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

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This is cloak and dagger, blackwarfair, espionage, international intrigue. These

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are the weapons of the OSS.In today's adventure, Windfall, the part
of McAllister is played by Lestra Madeplays Jen and Mike Slade is played by
Bill Quinn. The story is suggestedby actual incidents recorded in the Washington piles
of the Office of Strategic Services,a story that can now be told.

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We had three new guests at thelodge at Marmont that day, and the
first one blew in just after lunch, and I recognize him right away,
at least I thought I did.I didn't know who he was, to
understand, but I thought I knewwhat he was. A fellow American,
for one thing, and probably amember of the diplomatic mission at Barn.
I wish now that that was allhe had been. You have a reservation

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for me the name Monsieur Heywood,Frederick Heywood. In one moment, Monsieur
I made a metal note of thatname. As I shuffled my cards and
helped myself another hand of solitaire.I was sitting in the lobby close to
the desk, and not by accidenteither, I made my business to catch
the names of new arrivals. Ifyou know a man's name, he's usually
more willing to sit down at thecard table with you. And if the

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guests, if Noirmont didn't play cardswith me, how could I eat well?
Clerk, do you have the reservationor not? Yes, he is,
monsieur. It was found in yesterdayfrom film. Your room is being
prepared nowson, let me know whatit's ready. I'll be in the bar.
I went to work, then followedhim into the bar. I was
sure by then that i'd size himup right. A secretary or a file

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clerk could come to the lodge toski and relax. He was right for
picking I figure. I found himat a table by the window, looking
out over the mountains of snow andice and down into the green valley where
Switzerland became France. Not see occupiedFrance. Welcome to normal, mister Heywood.
Huh who are you name? Slade? Mike Slade? I heard you

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ask for your reservation. I couldn'thelp over hearing your name. You're an
American, that's right, You mindif I said, now, thanks,
I've hit it to a little skiing. I suppose perhaps planning to stay long.
That depends. Oh what a numberof things, none of which are
your business. Relax As to Heywood, you don't have to be afraid to

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talk to me. I'm not onthe enemy's side. In fact, I'm
not on anybody's side. I'm justa plain, ordinary private citizen. And
what are you doing in Switzerland?He asked. So I told him a
whole sad story. How I chippedout of San Francisco when I was fifteen,

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how I jumped ship in Shanghai,How I'd spent the next twenty five
years gambling my way around the worldtill I hit it big, knocking over
a Rolett wheel in Paris for amillion francs. So you're up here blowing
your million francs, I slid,No, not exactly. Didn't last long
enough to blow. A week afterI wanted, the Germans marched into Paris,

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and my money wasn't worth a thindion. I got away and landed
up here at Walmart and I'm waitingever since, waiting for what why,
for someone to win this war?Of course, someone anyone, you mean.
Oh, I'm not too particular,mister hay Wooden. Like I say,
I don't play sides. I'm whatthey call a neutral, I guess,
a neutral American. Well, it'sbeen a long time since I was

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an American. I just wanted toget the war over with somehow, so
Jen and I can get out ofhere. Jen my girl wins to hey
wood She's one of the skiing instructorshere at the lodge, and when I
go, she's promised to go withme. I expe I'll go see if
my room's ready. Oh wait aminute, have about another drink? Well,
look, if you're not doing anythingtonight and you'd like a little game

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of stuck, just got away asany to pass the evening up here.
Maybe, But I'm rather particular aboutthe kind of men I gambled with,
Swade, especially the kind of Americans. Oh well, I figured some guys
couldn't help me pots me. Ihad other things to worry about. Not

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enough money in my jeans to playfor my room at the end of the
week, and no stud game insight. Hello, Mike, Jan,
how are you dais? I cameinto the bout a few minutes ago.
But you're talking to somebody here.Who was he? A guy named Heywood,
an American, just checked in fromban from Dam. But Mike,
he couldn't have what do you meanyou laft that heavy snow last night?

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He couldn't have come by automobile.And you know perfectly well the train from
Dan doesn't arrive for another three hours. Hey, I forgot about that.
And how the devil did he gethere? There's only one way. You
must have walk walked all away fromBeran, not he walked from down there
in the valley. He came acrossthe French border. Maybe you're forgetting there's

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a war on. There aren't anyAmericans touring France these days, no,
but there are some fighting for France, fighting with the French Marquis. I
don't know what intelligence agent, Smike, Hey, wait a minute, Maybe
you've got something there that would explainwhy Hey would brush me off that way.
He must be one of those OSSguys we heard about. It was

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the only answer, and I didn'tthink much of it. I figured an
OSS agent just out of occupied France. Wouldn't have enough money to finance a
game of stud so I went lookingfor someone who would. There's two ones,
clerk, one for a yes,that one for myself. Crowds were
crowds, and you didn't have tobe a patriot like hey would not to

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like them. But I figured thatthese two guys at the desk were a
couple of jokers on a holiday.They'd be well healed, ridiculous. Welcome
to no more, gentlemen, doctorclerk, what about those ones? I
don't believe I quite caught your names, gentlemen, if you please, my
friend dear trying to get accommodation,I am soryled all I can give you,

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and here you and here Vishta isa double woman. There are no
single ones. Nosa, the Americanwho arrived today took the last one.
Oh America alive today. I'm anAmerican too, Slaves. My name Mike
Slave. But it does not youwho are just cave. No, no,
no, I've been around for nearlythree years. The new guest is
mister Heywood, mister Haywood and hisroom eighteen from eighteen. I'm in twenty

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seven myself. Gentlemen, if you'dbe interested in a friendly game stud poker,
the same thing. I'm afraid weare going to be busy this evening
before. Yeah, we are goingto be a valley busy. So that
took care of my last chance toput some meat on my thin bank robe.

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Ken and I had dinner at thelodge that night. Then I walked
back to a cottage above the hotel. The moon was bright, dry,
snow squeaked under our feet, butthe same as any other night at Guama.
Seemed the same anyway, Even thethings we talked about were the same.
Must be patient, Mike. Wewill leave Mamoel someday. Yeah,

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but when and how? We'll neverget out until I lay my hands on
some dough, big dough, Imean, not the kind I can win
from a bunch of yohicles who don'tknow two pair from a straight. Your
government would send you home, maybe, yeah, sure, sure, and
shut me in the army. Onlythey don't have any use for a guy
in my age, and that makesa mutual. Besides, they wouldn't let
you go with me, but Iwould wait. And when it was oh,

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guys, kid, when I go, you go. So the answer
is still money. It sounds likesomebody's been hurt. Come on, honey,
don Don is very market. There'ssomething in this moon. Yeah,
yeah, that must be him.It's the American, mister Haywood. It

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was Hayward, all right, butit didn't look much like him anymore.
His nose was broken and the restof his face was pushed out of shape.
Lord knows what else they've done tohim. Mm hmm mh You all
right, take take an easy fall. We'll get the doctor at the marche.
So he was shore slave, shureyou want to say him gen.

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If you say shore, sure heleft shore the heel of his left Sure,
back, Alice, what what wasthat? Mcalliston two? I'll get

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doctor. Go to never mind doctorgod to Gen. He's dead dead?
No, how could it have happened? Do you think he himself und the
rock up there? No, baby, he didn't fall from any rock.
He fell into the hands of acouple of Germans. It was all clear

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by them. Heywood had been anOSS agent, and they only went to
sports. The crowds had come toWalmart for was torturing and beating. It
was tough, notenty tough. Butthen I still had problems too. I
unlaced Heywood's left boot and slipped itoff his foot. What are you doing
right finding out what Hitler's happened?As boys were after he gets light off

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the show? Yeah, something insideit. Wait a minute, he's a
little cylinder. It looks like abullet. That's no bullet, baby,
it's a cylinder of microfilm microw fanpictures. I don't know whatever it is.
It's important. Whatever's important is valuable. What you think? Uh me,

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I'm thinking about you and me,sweetheart. Never mind. Now,
look, you take this film andget back to your cottage and hide it.
As far as anybody's concerned, youwork with me. When I found
Heyward's body, I don't understand.You will get gone, baby, But
what are you going to do anotherthing? Just sit around and cool my
heels and wait for a guy namedMcAllister. Of course, I had to

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report Heywood's death. I reported itto doctor Gunther, the house physician at
the lodge. Oh, this isterrible, such a tragic accident. I
didn't say it was an accident,doctor, Oh, but it to us,
of course. Now wait a minute, you said, so, I
am the doctor. Yeah, butyou can't have Heywood slipped and fell from
a rock. We will all doour best to see that there's no another

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of such tragedy. Will be nothave sleep. It gives the lotch a
bad reputation. So gun Through hadalready been briefed by his fellow crowds,
and Heywood's death was Mason Well,I was all right with me. It
didn't hurt my angle a bit.The next morning, Gunha got all the
guests together in the lobby and brokethe sad new And I know my friends

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that you've been all want to payyour last respects the victim of this unfortunate
accident. Services for her Heywood willbe held in the chapel at three o'clock
this afternoon. Turned away and fora little sick. Sometimes these Nazis made
it hard for a guy to staystrictly neutral, I was thinking. Then

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a hand clapped me on the shoulder. Good morning, Alice Slid. Hello,
Kitle, this is well said thisnews about your fellow countryman. Yeah,
you're all broken up about it,aren't you. Doctor Gunsa informs me
it was you who found a boughthim. You and doctor guns to keep
each other pretty well informed. Iwas wondering, how Slid, Yeah,

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I was wondering if, for anychance, you also found something else.
W are you well? You'll keepright on wondering, hair cuttle. I
spent most of that day playing solitaireat my favorite table made the desk.
I wasn't listening for the names ofpoker prospects anymore. I was listening for

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another name, McAllister, But Ididn't hear it. At three o'clock,
I went down to the chapel.I figured iota to pay my last respects
to Hayward too. Was the leastI could do, considering how much I
was. Not so cheap. Theaccidental death of a passing stranger may seem

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like a trivial thing. Believe me, my friend, it was almost over
when a big blonde guy sat downnext to the other field you, Mike
sleep, Yes, that's right.You probably Haywood's body last night? What
was left of h He was stillalive, wasn't he his spirit? Finally?

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Likely? Did he say anything?Not much? Do mention the name
McAllister, Naye, me, I'mMcAllister. Oh he have gone here okay,
and we are left here alone.He gave you something from me?
Yeah? Good? When can Iget it? When can you pay for

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it, Pay for it. That'swhat I said for I went twenty five
thousand frights on dollars, full filthydouble, I'll watch it. Is that
a way to act at your buddy'sfuneral? And now, dear friends,

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but it's all about our heads inprayer. The miss sermon wasn't the only
one I've heard that name. I'ma way back to the lodge mcallis They
preached fun too. When you callyour flag mecalliusy, you've got my proposition,
take it or leave it. Youknow what's on that microfilm? Do

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you realize what? Where do youthink I could get that kind of money?
You might try the Embassy of Barren. If they won't buy, then
maybe Berlin will live. You wouldactually sell that film of a lot thieves
sell out your own country. Ihaven't had a country for a long time.
You were born in a marature,but I've lived in Switzerland for quite

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a while. Some of its neutralityis rubbed off on me. Stayed away
from Jen all that day because Ididn't want to attract any attention to her.
But as soon as it was dark, I started out for her cottage.
I didn't get very far good evening. I slid if yes, stud,

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and I vish to Doug Bill,you guys take funny places for conversation.
On the contrary, this fits onme admirably. Arness, how if
we had another conversation last night ina similardist it would regret to have this
one end in the same way thatone did. Okay, what are you
after the microfilm? Of course,please give it to us a slave.

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I don't know what you're talking about, and I said, of course,
we will have to stop you.There's arms verre stut verrecett pinned my aunts
behind me, Kyda, let mehave it square in the face with the
fists hearts. There's a sledge happeningmaster microfilm. See, you'll never get
it this way, you think not. You didn't get it away from Hay

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with this way, don't you.Why don't you meet heads, get smart?
Kill me and you'll never lay handson that film. And if we
don't care you and you might havea chance. How much would the chance
cost a slave, I'll catch youon how much? Well I would have
let you have a cheap before youstarted to push me around. The price
is gone up. I want fiftythousand, fifty thousand mark lads think it

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over boys, and must have seensome logic in it, because they stopped
slugging me and went away to talkit over. I didn't go to gams
cottage after a I didn't want themfollowing me, so I went back up
to my room, and when Igot there, I found my door unlocked.

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The room was a shambles. Somebodyhad gone through it like a cyclone.
You wess boys, now how totake a room apart, don't you?
Mcallison? We have to did youhave to do this? So I
came up to do it for thoseget stoppa. They agent saved me the
trouble. It was already done.I was afraid they might have found what
they were looking for. How doyou know they didn't? By the condition

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of your face. They've been workingyou over, haven't they whatever. They
wouldn't have bothered if they'd found thefilm. You're quite a brain, aren't
you mcchallius. You're not slaved.If you were, you wouldn't be playing
this game. You're gonna wind upjust where Heywood is. I'll take my
chances. You don't know what thedog means to me? You'd underst you
don't know what these films mean tobe allies, or maybe you'd understand.

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Those are pictures of German maps,slaved maps showing the location of every Nazid
two rocket launching site on the Frenchcoast. They could mean the saving of
thousands of lives. They could evenmean winning the war or losing it.
Does that make any impression on you? My price is still the same.
All right, then let me tellyou what Haywood went through to get those

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films. You'll be wasting your time. My price is still the same.
Okay, you're the guy who hasto look in the mirror at yourself and
your shave. I'll be around ifyou. Oh, I thought about this.
What this picture was on the floor. I accidentally stepped on it and
broke the frame. Tell me youhave that. I noticed the inscription to

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Mike with all my love Jen.Okay, Okay, let's have it.
She's the skiing instructor, isn't hebeautiful girl? Be a shame if anything
happened to that pace? Is thata threat? Mccallousy. No, oh,
the oay says doesn't go in fortorturing women. Maybe we're too sentimental.
Why would anybody want to touch her? Because she's helping you play your

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little angle? What makes you think? So? Just a guess? And
if I can guess, it's socan title and erstut And they're not a
bit sentimental. It took me awhile to fall asleep after that, but

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I manage it. Finally, couldn'thave been much later when the phone beside
my bed woke me up. Yeah, Mike, jam Baby was the mater
you, Mike, count the contentright away. I was scared then all

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the way over. McAllister's words keptringing in my ears. I was scared
to look at her face. Butthere was nothing the matter with the when
I got there. The only marksit with the marks of worry and the
guilty conscience. I couldn't sleep,Mike. I had to call you.
I've been thinking about it all night, about my new business enterprise. I
suppose you mean, yes, tryingto make money out of those microphones.

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It's wrong, Darling. We can'tgo through with it. Too bad,
says McAllister. Was here, Yes, yes, he was waving the flag
all over the place. What hesaid, madsense, He told me what
was on the film. He mademe say how Heyward had suffered to get
it. I'm surprised you didn't turnit over the way. I wouldn't do
that, you know it. ButI want you to turn it over to
him. I will for twenty fivegrand Mick for nothing, because they belonged

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to him rightfully, and because they'llhelp the Allies win the world. No
dice, baby, Mike, doyou want those vile metal s Nazis to
win? All I want is mytwenty five Jeeves. Then you and I
can get out of here. Notyou and I Mac Why I won't go
with you under those conditions? Ido, I do. I love you,

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Mike, but I couldn't go onloving you if you did a thing
like this. I come to hateyou. Jen. I'm sorry, Darling,
It's true. Well, Mike,I've waited twenty five years for break
like this. I'm not going tolet it run down the drain, not
even for you. If you don'twant to go okay, I'll be traveling

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alone. I don't think you'll betraveling anywhere just yet. A Slade,
it was titled, and just behindit was Verstadt, and both of them
carried Lucas. Before I could move, Verstadt had used his the butt of
it clipped me on the head.I remember hearing Jen screamed and feeling myself

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crumbling toward the floor. When Icame to, I couldn't move my arms
and my legs cut me in.Had to figure out why I was tied
with a chair. Slowly the roomcame back and focused, and I saw
the two of the stopawagents. ThenI saw Jenny. What they've been doing.
Get your hands off your filthy right, don't touch her again. There

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there'll be no need to touch yourhair. Sladies. You will co operate
with us better than cheers been doing. There is a microfilm hair sleeves.
You still think you're gonna find outfor free? Huh? Yeah they think
so? Where is the microfilm hairslave along you? All right? All
right, stop it. I'll tellyou to stop it. We have stopped

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their slide. Well, please tellus, okay a microfilm is? It
came from outside through the window thatrevolve a shot fierce that let out a
groan and dropped the floor. Titledropped the floor too, but he hadn't
been hit. He flicked the lights, which as he went down the room
went black. The advantage was allhis now, he was in a pitch

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black room. Whoever was outside wasmoving out on a bright moonlight, made
even brighter by the snow. Isaw Title's gun spit the gun outside,
answered, I was still tied handand foot to the chair. There wasn't
anything I could do, or wasthere. I remember that the light switch
was just over my head. Iworked until I got my chair turned around

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so I was facing the wall.I started butting up with at the switch
with my head. Three times Imissed it. Fourth time it clicked.
The room was flooded with light.Title was outlined at the window like a
sitting duck. There wasn't any greatsurprise when the tall blonde guy walked in

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a minute later. He started onetiming, looks as if you had to
choose signed after all? Slain.Yeah, it looks maybe I did Mcallis
you are right, Jen, I'llbe sure, baby, Yes, Mike,
and thank you, mister mckellister.I should have said that to mccallisterf

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thanks, that's okay, Mike,and I don't you see now, don't
you understand I don't know what you'retalking about? You do? You must
The difference between hearing those harbor brootsit's the whole point, Mike. That's
why you can't hold onto that microfilm. Oh yeah, yeah, the yeah
microfilm. I've been thinking about that. You've decided to give it to me.

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No, I haven't, Mchalllist.I'm a gambler, and gamblers don't
give things away. All they dogive is a sporting chance. What do
you mean? I'll cut cards withyou for the microfilm? Double enough.
If I get the high card,you will give me the film. Right.
If I get high card, you'llpay me fifty thousands the deal slave,

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Okay, here shovel mcamisty. Youcut first, one card doesn't well?

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Six not so good, fella,go on slightly cut well for I
win? Here, you win,get'em the film, Jen, alright,
Mike. Now both sides of thiswar cost me money. Dear.

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Yeah, here's mister mcanister and luckto you. With his luck, he'll
win the warst single hand if thesemicrofilms will help, goodluck Jen. Yeah,
he's seeing you, mcamass. Mike, why did you do it?
Do what? Here's your card?The one new caught. He wasn't a

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fool, it was a thing.Yeah, no, for you, you
had him beaten he would have paidthe fiftieth thousand. That's right, Mick.
Why did you do it? Idon't know, baby. I guess

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some guys just can't help being suckers. I guess some guys just can't helping
patriots. So we were stuck inSwitzerland for a couple of more years,
Jen and I. There were timeswhen I could have kicked myself for being

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a sentimental chump, lots of timesuntil a day came after the war when
I ran into McAllister again. Ifelt better about it then. I guess
you know, what the Allied AirForces did to those Nazi rocket launching sites
along the French coast couldn't have beendone without the microfilm. Slain, so
you can take some credit for it. You were the toughest Allie the OSS

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ever had, brother, but youdid the job. And once again the
report of another OSS agent closes withthe words mission accomplished. Today's story was
based on actual incidents recorded in theWashington files of the USS and was brought
to you on Cloak and Dagger.Heard in Today's Cloak and Dagger Adventures.

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McAllister was Less Tremaine, Mike Slade, Bill Quinn, Jen Jan minor others
were Grant Richards, Raymond Edward Johnson, Carl Weber, Charles Irving, Stephen
Schnabel, Boris Aplan, Paul Arnold, and Jerry Jarrett. The script was
written by ken Field and the musicwas under the direction of John Gart,
sound effects by Jerry McGee, engineeringby Joe Silver. Today's Oss Adventure was

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based on the book Cloak and Daggerby Cory Ford and Alistair mc bain.
This program was produced by Lewis G. Collen and Alfred Hollander and under the
direction and supervision of Sherman Marx.