 America's number one adventurer K7 form a United States secret agent who operated in 22 countries on land on sea and in the air Brings you a story of today We take you to K7's headquarters This is secret agent K7 speaking send in special agent B9 for assignment Special agent B9 reporting for duty Agent B9, I've called you to take over one of the most unusual cases. I have ever encountered Several agents of a nation unfriendly to the one employing both of us in this matter have been seized while traveling under this country's passports The passports are not counterfeits Records here prove them to be genuine although issued fraudulently I don't need to tell you that their use by enemy agents even though they are fraudulent as a serious bearing on foreign relations Somewhere in this city. There is a clever master spy. He has friends who are consular representatives perhaps others Track him down here are the records the case is yours Agent B9 and his assistant Rita Drake studied the evidence already collected Among it were four passports taken from spies arrested in recent months these B9 studied with special care That's it seems hopeless Rita. I Can't seem to find anything that will give us our first lead These passports are all alike. They were even issued by the same clerk. Well, perhaps if we questioned him No, no, no, no that wouldn't do could easily claim that he issued hundreds each month The nine here's something I noticed. Yes, it probably isn't very important But I was looking at the pictures on the passports with the magnifying glass. Yes We'll see for yourself. There's a little bump on the edge of each picture. What's that? You see what I mean. Oh, I don't on this picture. The bump is near the bottom. You see there. Oh, yes Yes, I see and on the second one. It's on the top edge You're right Rita those little bumps wouldn't even be noticed except under a magnifying glass The same bump is on the other two where in the middle of this And on the side of the last Of course, it couldn't mean anything. It means more than you realize Rita Those little bumps along the edges of the paper were caused by the photographer's paper cutter There's probably a nick in the blade When the photographer finishes a picture he trims it to the correct size with a paper cutter Don't you see every time the knife comes down a nick somewhere along its blade caused that small unevenness Yes, but are those enough to give us a lead if we're lucky Rita tomorrow you are going to spend the day having passport photographs made of yourself I want you to go to every photographer in the city if necessary We're going to find out which photographer took those four pictures on the fraudulent passport The next morning agent v9 went to the Bureau of vital statistics and made a record of all who had applied for birth certificates in recent months While he was thus engaged Rita visited one photographer shop after another Yes, mademoiselle, I'd like to have a passport picture taken Passport photo of course just stepped this way sit here. It will only take him Had my picture taken 18 times benign after I left each shop I examined the picture with a magnifying glass Here's the picture taken by the last chopper visited. Oh, let me see it Yes, yes, there is a little bump Rita. You've traced the photographer How many people work in his shop? Do you remember? Oh, yes, he was alone I remember because I had to wait while he went into his dark room and developed the picture. I see good I'm going to let him take my picture and while he's in his dark room. I'm going to install a dictaphone The next afternoon a large car stopped in front of the photographer shop Agent B9 and Rita watched it from a vacant store next door a woman got out and entered the photographer Just a minute. I was developing a print in my dark room Katarina they did not recognize you the light Did you photograph the blueprints of the harbour defenses that were brought you yesterday? They are ready on small films When they reach headquarters, they can be enlarged good now. I have another job for you I've brought you four photographs headquarters wants them copied for passports another passport job Yes, a man from the consulate will call for these in about an hour have them ready The passports are to be issued this afternoon. I will see that they get there deliver the passport photographs and blueprints to Adolf We meet as usual at my apartment tonight Peter is sailing tomorrow morning. He will deliver the passports and films to headquarters 9 o'clock as usual. I will be there Katarina There's our woman Rita pack the dictaphone setup get it into a taxi and take it back into my laboratory I'm going to follow her and find out where she lives That night be nine and Rita concealed themselves in the hallway outside Katharina Vargas apartment they saw two men leave the elevator and enter her room One was the photographer be nine waited about 20 minutes later The elevator opened and a third man carrying a briefcase got out. This looks like our man Rita He's carrying a briefcase. I'm going to take a chance and arrest him All right, put up your hands for what is the meaning of this means you are under arrest Get his briefcase reader. I'll search him for you can't do this to me your hands up All right put them down. He hasn't a gun reader to keep him covered. I Want to see what he's carrying in that briefcase turn around and face the wall Can you get the case open be nine? Yes, I think so Yes Here are the passports you and the plans to your contact him I belong with your concerted these passports are fraudulent the people in whose name they were issued are dead Put your hands behind you. Oh No, don't put handcuffs on me. No, I say All right, Rita Bring the elevator up and take this man down to the car. You know what to do I'm going to take this briefcase and call on Katharina Vargas Wait for me downstairs. Be careful Yes, who are you? I have brought the passports and plans Adolf could not come tonight. I see come in So Adolf sent you how is it I've never seen you before I have just been transferred here Give me the briefcase. Yes, you will find everything there come into my sitting room The others are in there. Thank you a gentleman This man says that Adolf sent this man instead of coming himself So he has the papers and passports. Yes. What is your name? Eisen by the cell Michael Eisen he lies. I have seen him before in another country. He is a special agent I'm afraid you are mistaken my friends and I think he's right mademoiselle search him Look out he has a gun and still all of you You are quite right mademoiselle Vargas. I am a special agent You are all under arrest for spying Possessing important military information and on the charge of issuing false passports Special agent B9 reporting K7 My investigation is complete Katharina Vargas was the master spy behind the passport fraud. She has been arrested a Passport photographer and a clerk on the consular staff have also been seized and have confessed This group under Katharina Vargas conducted a spy ring in addition to their passport activities These military plans which I leave with you were seized in their homes and on their persons The case is closed Members of the ring responsible for the issuance of fraudulent passports have been convicted and are now in prison Special agents must maintain constant vigilance For spies and international crooks have fertile imaginations and are constantly seeking new means of creating trouble Listen for my next story This is K7 speaking