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I don't want to have anything to do with... This is in order. ...switching automatic power. This is easy George Abel-Nan signing off. Can't smuggle you into the States. Vulture, since you returned to Cuba from your aborted mission, you've not been yourself, Egan. Those birds screeching that way make me think of those poor refugees in a plane, pleading for their lives. Rosa, give me another drink. You fat sal. Egan is anxious to drown his conscience in my best wine. It's easy for you to talk, Gregor, sitting here in your patio and listening to your crazy birds. You didn't have to dump eight helpless people into the ocean. Sure, you can sleep at night. Here is your drink, senior Egan. Thanks, Rosa. Egan, in our business sometimes drastic steps are necessary for self-preservation. Dark is cheap. You didn't see their faces. Perhaps. But I see the logic in disposing of them. If you had landed at the field in Florida with that shipment of aliens, you would have been picked up by the police. Would you have preferred that? Of course you wouldn't. All right, all right. But how did the police know about the trip? Someone dropped the hint to them. Tell them, Rosa. At El Monteiro Cafe, I was told the flight was spotted. Is anything sad about me, Rosa? No, senior. By the way, Egan. Yes? Rosa also heard something else at the Monteiro Cafe. Something about you. Rosa. I heard, senior Egan, that when you had delivered some of senior Gregor's clients safely to the United States, you took money from them. Blackmare money. That's a rotten lie. Of course, it's only a rumor. I don't care what it is, it's still a lie. It'd better be, Egan, for your sake. You can't frighten me, Gregor, because I've got nothing to hide. I've always been on the up and up with you. Very well, Egan. Now let's get back to business. We will continue our weekly passenger run from Cuba to Florida. How can we? The cops are on to us. We will no longer use a large plane. Temporarily, we will reduce our activities by using the small five passenger planes. And from now on, you will land... you will not land in our isolated field in Florida. Instead, we will avail ourselves of desolate stretches of beach along the coast. Nothing's gonna stand in the way of your making a fortune. Not even my neck, huh, Gregor? Nothing, Egan. At least, of all, your neck. Operator, this is Captain Kincade of the Miami Office Immigration Service. I want to put in a person-to-person call to Mr. David Harding, Chief of the Count of Spies in Washington. Hello, Captain Kincade. This is Harding. Oh, Mr. Harding. On that matter, we discussed last week when I was in Washington. An emergency has arisen. We'd appreciate having Count of Spies cooperation in this case now. Anything at all, Captain. Can you assign one of your Miami agents? Better than that, Captain. I'm going to give this case my personal supervision. My assistant, Harry Peters, and I will leave immediately for Miami by jet plane. Well, Mr. Harding, this is the obsolete light army bomber I had flown over here to the Miami City Airport to illustrate my theory. Peters and I are very anxious to hear it. Please continue. Now, this is the way I reconstruct the story. A surplus army bomber, identical with this one, left from an improvised runway outside Havana, Cuba last Friday with eight aliens aboard. That we're fairly sure of through a contact in Havana. But the plane never landed here in the States. No, Mr. Peters. We had it under spotter observation in the Caribbean and suddenly lost it. And it didn't return to its Cuban base either. What about the aliens? Just getting that, Mr. Harding. All right, Bob. Mr. Harding, my theory is the Bombay doors are open like that. And the aliens were forced to jump to their deaths in the Caribbean, thousands of people all. Mass murder. Chief, this is about the lowest crime we've ever come across. The absolute lowest. Well, Kinkade, I suppose the smugglers must have been tipped off that their plane was spotted and warned the pilot, maybe by radio. I'd figure it the same way, Mr. Harding. It could be, Chief, that the pilot bailed out and was picked up while the aliens went down with the plane. That's possible, Peters. That would account for the disappearance of the plane. Anyway, let's get started. Havana, our next stop, Chief. Havana, next, Peters. With the cooperation of the Cuban police, we're starting on this alien smuggling racket by smuggling ourselves into Havana by speedboat. What is it, brother? It looks isolated enough for our purposes. It's a good idea, Dave, taking this speedboat instead of a plane. The smugglers probably have their eyes on every airfield in Cuba. There's no doubt about that, Peters. They have a terrific investment to protect. We know there are thousands of aliens in Cuba, poor devils waiting for the chance to get into the United States. Those who can't get in under the legal quota are willing to pay their last sense to be smuggled in. Nice game. Traffic and human misery. Dave, have you lined out a motor supper randy for us? Yes. Now, once we're smuggled in, we'll try to get ourselves smuggled out again. Smuggled out? Dave, they'll know that we're not aliens. They'll never catch on to you, Peters. Uh-oh. Here I go again. You're still my star actor, Peters. Oh, OK, let's have it. Well, by the time we get to Havana, you're going to look and talk like an alien, an alien willing to pay any price to get refuge in the United States. The letter, Rosa. See, the letter. You're anxious to see it, no? That is it. Senor Gregor, you are a man of business. Rosa is a woman of business. She is not beautiful. She is not young and thin. So there is nothing left in life for poor Rosa. But money. Rosa, you've always reminded me of my pet vulture here. The most disgusting of creatures. You pay me a compliment, Senor Gregor. He is a cunning bird also, eh, Senor? All right, how much for the letter? $200. Longer I know you, the more repulsive you become. And the more valuable, eh, Senor? $200, please. Here. Right. Here it is. The pilot made us give him our last dollars when we landed in the United States. We had to do it because if we didn't, he said he would report us to the American government. You are being cheated, Senor Gregor. You're stupid, Sal. You think only the money worries me? Letters like this cost trouble. Talk it around. He's going to put my entire business in grave danger. My knife, Senor, for $100 I could use it well. I don't need you for this. Don't worry, Rosa. When the time comes, I will put an end to Egan's personal. You see this dish of raw meat? Come with me over to the pool and you will understand quite clearly. The pool? My fish pond. But you do not feed fish beef like this? Rosa, my fish, you do feed beef like this. 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How did you make out as Mr. Kovac? Passed my first test with flying colors, Dave. I registered at the hotel patronized by refugees. I managed to make friends pretty quickly. Any leads? One of my new friends advised me that I might get what I wanted if I paid a visit to El Monteiro Cafe. El Monteiro Cafe, huh? A small native bar room on Delcaro Street. A place is run by a fat middle-aged woman named Rosa. My friend also said that a visit to Rosa is the first step in making entry into the States. Rosa must be the conduct between the aliens and the smugglers. Looks that way, Dave. All right, Peter, or rather, Mr. Kovac, I guess it's time for you to visit this Rosa at El Monteiro Cafe. See how you make out in your second test. And what do you want with me, Mr. Kovac? I have come to you for help, Rosa. Help? I wish passage to the United States. To get to the United States, Mr. Kovac. One has only to obtain passage on plane and a boat. Why come to me? I have a story by friends that you could advise me of the steps necessary to get into the United States without detection by the authorities. See, sir, such a means of entry is dangerous, legal, and they say, expensive. I have $25,000. 25? It would be a shame that a gentleman so anxious as you should not get what he wishes. Where are you staying in Cuba, say, Ocoba? The Hotel Paloma. Be in your hotel room at 10 tomorrow morning, and American named Egan will call on you and explain the arrangements. Well, thank you, Rosa. Thank you. You have no idea how much this means to me. You passed your second test with flying colors, too, haven't you? I guess I did, Dave. And your idea of mentioning $25,000 didn't do any harm. Did you manage to get a line on Egan after I called you earlier? According to the Cuban police, Egan runs a small passenger plane service between Havana and Miami. Probably a cover-up for smuggling activities. Anyway, Chief will be able to put him into Egan's business tomorrow morning. Now, Peters, I'm not just interested in Egan and Rosa. It's obvious we can pick them up anytime. No, there's somebody else, somebody who's masterminding this operation. I guess you're right, Dave, but how to get to him? Well, I'd say that's up to you, man. How well you do on your third test, Mr. Coback. Yes? Senor Gregor, this is Rosa. What is it, Rosa? I have been looking all over for Egan. He is nowhere to be found. Egan is here with me, waiting for me out in the patio. I was just about to introduce him to my amusing Piranha fish. But you will need Egan to fly the plane. I've made arrangements for another pilot. He will be here next week. But I have for you a client who wishes a trip to your United States now. The client will wait, Rosa. But he is willing to pay $25,000. Oh? Well, Rosa, that is a different matter. This fortunate you did not call me a few minutes late. I made arrangements with the client for Egan to be at his hotel tomorrow morning at 10. Very well, Rosa. Egan will be there. I will apologize to my Piranha fish for the postponement. There will be no postponement, Mr. Egan. Don't you worry about that, Kovac. You show up tonight in the back room at El Montero cafe with the $25,000. And by this time tomorrow, you'll be safe and snug in the USA. United States of America, I can hardly wait. Mr. Egan, I'm so grateful to you for all. Excuse me, please. Hello? Senor Kovac, this is Rosa. Is Senor Egan there? Oh, yes, yes, he is. Senor Egan, it is Rosa. She wishes to speak with you. OK, thanks. Here, Rosa? There is trouble. Do not betray yourself with words or looks. Sure, Rosa. Go ahead. A friend was just here in El Montero and told me about Senor Kovac. This morning at the hotel, there he saw the man who visited Kovac. The visitor to him was David Harding of the United States counter-spice. What? Thanks for telling me, Rosa. Thanks very much. You seem troubled, Mr. Egan. Did Rosa have bad news? Not exactly, Kovac. Coming like it did now, in a way it was good news. Some heavy things will go as we arranged it. Well, there'll be just one chance. My arm, my arm. While you're trying to get out of this grip, the more it's going to hurt. I do not understand why you're doing this. I'll explain just as soon as I get this gun out of your shoulder holster. All right now, get back up against that wall. What is the meaning of this? You can drop the act. Rosa phoned to tell me about some information she got on your visitor here this morning. Harding of the counter-spice. What do you got to save yourself now? Just one thing, Egan. If you're smart, you'll drop that gun and give yourself up. You think I'm crazy, Kovac? Just to set you straight, the name is Peters. A counter-spice, too. That's right, Egan. So you want me to give myself over to you, that it? It might go easier on you. If you do get away now, Egan, I'll get you anyway. I'll hound you till I get you. That's why you're wrong, Peters. Your hounding days are over. I'm getting out of here. But you're not. Fool, Egan. Murdering a counter-spice, you stupid idiotic fool. What do you expect me to do, Gregor? Let him take me in. This will ruin everything. So I'll lay low where they won't find me. Don't you realize now the counter-spice will find you wherever you go? They won't rest until you're captured. I thought you were so smart, Gregor. I thought you had a way of handling everything. Of course. There is a way of handling this. Now that you're here, I have nothing to worry about. What's the idea of that gun? The idea, Egan, is self-preservation. If you were ever captured, you would dirt out my part in the smuggling business. No. No, Gregor. You can trust me. I had intended to rid myself of you last night. You were saved by the fat, disgusting swine Rosa. Now I'll take up where I left off. Gregor, please. Wait. Don't. I'm not going to shoot, Egan. I'm just taking you to the edge of the pool over there. Then I'll leave it to my piranha fish to destroy all evidence of your being. Now, Egan, you will commence walking to the... Rosa, you threw that knife into Gregor. See? But why? You were on his side. That's you do not understand how a woman feels to be talked to the waist, and your Gregor always talked to me. I am not so young, nor am I so beautiful. I am not so fat, so disgusting as he said. I have been waiting for such an opportunity as these to answer, senior Gregor. Hey, he's still alive. See, I meant it so. I aimed my knife so that he should not die so easily, so painless. I'll get it done and finish him off. Wait. Do not fire that gun. But I have to. I have planned for him the death he planned for you. We will feed him to his cannibal fish, senior Egan. In the pond? Now look, Rosa, I can't. I have saved your life. You will do as I wish, no? OK, OK. Guess I owe it to you. You can drag him across the path you obey the feet. Even a woman, as much as I, has feelings for you. He should not have talked to me that way. Stop where you are. Don't move. Keep him covered, Peter. Got him, Mr. Harding. Peter. Senior Kovac, you are alive. Sorry to disappoint you, too. It can't be. I fired two shots into you. Those were blanks in Peter's gun, Egan. They were in there waiting for you to use them. Senior Egan, it is a drink. That's right, Rosa. It was a member of the Cuban secret police who informed you that I'd visited Kovac's room. We wanted you to tip off, Egan, so he would lead us to the head smuggler. Here we are, thanks to those blanks. OK, but the slugs in this gun aren't blanks. Drop that gun, Egan. You don't have a chance. I've got nothing to lose, but I'm making a try. Stop, Egan. All right, Peter. Let it happen. You can call the Cuban police now. Tell them to come out for Rosa and Gregor. Then we'll fly back home. Pepsicola, bring it on now. 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