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Are you willing to undertake a dangerousmission behind the enemy lines, knowing you
may never return alive. What youhave just heard is the question asked during
the war to agents of the OSS. Ordinary citizens to this question answered yes.

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This is book and dagger, blackwarfare, espionage, international intrigues.

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These are the weapons of the OSS. It is story the roof of the
world concerning two American agents who travelinto the far off and mysterious land of
Tibet on a secret pilgrimage, issuggested by actual incidents recorded in the Washington
files of the Office of Strategic Services, a story that can now be told.

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It came at its tunny on thedark, a shaggy monsieur was sixteen
feet high. None of us saida words for a minute, were just
stayed. The tusks look at thelife of us. The tusks of this
monsoon must have been at least twelvefeet long. And I knew myself that
if I hadn't seen it stood rightin front of us, I wouldn't have
believed it actually existed either. ButI saw it. There was definite proof

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it did live. Once okay,okay, lights put on the lights please,
oh all right now, Quiet place, quiet. What you have just
seen is the last of our afternoonslides here in the Museum of Natural History
on prehistoric Animals. This last mammothwas a species of a true elephant which

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was found in Tibet during and beforethe icy No, are there any questions?
Yeah, how you get out ofhere? Now? If you all
followed the guide, he'll take youinto the next room where you can actually
see the skeletons of these monsters,which paleontologists have reconstructed from fossils and actual
bones discovered in the earth. Phillips, Philip Oh, Hello, Wes,

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sir, do you hear of thewhole lecture? No, just the last
part of it. But you weresensational flattery will get you nowhere, and
were said, oh, telegram herejust came to the office. It's not
for me, it's for us.Oh who do from Washington? The Officer
of Strategic Services wants to see usofficers strate Why in the world do they

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want us? There's one way tofind out. Mister and missus Maldon.
We know your reputation as geologists andexplorers. We know you traveled the Faries
together several times. That's true,Colonel. Now, at this stage of
the war, Germany is pushing eastwardacross Africa to Suez, and Japan is

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thrusting westward across China into India.If the axis partners meet, their junction
will be Central Asia and dominating thatmeeting point will be Tibet. What do
you want us to, Zuken.We want volunteers to make a pilgrimage to
the Dalai Lama high Priest of Tibet. It'll be a good will mission to
get them on our side. Itinvolves a great deal of danger. Yes,

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yes, we know. Yes,Well, as long as you're sure
that Mamma Teleiphant disappeared from their centuriesago, I'm willing. A few weeks
later we were flown to India,where we were given a car. Then

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the tour was started out across theborders to a village called Dyuksan at the
foot of the Himalayu Mountains. Therewe were to pick up pag animal and
a guide and start out into theHoly City. And these roads couldn't have
been any narrower or any rock here. Well, they weren't designed for modern
travel. You can say that again, Still are you worried about something.

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I'm worried about a lot of things. For instance. For instance, this
is the worst possible time of theyear to be traveling up that Mountain's most
spring up there, and the doorwas sitting in It's going to loosen the
sow and ice all along the way. Well, we just have to be
more careful. That's all. Oh, still still crown to bend of the
road. That's the village, isn'tit. That's it? That's it.

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Wait a minute, still slow down, Look, good lord, I should
have said, was the village burnsof the crown? We old men who
sat wailing and moaning caught le donclown would be only one left alive.

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Mudge Brandy drive come from mountains?Still care set fire to this? How
is it? I stared you.I am prisht sent from Darai Lama tourist
church many years past. If theykill Ryman, Gret Prig and pesterlence will

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be upon them. Tell me where'dyou learn to speak English in Horry City?
Wass will? What do we donow? Sill? We can't leave
him here alone. We'll take himwith us and drive until we find another
village. I take you with it, I seem too, will be guided
to Hori city. He I justgo back to Dalai Lama. What about

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pack animals? A village of chundanuts far away we good tender with about
ten miles away down the road.It was small, with only a few
huts made of sun dried bricks.Still was afraid of the spring saw that

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was setting in wool every day.So we made arrangements with the native chief
to start almost immediately. Santago,what do you say, satan is kiang
wild donkeys as good pack animals asother white men has What are you talking
about? What are the white men'sasking acquired? Annual Pang? Sorry body

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Lara a stranger leave here two daysago and way also to holly city of
Rafa wear bats with crooked crust silvernassis. We're in a race, Ester,
We've got to reach Lasser before theydo. That was the first we

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knew that the Germans were hidden,going in the same direction on the same
mission. Philip was highte. Itwas going to be a race of time.
Hey, sir, come on,this is no time to take flower.
Look at this dwarf rooted dandm silland that's shit. It's like a
carpet of blue iris. There'll beplenty of Polisians. So we cross the
timberline. Then it'll just be cold, and traveling on snow is going to

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be a lot tougher. Well,I'm not looking forward to the temperature drop
in one hundred degrees in twenty miles. Oh watch it, you heard yourself?
No, I just tripped. Iguess I must be getting tired.
Is the thank you? Yes,I'm cha? Yes? How soon will
we be able to camp? Coldsprings? Less than hot? Smiled ahead,

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We'll camp there for night. Wereached the springs, I started dinner
out of k rashing, which keptour attacks light. And by the time
I was through, the tent hadmushroomed up and fill and seemed too inside
straightening the pole and fixing the blanketsfor the night, maasable Mala I looked

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up from the fire, decided anunpleasant surprise, six unpleasant surprises, carrying
rifles and forming a ring of muddyboots. Run where are you men?
What do you want? Lap?Where they come from? I don't know?
They just here? That's all youare. We are saint you.
He saw sum of luma bunder toreate my verty sham off. What did

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they want? Go dancyban ban Theysay they take surprise everything a god's too.
Why there all leader shoot us gunto show you hear mean what he
said? Still without our surprising gun, you have to turn back, providing

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letters turned back, little my midThey hold you hostage. Send me holy
man back to get and oh Phil, hold on, hold on, don't
let them know you're afraid of them. He stood for a while. I

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gathered as the tige out of thetent. He hit him and he had
a con sing. Soon knew hewouldn't be hang because he was a holy
man. Phil and I had noidea. It was ahead God alone,
you understand, Thank you, Tellthem we'll come quietly. Oh I get

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your machine gun that riddled the banditleader came from the one enough. Then
there was silence, and we lookedup to see our too saved you just
walking out of the brush. Sincehere I'm in uniform, I'm the life

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that we were able to be ofassistants Americans. I am coming down court,
father of the German Armum. Thisis life that elms cattlop rite me.
Thank you for saving our lives.I'm I'm mister Mardon, and this
is my husband Philip. Oh,now, our gods seem to you do
not seem so surprised to see us. Yeah, we're not, just surprised.

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You're not two days ahead of usthe way we thought you were.
Then you knew about us. Oh, they told us in the village.
They also told Lucy were headed forthe Holy City. They talked too much,
those native idiots, the clinics,that's how crash their ams. And
you are you also going there?No? Oh, I mean we're we're

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geologists. We're just on an exploringexpedition. Come come, Is it quite
nice to lie to your benefactors?Just saved your lives? I don't get
that. Why did you When wesaw the American flag sowd on your clothing,
that told us immediately who you were, where you were going. We,
as you already know, we arealso headed for a lassa to the

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Dalai Lama. But our guide waskilled with snow loosen under him as we
turned. The legend here fell.So you are going back for a guide
exactly, but that is some distanceaway. Time is slipping by. You
have the guide, you will leadup. Oh no, we won't and
neither will sing too. We thinktoo will do only us? Friend,

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Americans, tell me you get tooexcited about nothing. I remember ham Orden,
m Morden. You have the guide, we have your supplies and your
weapons. Let us pool our resources. Go together. If you think that,

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at the point of our own guns, you're going to make us lead
you to lass are you're crazy?Look you are scientists. I appeal to
your logical minds. Is it notsafer that, since we are traveling the
same direction, we travel together.Once we reach the Dalai Lama that each
of us present the case of hiscountry to him. If you will forgive
me for repeating her commandant, We'renot going to be pushed along with guns

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in our backs line. Who saidyou would see here? Why? Simple?
He's getting us back out of stool. You see, we trust strangers,
gentlemen. No, not yet,It's all right. Go ahead,
open them? Yeah, open thegun if you like? Su has been

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the drum? See the carpridges inthe chamber, Yes, yes, I
see them. We return your gunsloaded as they were. Now, shall
we forget the warfare viol and trevelon together? Okay, let's try it.

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We're slagging behind themselves. Shouldn't wecatch up to we will? I
want to talk to you. I'mcold. A test went down so fast
once across the timbalike, and almosthear it PLoP. Let me think of
this situation with our fans. Idon't know what to think. You trust

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me, of course I don't.Whether they gave us back our guns or
not. They're still going to lookfor a chance to double cross us before
we reach the Holy city. Whatare we going to do? So just
keep an eye out. Let's goaway to double cross them. First day,
clear Brooks, you here good waterto think, Come come out,
friends. Hear what he's say forLet me say a second than the wisk

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in your plas. Ye, we'recoming to them. And if we leaned
over, it's still our cansoon,some small clear brook. There was a
sudden unding. The water's turned moundysuddenly. Yes, it's covered with a

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dirty form. Last say too,it is not raining. It is in
the high regions. That's what turnedthe water. But so suddenly it happens
like that, races along under theground, pushing the mud with it.
It's really beginning to fall, isn'tit. Yes, that's what I was
afraid of? What is that tobe afraid of? Ant to me?

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As the snow starts to melt,it'll start to fall, So just watch
your steps. Else is it butgood to have three such good guides?
We are indeed fortunate at us tocome mar Brook along the way we'll walk
walk. Why do you think wehave these animals? Cleon can be turned
roose. Here we'll get more andmore snow. It's best to climb by

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foot. Yes, stature is right. Besides, the animal won't find any
place to graze. It's been gettingto any spats from Miro there wild we
will fall. Norna with Letata.The packs were heavy and we were too
tired the next two days to domuch talking. We just watched each other.

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The jagged paths and us were gettingmore and more slippery, and although
the cliffs we could see a sheerclock of hundreds of feet to the glacier.
Above us were the snow peaks,and somewhere beyond the Holy City of
Lasers, towards which snow birds withdullow brown and gray and black seemed points.
And then the third night, afterthe strange pass had been made between

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our two enemy camps. It happened, hy sir. Where are you going?
Oh? Her tours broke around Vanhild. I want to get some water.
You take care of the rest ifyou pitch that ten holme other APIs
the files it is? I knewI've seen brooks bigger old me. If

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you carry that back for you?What are you doing here? You can
see you don't want to be friendly. What a pity. I'll be friendly
enough to give you some good advice. Save that liquor until you really need
it, and stop guzzling it ifyou intend to keep that on this hype.
This is no boy scout picnic.I'm touched by your concern for me.

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Don't flatter yourself. What are youdoing that here? Anyway? You
really wish to know? I followedyou. I knew you were coming to
the brook, so I went roundall the way. You what you don't
like me? You like me verymuch if you've got to know me,

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No thanks, now, please getout of my way and go down.
We may not have another chance toyou to get alone. You're very attractive,
even in those heavy clothes, Iknow, very attractive, sad.
I'm the only woman for my offnow get out of my way. I
would like to see you, owhite god. Diamond clips at your shoulders.

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You've got nice shoulders, some morethan alone. Don't try to pull
away from me. Stop struck foryour face, don't talk and nothing there?
What's your way? Get away alone? And if I don't give me

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back my gun, I'll use it. You're gone. You was not there
shooting me. Gone your guns enough, you're not throwing up it's but probably
with yours. Do you want himto use his gun on you? Thank
answer? You want him to usethis gun? Will? I can tell

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you will? No? No,I get this lady. Apologies audio,
my apologies from Baldin. You bothhave my words. An incident like this
will not occur again. Sore Ethan'sthey came for the nat long all the

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next day, go and sing too. Let me between them. As we
climbed, I wondered how soon wesee the holy city and when all this
would come to a head. Lookwhen kings yelled, he turned around and
looked in the direction from which wejust come. Huge Ice still swayed for

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a moment and expanded on the pathwe had come les from two hours before.
And this is what we can expectfrom now on, how that the
thaw set in. Oh, i'llexpect it, so I won't look forward
to it. Still, and Iwasn't broken or other days getting longer sleepy.

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Uh huh m. You know,it was nice to them to let
you and sing two and me hadthis cave to ourself. Well, considering
that it's too small to home morethan three of us, it wasn't so
magnanimous. Still, they could havetried to grab it to themselves. Faba
seems to be trying to make amendsfor the way his pal liked at the
other day. I wonder what theirgame is. Yes, I'd like to

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know too, same to Yes,you'll wish to know how soon we're rich?
Holy citiculous. He may not talkmuch, but he's a pretty good
mind reader. That's sixteen two.Hello, expect to see gets in this
stance perhalves tom off to night.Oh that's wonderful, is it? Well,

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isn't it? It means time hasrun out, Yes, sir.
If they're going to pull anything,they're going to pull it now. The
Germans were camped under a ledge whichprotected them from the winds. About fifty
see trumps across the narrow crevass.In spite of all the things that had
happened before or might be going tohappen ahead, it was strange, peaceful

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up there in the west. Thesand of pink rays from the sun shot
up from behind the snow range andovershard a few bright star and twinkles.
Presently the sand flickered and disappeared.And then in the glow of the full
moon, I saw what looked likea long procession ghosts in the distance,

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But we're actually cascaded. Nothing isfalling, hundreds of people sleeping lets In
the morning, the air was crystalclear, and we saw it, the
holy city Esther. Do you seeit? I expected only to return against

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her. Well I died. Orit's beautiful? How long will it take
us to reach it? Plans?Don't saw something? Who can't finish that
coming down hill? Get back,Get behind me, back in the cave.
You're should have been more friendly thanme, for how ma that I
would have taken you with us.We'll go on throwing your guns. Sho

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WA's the big joke. You thinkwe would have been forced enough to get
you a loaded gun. But Ishow I broke open the gun and saw
the cottridges. You take one andexamine it. Why don't you do it
now? Till okay I opened mine? It's it's a blank cottage. Say

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for Martin, you understand why ton'tcare not to let your husband become too
excited and the elms here tries tobe faintly I think, don't want to
take a change of your finding outto June. We shall get your regards
to the Tala Lama. Sure Godcare that with your blank guns if you

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can, that's not a bad ideaOska back in the cave, Quick still
took them at their word and actuallykilled them with a flank gun. The
shops vibrated enough to loosen the heavilycloud of snow breaked across at the rim

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of the ledge and start the slideit out of that slow throws them over
the tide and buried them somewhere onthe criffs below us and the rock ice
and snow. Gun. They aregun Holy. The throw worked for us,
didn't it? Yes, come onsaying to you leave, we'll follow.

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We could see the holy city,but it was still twenty five miles
away. It was two days travelof an almost vertical descent into the valley,
and we arrived at dusk at themagnificent red and white palace that remooked
the city. It was a weekbefore we saw the Gali Lama. Our
entrance into his presence was conducted withthe utmost ceremony. Tall grim faced monks

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lined the hole. There's six footfour inch frames, maybe even more massive
by layers of stiff gold locade.The walls were carved with strange images and
Tibetan inscriptions. Then the guns struckagain. We were ushered into the throne
room esther look quite, must nottalk. Let come, Galdama, we'll

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see you now. We walked onthick rugs that were brillian in color and
depicted the waves of the sea,clouds and emblems of happiness. Then we
saw a throne of yellow satin atthe end of the great room, and
on it robed in burgundy and goldsatin, with a bone on his head

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and a table of Jews. Besidehim sat the Dalai Lama, a boy
of six. A closer, come, I will for this sink long javerty
scarf over your heads, so welcomeyou will, thank you for your welcome,

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your serenity. We bring you giftsfrom a leader. I accept your
gifts. We got start. Howis your father debt? He is well.
Thank you will notice to me letme see. They gave him the

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gifts, and he looked at eachone carefully. After where servants began passed
thos of rice and glasses of plattea. I noticed that a special taste
that took a sip of the lamba'stea before it touched his sacred lips.
Miss boss and missus. Yes,your serenity through a pinch of rass over

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your shoulders between fall. Good luck, your serenity. We've come to talk
about peace and friendliness between our twocountries. There's no need to talk.
I'm here. I die three nsin your staff H means only interview attendant,

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where is accountlish nothing? His serenityhas died three nuts in American longevity
scuff. He has blessed him.Our countries will different. The success of

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the mission of these two OSS geologistshelped to lay the foundations of friendship between
Tibet and the United States and topostall any possibility of Tibet's cooperation with our
Axis enemies. Thus, once again, the report of another agent ends with
the words mission accomplished. Listen againnext week for another true adventure from the

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files of the Oss m Cloak andDagger herd. In today's Clock and Dagger
adventurers esther was Louise Barclay, PhilipGrant, Richards, the Monk, Raymond,

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Edward Johnson Barber, Stephan Snavel Kessler, Barrett Kroger. Others were Janis
Gilbert, Carl Weber, Ralph Belland Jerry Jones. Script was written by
Wonderfred Wolf and Jack Gordon. Themusic was under the direction of John Guard.
Found effects by Chap Hill and DickGillaspie. To Day's True Oss Adventure
was based on the book Cloak andDagger by Cory Ford and Alastair mc bain.

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