco." "I understand you wish to speak about our friend Major Neeley." "Yeah, I'd like to know how you came to know him." "It was in the spring of 1945 close to the Swiss frontier." "I was then known as General Helmut Kladen." "And it was then that the two of you took the formula to the British in Hamburg, right?" "Where we met the late Paul Obermann." "Together we decoded and translated the file for British Intelligence." "Apparently, you Americans were not interested in our synthetic fuel." "After the war, Obermann went to England Tom back to America and I to Haiti." "But you maintained control over the Genesis scientists." "You come to me for your kinderspiel." "Your childrers questions." "Don't you find that curious?" "After all you won the war we lost." "Well, don't worry about it." "We're famous for losing the wars we win." "And let me tell you something, you son of a bitch." "Son of a bitch." "I know you had Tom and Kay Neeley killed." "And if it takes me the rest of my life, I'm gonna see that you pay for it." "I'll be coming on behind you, general." "You can sleep on it." "Why the anger, Mr. Caine?" "I can assure you, the men who killed the Neeleys have been eliminated." "So you've done your job." "Besides, you acquired the formula." "You have no cause to be upset." "Auf Wiedersehen, gentlemen." "Barney." "No, Barney." "Well, I told her you are an American police official." " She's placing the call to your partner." " Thank you." "Hans what do you think they'll do to Lisa?" "I don't know." "Maybe nothing." "If she has a value at all, they'll let her live for a while." "This is a copy of the Genesis formula." "If anything should happen to me see that it gets to somebody in the government or in the press." " Anybody you trust." " All right." "Mr. Caine." "Mr. Yosuta's number is out of service." " Out of service?" " Yes." "Barney." "These are simple geometric equations from a high school book." "Mr. Caine, it's final boarding call for your flight." " Miss." " Yes?" "I want you to put an emergency phone call to Los Angeles, area code 213-555-4000." " Ask for the watch commander." " Okay." "Son of a bitch." "That concierge at the Swiss hotel." "He must have switched on me." "I should have checked that." "He probably grabbed Louis by now." "I sent the original to him." " Well, how do they know that?" " Because Lisa was with me when I mailed it." "She did it for me, huh?" "Bullshit." "Listen, go down to the gate, will you and have them hold the plane?" " Right." "Mr. Caine, they are on the line." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Who am I talking to?" "Yeah, well, listen." "This is Lieutenant Barney Caine." "I'm talking to you from Tegel Airfield in West Berlin." "I'm on a classified case out of Tactical." "I have reason to believe that my partner, Sgt. Louis Yosuta, is in imminent danger." " I have the gate." "You must board your flight." " Tell them it's a police emergency." "Inspector Lehmars on his way down there right now." "Listen, I want you to send a couple of black and whites to 365 Baldwin in Pasadena." "Tell them to handle it Code Three." "And have a Metro car meet me at the airport." "Flight 761, TWA out of London, arriving 3:35 p.m. Your time." "You got that?" "Yeah, run a copy of Yosuta's time log for the last 24 hours, all right?" "Thanks, pal." "Thank you, miss." "Have a good flight, Mr. Caine." " Watch your step, please." " Welcome back." " Here, take this, will you?" " Yeah, sure." " Here, this way." " Talk to me, Rizzo." "Four of our men arrived at Yosuta's house at 4:15 a.m." "His wife was bound and gagged." "She said three men took Louis." "We got an APB out." "Nolars on it." "The commissioner's on it, and half the Metro squad." "He logged out at 6:15 p.m., logged back in at 8:45 p." "M and then out again at 9:05 p.m." "That means he got the original copy by special delivery went straight to Tactical, and shoved it in the safe." "Hit the screamer." "Go." "You're quite a cowboy, Caine." "Release Sergeant Yosuta, and you get the original." "Yosuta." "Yosuta." "I don't..." "I don't know that fellow." "I know, but let him go anyway." "Alrighty." "That's it." "Yeah." "What about copies?" "There're no other copies." "I have the original." "Pawn to queen four." "How do I know that?" "I have no desire to spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder." "And you have no reason to hurt Louis Yosuta." "We're at an honest standoff." "Go ahead and make the call." "All right, I think I trust you, Barney." "Oh, can I call you Barney?" " Make the call." " All right." "Have a seat." "Well, how was it over there in Germany?" "I wish you had brought me back some knackwurst." "I love that stuff." "Steiffel." "Release Sergeant Yosuta with our apologies and our gratitude." " Have him go to John Nolars office." " I'll call him in..." " Wait a second." "What's that?" "Nolars office, I'll call." "Okay, send him to Nolars office and he'll be called there." "In an hour." "Milk Dud?" "Awful good." "I'll tell you what I would like:" "Some answers." "I mean, you've had the formula since '45." "Why...?" "Why all the masquerade?" "Well, let's see." "All right." "I think you deserve some answers." "I'll give you the 98-cent tour." "Since World War II, we've been concerned with the continued existence of some surviving German scientists who were, well, they played a key part in the development of the Genesis formula." "Now, our concern was a little benign because in '46 we bought up the formula and Doctor..." " Esau." " Esau, right." "So, Genesis then seemed tucked neatly away in the past." "Now, that was the time that this can'tel started to buy up all the coalfields." "We now have, give or take a nickel 70 percent of all the coal in the United States." "Plus all our uranium deposits." "Comes along '73." "Arabian crude goes to 400 percent so we start thinking about the feasibility of synthetic fuels." "But when Herr Tauber contacted Paul Obermann, then..." "We had to exchange queens." "That's when you decided to set up Tom Neeley." "You had Tedesco order Obermann to invite Neeley to Berlin ostensibly to explore the possibilities of reconstituting the Genesis team." "But once Tom was hooked, you had him murdered." "And that assured you the benefit of my services." "I mean, all those wonderful clues scattered all over Neeley's house." "They were designed to lead me away from cocaine, directly to Genesis and to Berlin." "Not bad, Caine." "Stick around." "It gets better." "You couldn't just kill off the scientists." "Somebody would have linked it to Genesis." "You needed a cover, and I turned out to be the fall guy." "Let me ask you something, though." "How did you know that I'd be assigned to the case?" "Ten-cent phone call." "I see." "I see." "Then your only mistake was Dr. Esau and his passion for immortality." "Best laid plans." "But you and I are gonna rectify that, aren't we?" "I should have known." "I should have known you were calling the shots when Clements was blown up." "I should've put that together right away." "Listen, you were 7000 miles from home." "You lost a horse, a bishop and a queen." "Kindly spare me all the chess crap." "You never saw the bodies of Tom and Kay Neeley." "You know, if you're gonna try to dispense with us as rapacious, evil little men who are desperately trying to hang on to their Swiss bank accounts then you're gonna miss the side of the barn by at least eight yards." "Look." "The sole function of any international can'tel is to ensure political harmony." "The first obligation of power is to lead." "Now, that's been the Holy Grail since the Industrial Revolution." "Now, we've brought the human race to that grand plateau where insanity is now a graver problem than hunger." "Human beings, my friend, are a very complex paradox." "Very, very dangerous." "They don't wanna be leaders, they wanna be followers." "I mean, they..." "They can't wait to find some nut who they think is just wonderful, to tell them what to do." "And they all wanna be brought under control." "And some of that awesome burden has fallen on my sagging shoulders." "I didn't ask for it." "And I don't enjoy it, but I accept it because I have a strong sense of duty." "Now, there are those inevitable moments when some people have to be sacrificed like your friends, the Neeleys." "I didn't like that." "But I don't make the rules around here." "I just work here." "Christ, I'd rather be up in the Great Sierras there backpacking, fishing." "But duty says otherwise." "You mean, greed says otherwise." "You'll make synthetic fuel when you get damn good and ready." "But not until you've screwed those poor slobs down there in the street out of about $40 or $50 billion for phony research on a formula that already works." "Why don't you make your call now?" " John Nolars office." " This is Barney Caine." " Sergeant Yosuta's right here." " Barney?" "It's me." " Are you all right?" " I'm all right." "There's a cable here for you." "It arrived two days ago." " Get it right over here." " I can read it to you." "You're a couple of minutes away." "Get it here now." " Where are you?" " Adam Steiffel's office." " Can we conclude our business?" " It's on the way." " I just wish I could get you to understand." " What is there to understand?" "You trade lives and human dignity for profit." ""Money, not morality, is the principal commerce of civilized nations."" "Thomas Jefferson, 200 years ago." "That is the philosophy that built this nation." "What do you know about this nation?" "When did you ever give a second thought to American citizens?" "You're the reason their money's won'thless." "You're the reason old people are eating out of garbage cans and kids get killed in bullshit wars." "You're not in the oil business." "You're in the oil-shortage business." "You're an ivory-tower hoodlum." "A common street killer." "I wish to Christ there was some way I could nail you." "Well you're gonna be nailing the American dream, Barney." "Because it all started in the corner gas station." "Remember, you used to take your bike down there and get free air." "And Daddy said, "Fill them up, Fred."" "And you go down to Grandma's for Christmas dinner." "Yeah." "Then, when you got your first car what did you do?" "You took your girl for a ride." "There was Fred smiling by the pump there." "He never let you down because a gallon of gas never broke down." "Well, it was oil that nourished the American dream." "We're the great American tit, Barney." "And without it ain't no America." " There's a cable for Lieutenant Caine." " Thank you, Miss Rubin." "Thank you." "I think this is for you." ""The chocolates are delicious." "Best wishes Franz Tauber."" "You gave the formula to the Swiss." "I thought it was kind of a nice touch." "You may be in a little trouble." "Let me give you a piece of professional advice." "Get out of the oil business, will you?" "Get your police pension and take your kid for a raft ride down the Colorado, it's terrific." "Let me tell you something." "If I didn't have a son who still loved me I'd blow your fucking brains all over that venetian blind back there." "Right here, right now." "But I'm not in the murder business." "And you're not won'th one more minute of my time." "I hope you enjoy the chocolates." "Okey-doke." "Okey-doke." " Hello." " Hello, Franz." " This is Franz Tauber." " Yeah, this is Adam Steiffel." "I'm sorry to wake you up." "Oh, Adam." "What a pleasant surprise." "Look, I'm..." "I'm calling you in reference to this telegram that you sent about the chocolates." "Oh, yes, the chocolates." "Yeah, I'd a..." "I'd appreciate it if you could just sit on them for about 10 years." "In 10 years, I'm afraid those chocolates will lose their flavor." "That's funny." "Well, we can sweeten it up, Franz." "Maybe..." "How about 25 percent of my anthracite?" "But, Adam, why do we wait 10 years?" "Well, Franz, if we mine it now, it's gonna be coal but if we wait 10 years, it's gold." "Make it 30 percent, then we are in business." "Thirty percent sounds as right as rain to me." "Hey, you know, Adam, I always thought you were Swiss." "Well, Franz, in business, we're all Swiss, aren't we?" "Quite so." "Well, draw the papers, Adam." "Thank you, Franz." "Go back to sleep." "Auf Wiedersehen." "Goodbye, Adam." "Auf Wiedersehen." "Christ." "Think they'll go after you?" "No, I doubt it." "I've done my damage." "I'm not an adversary anymore." "I'm just another customer."