May 1, 2024 • 28 mins
Gene must help the CIA and French intelligence stop an assassination attempt on President Charles de Gaulle.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
There is an old familiar saying everyone has two countries
their own and France. For France is the land of individualism,
where you can allow your personal idiosyncrasies full play and
apologize for them with complete acceptability by the simple remark
jesuit com sa you are like that. It's all that
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need be said. In France. Every person has a right
to be themselves. They needn't conform to the model of another.
It is this freedom that's made Paris the hoopla capital
of the world and one of the world's great cultural centers.
There is perhaps no other place in the world that
can contribute more to the spiritual development of the individual
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By virtue of the influenced. Paris brings to bear upon
anyone sensitive to beauty, measure, and intellectual stimulation. The best
proof of this fact are the many expatriot that live
in Paris who come to admire but remain to praise.
But whether you visit Paris for a day or stay
a lifetime, the city will indelibly leave its mark.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Huh the audacity and ingenuity of some people.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
What are you reading this morning's sight on?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I grabbed it from the airport. They have a story
about a daring escape from East Berlin. A vehicle spit
right below the gate of checkpoint Charlie.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Sounds daring, to say the least.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Well, you can't blame them, being trapped in a country
that takes away your voice, your independence, and keeps you
caged like an animal.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
How could you not.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Want to escape?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Leaving East Germany for Paris feels like we are escaping ourselves,
doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Hmm, absolutely, though Martin certainly keeps us on a night schedule.
How long are we here for this time?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I'm not sure yet, but booking us at the Ritz
is a good way to apologize.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
He has been boiling us with hotel choices.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I'm not complaining as long as it doesn't affect our budget.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I'm looking forward to seeing a new side of Paris
I haven't yet. It will feel like being a tourist
in our own city.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Feeling like a tourist is right. Martin sent the list
of sites he wants me to hit with Rebecca, and
it's everything from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Paris is one of the biggest tourist destinations in the
world and one of our best sellers.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
And he wants it all captured in color.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
But it can wait until tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yes, yes, but tomorrow will be a busy day.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I think I'll check in at the office in the morning,
maybe even start looking for new space with Lily already.
This new expansion is going to require more than just
adding a few desks.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
We need offices, a reception.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I suppose you're right, better to be prepared. Do you
have places in mind?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I was thinking something in Montmartre would be nice.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I don't know. Perhaps it's too far. Maybe you should
look for something closer to the river.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Will debate neighbor's tomorrow. Tonight we check in, take a
bath and reeling.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
We will monchuris vulvu couche avec mois this one?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
But if you play your cards right, and here we are.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
The Ritz Hotel is charmingly located and possibly the most
harmonious square in Paris, with the von Dome column rising
in its center and surrounded by luxury shopping and exceptional restaurants.
The hotel possesses two tiny bars, which are the most
elegant places in Paris to meet before lunch or dinner,
and a new attractive restaurant, the Espadont, which hosts a
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celebrated weekly de jonet Monden. The Ritz has two hundred
and ten large, handsome rooms, the majority of which have baths,
attended to by a staff that's greater in number than
it's guests, and the service can be judged accordingly.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Venue.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
How may I help you checking in, Monsieur and Madame
Fodor Caribbean. Here's your key and we will listen to
you with your bags and Monsieur, I have it Beckuters
for you.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
It arrived this morning. More instructions from Martin. I'm sure, darling.
Why don't you go upstairs and start running that path.
I'll check my messages and be done with business.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
For the night.
Speaker 7 (04:30):
Sounds splendid.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
We'll fight this way, Madame, Hello, Jean, welcome to Paris.
Speaker 8 (04:53):
That was a bit of a hairy situation you left
back in East Germany, but I had no doubt you
get Sebago out. Upon his debrief with the JA, Zabago
revealed the photos of three men who entered France with
fake passports to assassinate President Charles de Gaul for changing
his position on Algeria and now supporting its independence. These
men believe they are working for the oas but they
are really being funded by the Soviets, who hope that
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the death of de Gaulle and the turmoil that would
follow not only gives Communism a foothold in Algeria, but
threaten the very existence of the NATO Alliance. We obviously
can't allow that to happen. Your mission is to deliver
the photos to our contact at the sdece. French intelligence
has been warned of the threat. They should be able
to act on the intel and prevent any assassination attempt.
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Rebecca will meet you at the Eiffel Tower at eighteen
hundred to help coordinate the exchange. Thanks, Gene, I'll be
in touch soon.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Apolate a room four They play in moment.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
Hello, it's me.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Oh, this can't be good news.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Martin left even more assignments. Wants us to cover the
Paris nightlife for the new edition. Even the Moulin Rouge
thinks it will sell copies.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
He's not wrong.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Sex sells, but this bath sure will feel lonely.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Enjoy it, order room service, spoil yourself. I'll catch up
as soon as I'm back.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Are you sure you deserve arrest?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
After everything in Germany?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I just want to get this done, so it's not
hanging over my head. Don't wait up, I might be late, Okay,
I love you. The real marvel of Paris, for many
is the Eiffel Tower. If the Statue of Liberty is
New York, if Big Ben is London, if the Kremlin
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is Moscow, then the Eiffel Tower is Paris. For two years,
a French engineer worked to a wrecked this strange and
ugly monument, which was designed to exalt the technical era
that had begun to shine in the lamp of Edison
and to stammer in the first phone call of Bell.
Eiffel used five thousand sheets of paper, each nearly a
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yard square for his full scale plans of this enormous construction.
It was inaugurated on June tenth, eighteen eighty nine, by Edward,
the seventh Prince of Wales, and for years Parisians considered
it fashionable to call it hideous and to compare it
to a fifteen million pound giraffe whose head sort one
thousand feet high. But gradually it became part of the
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Parisian landscape, and paperweights, ash trays and souvenirs spread its
reputation around the.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
World from Asgeen. Sorry, I know you're never in photos,
but you looked so sweet standing there like a tourist
on holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Well, hello to you too, Rebecca. What do you say
we hurry up and deliver these photo so we can
get a little holiday in ourselves.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Our contact from French intelligence should be waiting for us.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
Let me see.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Yes, there that man across the park. That is our contact, Hugo.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
So what's the plan?
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Real simple, transfer the passports and go our separate ways.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Great, maybe I'll make it back in time to surprise blaster.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Bon soir, Rebecca, Hi, Hugo, Nice to see you again.
This is my colleague Jeane.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
A pleasure. I think these are for.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
You, Ello, Jean, I can't thank you enough for delivering.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
These our pleasure. I hope they help.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yes, now we can put faces to the names of
matamp provided and it confirms our identity.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
You know who they are.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
We tracked the names to a hotel on the right bank,
but the assassins were tipped off and escaped before we
could make the arrest. The problem is these men are
former French military and have helped Bonzi inside.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
De Gale should leave the city immediately and go into
protective custody.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Goal is a stubborn of the world and refuses to
do anything. There have already been thirty one assassination attempts
on his life that have all failed, so now he
seems to think he is on voneble.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
But if they're French military with help on the inside,
that means they're dangerous and difficult to.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Catch, exactly something the Goal does not understand and the
reason why we need your help tracking the assassins our help.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
We just gave you the passports. That's all we were
asked to do. I'm not qualified, Jeane.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Now that's not true. You told me yourself. No one
knows the city better and it would just be one night.
All we have to do is help find them. A
life literally might depend on it.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
Many In fact, why do I even argue, fine, what
do we know about the men?
Speaker 3 (09:50):
They are all as assassins organization are mes secret if
our write paramilitary terrorist organization intent on preventing a Aligerian independence.
Now that we can confirm our intelligence is correct, their
names are Jean Marie Bastian Theirie, a French Air Force
lieutenant colonel and military air weaponry engineer. Pierre Andre Magaard,
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a twenty two year old Air Force des attire, and
the oping brute of a Pienoir named George Woitin, who
collected the ears of Algerian rebels he killed in a
glass jar. Charming, he told others in Algeria his fondest
wish was to add the Goal's ears to his collection.
They are all angry at the Goal for changing his
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position on Algerian independence, calling him a tyrant and claiming
his assassination justified.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Look, they sound like some serious characters. Yes, I know
the city, but I must remind you both I'm just
a travel writer. You must have someone better suited for
the job.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
We have the entire city looking for them, but with
their contacts on the inside, we need all the outside
help we can get.
Speaker 7 (11:01):
We'll do whatever we can.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
All I ask is please take a look at the
hotel rooms they deserted. See if you can find anything
in the evidence left behind. Martin said, you two are
good at solving puzzles.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
We'll try our best.
Speaker 7 (11:13):
Lead the way.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
This is a room where the assassins have been staying.
They used the large passports to books or rooms.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Did they use the passports anywhere else? Any pattern to track.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
They used them to enter Germany by trains six days ago,
but the trail ends here.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
What about contacts in the city, any places they might.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Go too many? They are French and they have support,
They could be anywhere.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
They clearly left in a hurry.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
It seems they took everything with them other than the
few pieces of clothing you see.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
And numerous cigarette butts, heavy smokers it looks.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Like, and drinkers.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
As I said Zeya French.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Honestly, I could use a cigarette myself. You go mind
If I use those matches unlike our friends, I will
enjoy it on the balcony.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Of course, I need to make it fun. Called take
your time.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
I'll join you.
Speaker 7 (12:19):
Jean, What was that about?
Speaker 4 (12:28):
You don't smoke?
Speaker 1 (12:29):
See this symbol on the matchbook? I recognize it looks
like a music note it is, and I know a
club it came from. And if our guys went there,
I know who would have seen them.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Well that's great.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
Why not tell Hugo.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Because he said it himself. There's someone on the inside
tipping them off, maybe even him. Yes, but look, if
my hunch is right and we get some info, we
can always loop him in. But better safe than sorry.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Right, well, look who's getting good at us?
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Reluctantly, so where are we heading to? The best jazz
club in Paris. Paris is one city where no one
has ever had to ask what do you do at night? Fortunately,
a considerable proportion of the population of Paris is concerned
with providing distraction in the hours of darkness. Most of
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it legal. All you have to do is sally forth
and let nature take its course. But if it's cutting
edge music you seek, there is no better place than
the Club Saint Jermon. Every night visiting an expatriate American
jazz musicians like Sidney Baschet, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, James
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Moody and Miles Davis hit the stage of the small,
smoke filled venue, showering the audience with the sounds of
improvisational artistry.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
As much as I love live jazz.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
When is your contact going to meet us?
Speaker 1 (14:00):
We are on a bit of a clock. He'll be
here in a minute. Amazing, right, yeah, still got it
here he comes, great set, Kenny.
Speaker 7 (14:19):
It's the drummer, mean Jean.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
It's been a long time, my.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Man, Kenny. Please meet my colleague Rebecca. Rebecca the great
Kenny Clark.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
It's a pleasure, mademoiselle.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
You really were fantastic.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
He's the best, always has been. Kenny used to keep
us entertained during the war when we were part of
the Special Services. He had a nasty habit of going
a wall whenever there was a good gig nearby.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
Yeah, I mean, Jane.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
He would always helped talk me out of.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Trouble my patriotic duty. Losing a drummer like you would
have been a hit to morale and it would have
been a damn shame to see you playing tin cans
in the brig.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
I've actually seen you play before. Oh yeah, the Newport
Jazz Festival in fIF Thank you. And I loved your
work with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
She knows her jazz, Jean.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
She'll keep impressing you. Don't you worry. But in truth,
we aren't just here for the music, Kenny. We need your.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Help, anything you need, Jean. You know that what's going on.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
We're looking for three French guys that came in recently,
probably a few nights ago.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
Here are their photos. Do you recognize them?
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Hell, yeah, I do. I can survey the whole crowd
from behind my kit. They were sitting off to the
side over there, drinking heavy, looking for trouble.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
That type they are. They're Organizacion Almescret Assassins wanted by
the police.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
That group has been terrorizing this city for months with
their cafe wars. Who would blow up in some people
just sitting down to have a coffee.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
And we think they're planning something bigger.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Shit, And these sons of bitches are staying at my hotel.
I got a warm daisy. They might be trying to
blow it up too.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Don't worry, these aren't bombers. But you're sure they're staying
at your hotel?
Speaker 3 (15:57):
They were. I saw him stumble in after the last set.
I think they asked the bartender for a local place
to stay.
Speaker 7 (16:04):
It all lines up.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
What's the Hotel La Louisianne, just down the street.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
Let's go Geene.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Thanks Kenny, that's all we needed. Hell, that's everything we needed.
I'm just sorry we'll have to miss your next set.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Glad to help, But next time you're in Pirie, we
grab a drink and you tell me how this story ends.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
You have a deal.
Speaker 7 (16:23):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Hotel La Louisiane is a Parisian hotel located in the
heart of Saint German de Prey, one of the most
artistic neighborhoods in the city. You can find the hotel
at the intersection of Rue de Bussi, where it has
a side entrance and Rue Descent, with its main entrance
in the sixth arrondisement. It's well known as a home
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in Paris for many of the world's famous jazz musicians.
Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie,
Art Blakey, Billie Holliday, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker all
were guests. In fact, Jean Paul Satre set up Juliette
Greco in Room ten and moved to Room nineteen, which
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he kept in his name until nineteen fifty. Juliette Greco
and Miles Davis later met in the hotel, which became
the setting of their infamous love story. It also drew
in writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de st Experis,
Henry Miller, Cyril Connolly, Peter Berling, and Albertine Sarazan, all
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who called La Louisiana home at one point or another.
How may I help you?
Speaker 9 (17:40):
Monsieur.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Hello, We're looking for three men who I believe are
staying here.
Speaker 7 (17:44):
These are their photos.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
Yes, I knows his men, but unfortunately they are not
currently in zeroom.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Do you know where they are when they'll be back?
Speaker 6 (17:54):
I don't, but I'm also not permitted to give out
information on guests.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Look, these men are members of the terrorist organization behind
the Cafe Wars that have been destroying this city. We
understand your policy, but this could help prevent another attack.
And who are you?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
You've seen James Bond, right, he's the real thing.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
M This does feel like a movie and you do
look like a bomb girl. All right, I'll show you
the rooms so we can catch these bastards.
Speaker 9 (18:29):
You are free to look around.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
I'll be back downstairs to keep a lookout in case
you need me.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Mercy.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
They definitely haven't checked out yet. We should tell Hugo.
Speaker 7 (18:48):
Hmm, Jeane, look at this? What is it with a briefcase?
Speaker 4 (18:55):
It has a false bottom.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
I just got.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
A jimmy it an. I think it's papers.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
No, no, no, they're maps. See look it's maps of
the same section outside Paris, only with different locations marked
and different routes. The routes are between Elise Palace and
the airport.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Gelise Palace is where de Gaul has his cabinet meetings,
and he always goes straight to the airport after.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
They must be targeting his two primary routes to the airport.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
But why too, because he would never let the chosen
route be known until he was underway for security reasons.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
So they must have someone on the inside tipping them
off when he leaves, and they position their scouts here
and here so they can phone in the chosen path
and then easily prepare an ambush at this intersection. See
at Petit Timon. As a military man, it's the perfect
position for an ambush.
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Degaull's cabinet meeting should be finishing any minute.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Let's call Hugo and get to Petit Clement before it's
too late.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
M D.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
This is Max. The dogget has left the palace. Make
sure the girls are in position.
Speaker 9 (20:14):
We too, sweet, Hello, this is d d A.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Convoys en roots should be arriving at the junction in
any minute.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
Confirm direction.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
We here they come.
Speaker 9 (20:33):
They took lute a repeat ruth as they go.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
They're on the way to Petty lament. Suck out of
the way.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
If you're right, scenes will be at Petite Clamar and
only a few minutes.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
We have to get there first and divert the convoy
from the ambush spot. It's just a couple of blocks away.
Should go step on it. There it is ahead we
and that's the go.
Speaker 9 (21:01):
Sit three on.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Approaching the intersection. You see that man waving that newspaper.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
He must be signaling the ambush. We have to warn
them along the horn. Flash your lights.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Keep pressing, Hugo, it's working. You got their attention.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
I think they see the gunman.
Speaker 7 (21:16):
I hope it's not too late.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Take Okay, they made it through turn luck before we're next.
Speaker 9 (21:26):
Let's get out of here.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
The police should be right behind us.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Man Lucky, sure, kim blow that horn.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
That sack solo took longer than it did to solve
our case.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Hello, my American friends, I am back with news and drinks.
Go to see it's a French government.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Thanks, Hugo, take a seat.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
What did you learn? How's the goal?
Speaker 3 (22:01):
The goal and his wife made it safely to Villacouble
air base. Miraculously no one was injured.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Oh thank god.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
They found one hundred and eighty seven sharecasings at the
crime scene, and there were fourteen bullet holes in his
citry on the gal said Citi when he exited the car.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
It means this time it was close.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
That's an understatement. Do you think he'll start taking these
threats more seriously?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Oh, very doubtful.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
And the assassins, did you catch them?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
We've already arrested the couple. It won't be long before
we've captured the arrest So I think it's time we
celebrate Sante.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Two close calls and closer friends.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Cheers.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
You're back late again, Darling.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
You're up. I thought you'd be asleep. I was trying
not to wake you.
Speaker 10 (23:06):
Where have you been?
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Oh? You know the French transportation system. The metro was
down and we had a difficult time getting back from Montmart.
Walked most of the way.
Speaker 7 (23:17):
Don't lie to meet Jean.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
I know you weren't in Monmart.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Really?
Speaker 10 (23:25):
How Because I'm not stupid, Geane, but I am bored.
So instead of just sitting in the hotel room all
night like I have been the last few cities, I
decided to meet Lily.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
For a drink.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
I'm so sorry. I wanted to meet you for dinner,
but but.
Speaker 10 (23:41):
Instead Lily said she saw you earlier with a young
girl at club Saint Janmain.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I can explain Rebecca and I And.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Then Lily said she followed you to a hotel after.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Now, wait, this is completely insane.
Speaker 10 (23:54):
Are you cheating on me with Rebecca?
Speaker 9 (23:56):
What?
Speaker 1 (23:57):
No, of course not, I would never. I love you,
It's not like that.
Speaker 10 (24:04):
I swear something has been going on, Jean, and I
want the truth. You show up bruised and better than Rome,
you disappear for a night in Berlin, and now I
catch you lying.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
To me in Paris.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
There are very reasonable explanations for all of those things.
Speaker 10 (24:19):
I know you better than I know myself. Something is
going on, and it's high time you tell me the truth.
I will ask you one more time. Are you having
an affair with Rebecca?
Speaker 1 (24:32):
No? I promise that's not it, Jean. I promise it's
nothing that bad. Or maybe I don't know, maybe it's worse.
But I promise you I am not having an affair.
Speaker 10 (24:49):
Then what is it?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
I'm sorry. I thought I was protecting you by not
telling you. Maybe I was scared I might lose you,
no matter what it was I realize now I was wrong.
You deserve to know everything and make your own choice.
Speaker 10 (25:09):
Choice about what? What are you talking about? What on
earth is going on?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Okay? Here it is? Martin is more than just our publisher.
He also works for the CIA, and he asked me
to help them on some urgent and important business and
I agreed. And then well things got complicated.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
So you help him in exchange for what him helping
us with the business. Oh, I knew this was too
good to be true.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
It's more complicated than that.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
No, it isn't. What's fabian? A part of this is Rebecca.
I don't want you risking your life so we can
get what worldwide distribution and stay at some ritzy hotels.
It's not worth it. You can tell Martin we're out,
which is exactly what I would have said if you
had told me in the beginning, like you should have.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
I know, maybe that's why I didn't. But there's more
than that.
Speaker 9 (26:13):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
What do they have on you? That's not me? It's
my father here? Look at this?
Speaker 7 (26:23):
Whose passport is this?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Wait?
Speaker 3 (26:25):
This is your father?
Speaker 1 (26:27):
But he's dead? So why it turns out he might
still be alive? And the Soviets might have him. Now,
after some digging, I finally might know where to find him. Oh,
I see. I know it sounds crazy, but what I'm
doing with Martin might help save my father. It might
save a lot of people. In fact, I think we've
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saved a lot of people already. The real truth is
this is more important than just me. But nothing is
more important to me.
Speaker 9 (27:00):
And you.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Then never lie to me again. I won't.
Speaker 7 (27:10):
Ever good.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Now, sit down and tell me everything starting from the beginning.
I'm ready to help.
Speaker 11 (27:27):
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There is an old familiar saying everyone has two countries
their own and France. For France is the land of individualism,
where you can allow your personal idiosyncrasies full play and
apologize for them with complete acceptability by the simple remark
jesuit com sa you are like that. It's all that
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need be said. In France. Every person has a right
to be themselves. They needn't conform to the model of another.
It is this freedom that's made Paris the hoopla capital
of the world and one of the world's great cultural centers.
There is perhaps no other place in the world that
can contribute more to the spiritual development of the individual
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By virtue of the influenced. Paris brings to bear upon
anyone sensitive to beauty, measure, and intellectual stimulation. The best
proof of this fact are the many expatriot that live
in Paris who come to admire but remain to praise.
But whether you visit Paris for a day or stay
a lifetime, the city will indelibly leave its mark.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Huh the audacity and ingenuity of some people.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
What are you reading this morning's sight on?
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I grabbed it from the airport. They have a story
about a daring escape from East Berlin. A vehicle spit
right below the gate of checkpoint Charlie.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Sounds daring, to say the least.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Well, you can't blame them, being trapped in a country
that takes away your voice, your independence, and keeps you
caged like an animal.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
How could you not.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Want to escape?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Leaving East Germany for Paris feels like we are escaping ourselves,
doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Hmm, absolutely, though Martin certainly keeps us on a night schedule.
How long are we here for this time?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
I'm not sure yet, but booking us at the Ritz
is a good way to apologize.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
He has been boiling us with hotel choices.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
I'm not complaining as long as it doesn't affect our budget.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
I'm looking forward to seeing a new side of Paris
I haven't yet. It will feel like being a tourist
in our own city.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Feeling like a tourist is right. Martin sent the list
of sites he wants me to hit with Rebecca, and
it's everything from Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Paris is one of the biggest tourist destinations in the
world and one of our best sellers.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
And he wants it all captured in color.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
But it can wait until tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Yes, yes, but tomorrow will be a busy day.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I think I'll check in at the office in the morning,
maybe even start looking for new space with Lily already.
This new expansion is going to require more than just
adding a few desks.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
We need offices, a reception.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I suppose you're right, better to be prepared. Do you
have places in mind?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I was thinking something in Montmartre would be nice.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
I don't know. Perhaps it's too far. Maybe you should
look for something closer to the river.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Will debate neighbor's tomorrow. Tonight we check in, take a
bath and reeling.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
We will monchuris vulvu couche avec mois this one?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
But if you play your cards right, and here we are.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
The Ritz Hotel is charmingly located and possibly the most
harmonious square in Paris, with the von Dome column rising
in its center and surrounded by luxury shopping and exceptional restaurants.
The hotel possesses two tiny bars, which are the most
elegant places in Paris to meet before lunch or dinner,
and a new attractive restaurant, the Espadont, which hosts a
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celebrated weekly de jonet Monden. The Ritz has two hundred
and ten large, handsome rooms, the majority of which have baths,
attended to by a staff that's greater in number than
it's guests, and the service can be judged accordingly.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Venue.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
How may I help you checking in, Monsieur and Madame
Fodor Caribbean. Here's your key and we will listen to
you with your bags and Monsieur, I have it Beckuters
for you.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
It arrived this morning. More instructions from Martin. I'm sure, darling.
Why don't you go upstairs and start running that path.
I'll check my messages and be done with business.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
For the night.
Speaker 7 (04:30):
Sounds splendid.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
We'll fight this way, Madame, Hello, Jean, welcome to Paris.
Speaker 8 (04:53):
That was a bit of a hairy situation you left
back in East Germany, but I had no doubt you
get Sebago out. Upon his debrief with the JA, Zabago
revealed the photos of three men who entered France with
fake passports to assassinate President Charles de Gaul for changing
his position on Algeria and now supporting its independence. These
men believe they are working for the oas but they
are really being funded by the Soviets, who hope that
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the death of de Gaulle and the turmoil that would
follow not only gives Communism a foothold in Algeria, but
threaten the very existence of the NATO Alliance. We obviously
can't allow that to happen. Your mission is to deliver
the photos to our contact at the sdece. French intelligence
has been warned of the threat. They should be able
to act on the intel and prevent any assassination attempt.
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Rebecca will meet you at the Eiffel Tower at eighteen
hundred to help coordinate the exchange. Thanks, Gene, I'll be
in touch soon.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Apolate a room four They play in moment.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
Hello, it's me.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Oh, this can't be good news.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Martin left even more assignments. Wants us to cover the
Paris nightlife for the new edition. Even the Moulin Rouge
thinks it will sell copies.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
He's not wrong.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
Sex sells, but this bath sure will feel lonely.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Enjoy it, order room service, spoil yourself. I'll catch up
as soon as I'm back.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Are you sure you deserve arrest?
Speaker 2 (06:30):
After everything in Germany?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
I just want to get this done, so it's not
hanging over my head. Don't wait up, I might be late, Okay,
I love you. The real marvel of Paris, for many
is the Eiffel Tower. If the Statue of Liberty is
New York, if Big Ben is London, if the Kremlin
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is Moscow, then the Eiffel Tower is Paris. For two years,
a French engineer worked to a wrecked this strange and
ugly monument, which was designed to exalt the technical era
that had begun to shine in the lamp of Edison
and to stammer in the first phone call of Bell.
Eiffel used five thousand sheets of paper, each nearly a
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yard square for his full scale plans of this enormous construction.
It was inaugurated on June tenth, eighteen eighty nine, by Edward,
the seventh Prince of Wales, and for years Parisians considered
it fashionable to call it hideous and to compare it
to a fifteen million pound giraffe whose head sort one
thousand feet high. But gradually it became part of the
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Parisian landscape, and paperweights, ash trays and souvenirs spread its
reputation around the.
Speaker 4 (07:45):
World from Asgeen. Sorry, I know you're never in photos,
but you looked so sweet standing there like a tourist
on holiday.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Well, hello to you too, Rebecca. What do you say
we hurry up and deliver these photo so we can
get a little holiday in ourselves.
Speaker 4 (08:02):
Our contact from French intelligence should be waiting for us.
Speaker 7 (08:06):
Let me see.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Yes, there that man across the park. That is our contact, Hugo.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
So what's the plan?
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Real simple, transfer the passports and go our separate ways.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Great, maybe I'll make it back in time to surprise blaster.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Bon soir, Rebecca, Hi, Hugo, Nice to see you again.
This is my colleague Jeane.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
A pleasure. I think these are for.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
You, Ello, Jean, I can't thank you enough for delivering.
Speaker 7 (08:36):
These our pleasure. I hope they help.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
Yes, now we can put faces to the names of
matamp provided and it confirms our identity.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
You know who they are.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
We tracked the names to a hotel on the right bank,
but the assassins were tipped off and escaped before we
could make the arrest. The problem is these men are
former French military and have helped Bonzi inside.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
De Gale should leave the city immediately and go into
protective custody.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Goal is a stubborn of the world and refuses to
do anything. There have already been thirty one assassination attempts
on his life that have all failed, so now he
seems to think he is on voneble.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
But if they're French military with help on the inside,
that means they're dangerous and difficult to.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Catch, exactly something the Goal does not understand and the
reason why we need your help tracking the assassins our help.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
We just gave you the passports. That's all we were
asked to do. I'm not qualified, Jeane.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Now that's not true. You told me yourself. No one
knows the city better and it would just be one night.
All we have to do is help find them. A
life literally might depend on it.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
Many In fact, why do I even argue, fine, what
do we know about the men?
Speaker 3 (09:50):
They are all as assassins organization are mes secret if
our write paramilitary terrorist organization intent on preventing a Aligerian independence.
Now that we can confirm our intelligence is correct, their
names are Jean Marie Bastian Theirie, a French Air Force
lieutenant colonel and military air weaponry engineer. Pierre Andre Magaard,
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a twenty two year old Air Force des attire, and
the oping brute of a Pienoir named George Woitin, who
collected the ears of Algerian rebels he killed in a
glass jar. Charming, he told others in Algeria his fondest
wish was to add the Goal's ears to his collection.
They are all angry at the Goal for changing his
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position on Algerian independence, calling him a tyrant and claiming
his assassination justified.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Look, they sound like some serious characters. Yes, I know
the city, but I must remind you both I'm just
a travel writer. You must have someone better suited for
the job.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
We have the entire city looking for them, but with
their contacts on the inside, we need all the outside
help we can get.
Speaker 7 (11:01):
We'll do whatever we can.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
All I ask is please take a look at the
hotel rooms they deserted. See if you can find anything
in the evidence left behind. Martin said, you two are
good at solving puzzles.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
We'll try our best.
Speaker 7 (11:13):
Lead the way.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
This is a room where the assassins have been staying.
They used the large passports to books or rooms.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Did they use the passports anywhere else? Any pattern to track.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
They used them to enter Germany by trains six days ago,
but the trail ends here.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
What about contacts in the city, any places they might.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Go too many? They are French and they have support,
They could be anywhere.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
They clearly left in a hurry.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
It seems they took everything with them other than the
few pieces of clothing you see.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
And numerous cigarette butts, heavy smokers it looks.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Like, and drinkers.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
As I said Zeya French.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Honestly, I could use a cigarette myself. You go mind
If I use those matches unlike our friends, I will
enjoy it on the balcony.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Of course, I need to make it fun. Called take
your time.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
I'll join you.
Speaker 7 (12:19):
Jean, What was that about?
Speaker 4 (12:28):
You don't smoke?
Speaker 1 (12:29):
See this symbol on the matchbook? I recognize it looks
like a music note it is, and I know a
club it came from. And if our guys went there,
I know who would have seen them.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
Well that's great.
Speaker 7 (12:43):
Why not tell Hugo.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Because he said it himself. There's someone on the inside
tipping them off, maybe even him. Yes, but look, if
my hunch is right and we get some info, we
can always loop him in. But better safe than sorry.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
Right, well, look who's getting good at us?
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Reluctantly, so where are we heading to? The best jazz
club in Paris. Paris is one city where no one
has ever had to ask what do you do at night? Fortunately,
a considerable proportion of the population of Paris is concerned
with providing distraction in the hours of darkness. Most of
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it legal. All you have to do is sally forth
and let nature take its course. But if it's cutting
edge music you seek, there is no better place than
the Club Saint Jermon. Every night visiting an expatriate American
jazz musicians like Sidney Baschet, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, James
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Moody and Miles Davis hit the stage of the small,
smoke filled venue, showering the audience with the sounds of
improvisational artistry.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
As much as I love live jazz.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
When is your contact going to meet us?
Speaker 1 (14:00):
We are on a bit of a clock. He'll be
here in a minute. Amazing, right, yeah, still got it
here he comes, great set, Kenny.
Speaker 7 (14:19):
It's the drummer, mean Jean.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
It's been a long time, my.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Man, Kenny. Please meet my colleague Rebecca. Rebecca the great
Kenny Clark.
Speaker 3 (14:28):
It's a pleasure, mademoiselle.
Speaker 7 (14:30):
You really were fantastic.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
He's the best, always has been. Kenny used to keep
us entertained during the war when we were part of
the Special Services. He had a nasty habit of going
a wall whenever there was a good gig nearby.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
Yeah, I mean, Jane.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
He would always helped talk me out of.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
Trouble my patriotic duty. Losing a drummer like you would
have been a hit to morale and it would have
been a damn shame to see you playing tin cans
in the brig.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
I've actually seen you play before. Oh yeah, the Newport
Jazz Festival in fIF Thank you. And I loved your
work with Miles Davis on Birth of the Cool.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
She knows her jazz, Jean.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
She'll keep impressing you. Don't you worry. But in truth,
we aren't just here for the music, Kenny. We need your.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
Help, anything you need, Jean. You know that what's going on.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
We're looking for three French guys that came in recently,
probably a few nights ago.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
Here are their photos. Do you recognize them?
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Hell, yeah, I do. I can survey the whole crowd
from behind my kit. They were sitting off to the
side over there, drinking heavy, looking for trouble.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
That type they are. They're Organizacion Almescret Assassins wanted by
the police.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
That group has been terrorizing this city for months with
their cafe wars. Who would blow up in some people
just sitting down to have a coffee.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
And we think they're planning something bigger.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Shit, And these sons of bitches are staying at my hotel.
I got a warm daisy. They might be trying to
blow it up too.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Don't worry, these aren't bombers. But you're sure they're staying
at your hotel?
Speaker 3 (15:57):
They were. I saw him stumble in after the last set.
I think they asked the bartender for a local place
to stay.
Speaker 7 (16:04):
It all lines up.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
What's the Hotel La Louisianne, just down the street.
Speaker 7 (16:09):
Let's go Geene.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Thanks Kenny, that's all we needed. Hell, that's everything we needed.
I'm just sorry we'll have to miss your next set.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Glad to help, But next time you're in Pirie, we
grab a drink and you tell me how this story ends.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
You have a deal.
Speaker 7 (16:23):
Thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Hotel La Louisiane is a Parisian hotel located in the
heart of Saint German de Prey, one of the most
artistic neighborhoods in the city. You can find the hotel
at the intersection of Rue de Bussi, where it has
a side entrance and Rue Descent, with its main entrance
in the sixth arrondisement. It's well known as a home
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in Paris for many of the world's famous jazz musicians.
Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie,
Art Blakey, Billie Holliday, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker all
were guests. In fact, Jean Paul Satre set up Juliette
Greco in Room ten and moved to Room nineteen, which
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he kept in his name until nineteen fifty. Juliette Greco
and Miles Davis later met in the hotel, which became
the setting of their infamous love story. It also drew
in writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de st Experis,
Henry Miller, Cyril Connolly, Peter Berling, and Albertine Sarazan, all
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who called La Louisiana home at one point or another.
How may I help you?
Speaker 9 (17:40):
Monsieur.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Hello, We're looking for three men who I believe are
staying here.
Speaker 7 (17:44):
These are their photos.
Speaker 6 (17:47):
Yes, I knows his men, but unfortunately they are not
currently in zeroom.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
Do you know where they are when they'll be back?
Speaker 6 (17:54):
I don't, but I'm also not permitted to give out
information on guests.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Look, these men are members of the terrorist organization behind
the Cafe Wars that have been destroying this city. We
understand your policy, but this could help prevent another attack.
And who are you?
Speaker 4 (18:12):
You've seen James Bond, right, he's the real thing.
Speaker 6 (18:16):
M This does feel like a movie and you do
look like a bomb girl. All right, I'll show you
the rooms so we can catch these bastards.
Speaker 9 (18:29):
You are free to look around.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
I'll be back downstairs to keep a lookout in case
you need me.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Mercy.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
They definitely haven't checked out yet. We should tell Hugo.
Speaker 7 (18:48):
Hmm, Jeane, look at this? What is it with a briefcase?
Speaker 4 (18:55):
It has a false bottom.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
I just got.
Speaker 4 (18:58):
A jimmy it an. I think it's papers.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
No, no, no, they're maps. See look it's maps of
the same section outside Paris, only with different locations marked
and different routes. The routes are between Elise Palace and
the airport.
Speaker 4 (19:16):
Gelise Palace is where de Gaul has his cabinet meetings,
and he always goes straight to the airport after.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
They must be targeting his two primary routes to the airport.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
But why too, because he would never let the chosen
route be known until he was underway for security reasons.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
So they must have someone on the inside tipping them
off when he leaves, and they position their scouts here
and here so they can phone in the chosen path
and then easily prepare an ambush at this intersection. See
at Petit Timon. As a military man, it's the perfect
position for an ambush.
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Degaull's cabinet meeting should be finishing any minute.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Let's call Hugo and get to Petit Clement before it's
too late.
Speaker 2 (20:00):
M D.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
This is Max. The dogget has left the palace. Make
sure the girls are in position.
Speaker 9 (20:14):
We too, sweet, Hello, this is d d A.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
Convoys en roots should be arriving at the junction in
any minute.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
Confirm direction.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
We here they come.
Speaker 9 (20:33):
They took lute a repeat ruth as they go.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
They're on the way to Petty lament. Suck out of
the way.
Speaker 3 (20:47):
If you're right, scenes will be at Petite Clamar and
only a few minutes.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
We have to get there first and divert the convoy
from the ambush spot. It's just a couple of blocks away.
Should go step on it. There it is ahead we
and that's the go.
Speaker 9 (21:01):
Sit three on.
Speaker 1 (21:02):
Approaching the intersection. You see that man waving that newspaper.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
He must be signaling the ambush. We have to warn
them along the horn. Flash your lights.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Keep pressing, Hugo, it's working. You got their attention.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
I think they see the gunman.
Speaker 7 (21:16):
I hope it's not too late.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Take Okay, they made it through turn luck before we're next.
Speaker 9 (21:26):
Let's get out of here.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
The police should be right behind us.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Man Lucky, sure, kim blow that horn.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
That sack solo took longer than it did to solve
our case.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Hello, my American friends, I am back with news and drinks.
Go to see it's a French government.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Thanks, Hugo, take a seat.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
What did you learn? How's the goal?
Speaker 3 (22:01):
The goal and his wife made it safely to Villacouble
air base. Miraculously no one was injured.
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Oh thank god.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
They found one hundred and eighty seven sharecasings at the
crime scene, and there were fourteen bullet holes in his
citry on the gal said Citi when he exited the car.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
It means this time it was close.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
That's an understatement. Do you think he'll start taking these
threats more seriously?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Oh, very doubtful.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
And the assassins, did you catch them?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
We've already arrested the couple. It won't be long before
we've captured the arrest So I think it's time we
celebrate Sante.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Two close calls and closer friends.
Speaker 4 (22:44):
Cheers.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
You're back late again, Darling.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
You're up. I thought you'd be asleep. I was trying
not to wake you.
Speaker 10 (23:06):
Where have you been?
Speaker 1 (23:07):
Oh? You know the French transportation system. The metro was
down and we had a difficult time getting back from Montmart.
Walked most of the way.
Speaker 7 (23:17):
Don't lie to meet Jean.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
What do you mean?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
I know you weren't in Monmart.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Really?
Speaker 10 (23:25):
How Because I'm not stupid, Geane, but I am bored.
So instead of just sitting in the hotel room all
night like I have been the last few cities, I
decided to meet Lily.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
For a drink.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
I'm so sorry. I wanted to meet you for dinner,
but but.
Speaker 10 (23:41):
Instead Lily said she saw you earlier with a young
girl at club Saint Janmain.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I can explain Rebecca and I And.
Speaker 10 (23:49):
Then Lily said she followed you to a hotel after.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Now, wait, this is completely insane.
Speaker 10 (23:54):
Are you cheating on me with Rebecca?
Speaker 9 (23:56):
What?
Speaker 1 (23:57):
No, of course not, I would never. I love you,
It's not like that.
Speaker 10 (24:04):
I swear something has been going on, Jean, and I
want the truth. You show up bruised and better than Rome,
you disappear for a night in Berlin, and now I
catch you lying.
Speaker 9 (24:14):
To me in Paris.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
There are very reasonable explanations for all of those things.
Speaker 10 (24:19):
I know you better than I know myself. Something is
going on, and it's high time you tell me the truth.
I will ask you one more time. Are you having
an affair with Rebecca?
Speaker 1 (24:32):
No? I promise that's not it, Jean. I promise it's
nothing that bad. Or maybe I don't know, maybe it's worse.
But I promise you I am not having an affair.
Speaker 10 (24:49):
Then what is it?
Speaker 1 (24:54):
I'm sorry. I thought I was protecting you by not
telling you. Maybe I was scared I might lose you,
no matter what it was I realize now I was wrong.
You deserve to know everything and make your own choice.
Speaker 10 (25:09):
Choice about what? What are you talking about? What on
earth is going on?
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Okay? Here it is? Martin is more than just our publisher.
He also works for the CIA, and he asked me
to help them on some urgent and important business and
I agreed. And then well things got complicated.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
So you help him in exchange for what him helping
us with the business. Oh, I knew this was too
good to be true.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
It's more complicated than that.
Speaker 10 (25:46):
No, it isn't. What's fabian? A part of this is Rebecca.
I don't want you risking your life so we can
get what worldwide distribution and stay at some ritzy hotels.
It's not worth it. You can tell Martin we're out,
which is exactly what I would have said if you
had told me in the beginning, like you should have.
Speaker 1 (26:06):
I know, maybe that's why I didn't. But there's more
than that.
Speaker 9 (26:13):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
What do they have on you? That's not me? It's
my father here? Look at this?
Speaker 7 (26:23):
Whose passport is this?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Wait?
Speaker 3 (26:25):
This is your father?
Speaker 1 (26:27):
But he's dead? So why it turns out he might
still be alive? And the Soviets might have him. Now,
after some digging, I finally might know where to find him. Oh,
I see. I know it sounds crazy, but what I'm
doing with Martin might help save my father. It might
save a lot of people. In fact, I think we've
(26:49):
saved a lot of people already. The real truth is
this is more important than just me. But nothing is
more important to me.
Speaker 9 (27:00):
And you.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
Then never lie to me again. I won't.
Speaker 7 (27:10):
Ever good.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Now, sit down and tell me everything starting from the beginning.
I'm ready to help.
Speaker 11 (27:27):
Phodor's Guide to Espionage is created by Lars Jacobson, written
by Lars Jacobson and Sabrina Jagulin, and directed by Sabrina Jacklin,
produced by Lars Jacobson and Sabrina Jaguline, and executive produced
by Noel Brown for iHeartRadio. Fodor's Guide to Espionage stars
Ethan Korn as Eugene Fodor, Wilia Symington as vlost to Phodor,
(27:49):
and Jackie Emerson as Rebecca Ralston, with additional performances by
Chase Mullins, George Rivera, Matt Linton, Dylan McCollum, Gade Greenspan,
Chris Capple, Duncan Kaladine, Dana, Melanie, Alex Gombadi, Noam Thomaschoff,
Katrina Aaron, and Simon Jagulin. Sound design and editing by
(28:10):
Chris Childs. Original theme song by Jack Blavelt and Chris
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