 All of the communists for the FBI Starring Dana Andrews and an exciting tale of danger and espionage I was a communist for the FBI From the actual records and authentic experiences of Matt Sevetik From many of the incidents in this unusual story Here is our star Dana Andrews as Matt Sevetik Who for nine fantastic years lived as a communist for the FBI It was weird and it was terrifying I'd begin to get so much into the choking spirit of my character That I'd talk and act like a real communist even to myself That's when I'd get scared But if I didn't play it to the hilt The comrades would suspect when I'd be scared again Come to think of it for nine long years as a communist for the FBI I was never anything but scared In a moment listen to Dana Andrews as Matt Sevetik under cover man This story from the confidential file is marked Red Rover Red Rover I walk slowly down Dawson Street pretending I'm not looking for anybody Comrade Revson who is supposed to rendezvous with me here but it looks sharp Because the sidewalks are crowded He's supposed to pick me up so we can get down to the next shady item on the red agenda All at once I have company and it isn't comrade Revson All at once I have company and it isn't comrade Revson All right Mrs. Sevetik we'll take a taxi from here Who are you? Just keep walking and keep talking and head to the curb I've got another date so goodbye Do as I tell you and everything will be done I asked you who you were I'm not comrade Revson at the start You know somebody by that name? Both of us do Stop right here Now listen girl Taxi I don't even know you But we both know Revson don't we? Come on Where to? Ten ten Atherton Plaza driver Do tell Atherton Plaza I'd have worn my clean shirt but I never dreamed Oh quiet Tell me pretty maiden Could this be fun? Very definitely not Now what will Revson say when he doesn't meet me? We'll handle him Who's we? You'll see I see Now be quiet a taxi is a public place We enter a district that makes Park Avenue look like a slum clearance candidate And pull up at a facade that would look natural with a mink canopy We take the elevator to the fifth floor And I'm being seriously worried I don't know if this smart little brunette is for me or against me Is she comrade or FBI? And how will I explain things to Revson? It sounds like a radio cliffhanger Be sure to listen tomorrow and I sincerely hope I'll be with you then We stop at a white panel door The girl lets herself in with her own key In the lush living room a fattish but solid man is sitting on the sofa He smiles a nothing smile and waves a plump hand at a chair Sit down Yeah, but first my name is Matt Sverick What's yours? Mr. Sverick, this is comrade Yusitine Yusitine? Yusitine? The name is not familiar to you, I'm sure But why you might not be here But I am here and I'd like to know why We may have a little job for you Thanks a lot, but I have a job How? I already told him not to be concerned about Revson He will undertake to explain to him comrade Sverick You will? You will say nothing to him Do you understand? No, no I don't understand You will You've been watching your work comrade Sverick We like it We have decided to entrust you with your most important mission so far Again, who is we? An extremely important document for being held for us in Canada You have to secure them as we shall instruct you Shasta will help you Shasta? I'm Shasta Oh I'm a Sverick Go ahead You will proceed to Toronto, Canada where you will be given an envelope You will return and deliver the envelope to me with Shasta's assistance Oh, I'll receive this envelope from whom? How? Just be in Toronto day after tomorrow But what do I do when I get there? Where do I go? Just be there It'll not be as simple as it sounds Look comrade, I'm a direct guy Yes Would this be a cozy little business to get rid of me? Do you know of any reason why we should want to get rid of you comrade Sverick? Of course not Why worry then? Okay When do I leave? Tonight I'll wind up my modest little affairs Shasta? Comrade Sverick Brief the comrade Come with me The other room will do And here are your tickets Your plane transportation, plane ticket, bus All three just to go to Toronto? In fact, you'll finish the trip by taxi Anything to shake possible pursuit Would be after me Oh, don't be silly, the FBI for one What do you mean for one? Who else would it be? Must you question everything? Live and learn Not if you learn too much Nicely put I thought comrade Redson was a strict disciplinarian With us you do exactly as you're told With us Does that mean you're something different from the party? Or something apart from it? Ask enough questions, comrade Sverick, and you'll ask none I'm sorry? You may have used for a gun Here, take this automatic Well, that's nice Scared? I was admiring the gun Oh, I'll take it then You know what to do Be in Toronto day after tomorrow Just be there is enough? Mm-hmm Seems hardly enough Impressive though Speak to nobody between now and the time you leave Nobody at all? Nobody All right When you get back in town call this number Ask for you? Won't hurt Yes Aren't you afraid this place might be wired? Not in the least Mm-hmm And don't waste time thinking about it It'll get you nowhere All right, you may go now Have you had your lunch yet? You may go, comrade Sverick Now sail Just bring back those documents Scared? Scared This is something new when being a communist for the FBI I go down the elevator thinking Those cold fish upstairs talk like communists And treat me like one of them Up to a point But then there's something off-beat about them Something very wrong about them that I can't figure But I don't know Yusuf Teen or Shasta A girl with a name like a daisy And I do know Revson and he's my official boss And I'm going to report to him warnings or not I step out into the street and hail a cab As I get into the taxi Two men get into a long black sedan behind us And friends, there's no mistake about it They're following me I don't shake the shadows until almost evening I've got to shake them I've got to tell Revson And I've got to tip off the FBI I finally get up to Revson's office Is it important, Sverick? I think it may be very important And let us discuss it somewhere else We can't discuss it somewhere else This office may be wired I tell you we can't go anywhere else I'm being followed Followed? I've shaken them But if we leave, they might pick me up again Followed by whom? I don't know That's one of the reasons I had to see you They didn't want me to tell you No? I figure you're my boss, not these strangers Stop talking I couldn't meet you because some girl picked me up And brought me to a flossy guy named Yusuf Teen Yusuf Teen Mean anything to you? Go on I'm supposed to go to Toronto tonight And pick up some envelope with important papers in it If those shadows learn I reported back to you I just may be in trouble I took a chance Any theories? I have heard of such... Such adventures from other comrades This Yusuf Teen and this Shasta May be counter-revolutionaries working against us What should we do? Do? Do as they tell you But if as you suspect, I count a revolution Do as they tell you And report everything to you? No Yes No, no Just... just be careful But shouldn't I report back to you? It's a chance to check on the enemies and traitors inside the party If that is what they are What else would they be? All right, all right Report to me Good But be careful Do exactly as they tell you Go Go, sure Go where? Do what? When I'm this much in the dark For the first time in my long connection with the party I've seen refs and disturbed and worried Worried He's scared And I wonder why He's tough and he doesn't scare easy My own anxiety deepens I make sure I'm not being followed And I find a pay station and dial my FBI contact Oh, Mr. Adams? Who's calling Mr. Adams, please? Mr. Gwynette Adam's talking, go ahead Where can I see you right away? I'm taking off at Toronto in half an hour Well, let's see, this is Friday There's a bank on Webster and 12th Keeps open Friday, evenings close at Saturday I have a safe deposit box there We can go to the vault, take the box to a private booth and talk That sounds good Take it fast though Ten minutes? Well, that's fast Okay Very interesting, Matt If that's interesting You want to see this little Shasta Daisy? She gave you an automatic? Here it is, right in my pocket No, no, no, don't you touch it I couldn't look at your fingerprints on it already You let me fish it out of your pocket with a handkerchief There So Can you do something about that? Well, I'll check whatever prints the guy left on this gun against our files in Washington See what the game is Counter-revolutionaries? I don't know yet FBI? Maybe I wouldn't know, Matt, would I? When will you know and end the suspense? This cold sweat is ruining my clothes Call me when you get back into town Yeah Lots of good luck, Matt You think I'm going to need that much and that good? Call me, Matt But it's easy In fact, it's too easy to be true I get to the United States-Canada line And I don't have any trouble at all getting across Because I don't go across Before I start over an old man bums me for a dime Thanks me kindly And hands me a thick envelope, heavily sealed And disappears Not another word said Easy sure But I know now that I've been followed and watched all the way And pointed out to the old man by my shadows Why didn't my shadows pick up the envelope then? Why me? I don't know But I'm scared now, scared solid I go back home feeling foolish and unnecessary And in some dark and terrible way On the spot Starring as Matt Sevedic And I was a Communist for the FBI And the second act of our story Shasta Who? Shasta, this is Matt Sevedic I'm back So soon? Yeah, I'll tell you all about it Did you get it? I got it Let's see, you wanted to have lunch with me the other day It's too late now for that lunch, I had one How about dinner? There's a noisy place in the 50s where we can talk It's big, the food is good and the society fairly interesting Pick me up in front of 10, 10 Averton Plaza by 9 That's right, just leave everything to me You're certainly home ahead of schedule Let's talk about that where it's noisy Smart as the proverbial whip And his San Bernard dog could have done on that mission Mr. Adams, please, Mr. Gwynette calling Oh, this is Adam Shope I want to talk to you right away Hey, back early, aren't you? Where can I see you? Our bench in the park at 9 No good, got a date with a fair Shasta at 9 Eight then? Eight it is Something I've got to tell you too, friend Well, what is it? Is there anything you can tell me now and save me a lot of... Hello? Hello? All right, Matt, that's your story And I'm stuck with it, are you? Oh, Matt, I've got some pretty strong news for you All right, come on, let's have it Shasta and Yusitine are not counter-revolutionaries And why did Rebson act so scared? Well, they're on his side, all right But they play a pretty long hand And a grim one at that Grimmest game on Earth, maybe How do I figure to be the one they volley back and forth? I'll tell it to you fast, Matt Yeah, I do You've been tapped by the MVD What? Mm-hmm You've been playing around with the Russian secret police Shasta and Yusitine are MVD agents What do they want with me? Well, they're either testing you Or they're thinking of recruiting you into the secret police Oh, no, not for me No, no, I wouldn't do it all, not for us First of all, you could never bring yourself to do the things they'd expect of you These are the boys who buried an Alpenstock in Leon Trotsky's brain, just for example Definitely not my line of work Stop it, nothing, you wouldn't last, they'd get you, Matt Now, the FBI doesn't ask that much from a man I don't want any part of them Now, that's the problem, Matt They don't ask you to join, they tell you Whether you like it or not, Matt, you've been drafted for the MVD Well, what do you think I ought to do? You've got to finish the job they gave you If you don't, you'll be in trouble Oh, fine If I come through for them, I'm promoted to the MVD If I don't, I might be severely dead From now on, I'm having you watched constantly Well, that way I'll have friendly witnesses to my murder We'd better break it up now, Matt You've disobeyed orders in seeing Repson and me The MVD might resent it And who knows how better Have a nice date with Shasta The restaurant where I took Shasta was so crowded I almost had to make an appointment just to check my hat and top coat But my beautiful date had a drag And we got a table where if you could read lips You could hear somebody near you, almost I told you it'd be noisy here The better for others not to hear us, my dear Right How about the envelope? I have it in my inside pocket here Don't show it to me now Nobody notices anybody but himself in this bunch We are being watched Where? Don't look now, you idiot How about the envelope? Keep it. I can't afford a headphone, honey Can I afford it any better? You've got to get out of here before those FBI men know what you're up to How do you know they're FBI? Let's have a gander Don't turn at him That fruit with a table between us is getting up to Dennis Use them for cover and get out here Now? Not yet All right, now I do some fast broken field walking through the packed restaurant Just as I reached the door, I see the two men at the corner table Jump up and come after me FBI nothing They're my two MBD shadows What made Shasta think they were FBI or did she? I don't stop to ask questions I jam on all canvas and sail past the check room Do you have a hat and coat, sir? No, thanks I run outside and jump into a taxi We're pulling away when the two MBD goons come out of the restaurant That black sedan slithers to the curb and they get in And off we go again Around midnight I get a chance to pull an old gag out of the gag book I duck into a big drug store They're almost ready to close up But I order a sandwich at the lunch counter Watch my chance And slip into a phone booth and sit on the floor Pretty soon the lights go out It gets quiet I stand up and look out The store is closed and the coast is clear Very pleased with myself I go to a door to unlatch it Then my instinct issues a fast warning Cop goes by trying the doors Then he continues on his rounds I stand up again, start to unlatch the door again If I open the door the alarm will go off If I'm picked up with that envelope on me I'm in trouble with the cops And with the MBD What to do? Of course I looked through my pockets for a coin Not a cent I gave all my chains to the taxi driver Now what? Yeah Nothing but pennies Who needs them? I must have a coin on me I've got to have one Yeah One solitary coin in the change pocket of my jacket Oh boy Lucky for me The first time I ever put a coin in that pocket Bridge 3-2-3-2 Come on Return my coin then Yes sir Operator Operator Operator you collected my coin Operator I was calling Bridge 3-2-3-2 and got a wrong number or something And you collected my coin I can't drop another coin that was the last one I had It's got to be that Bridge 3-2-3-2 Come on be there And sir, come on Adams Who is this? Gwyneth Listen, I'm being followed by some MBD goons I managed to get locked into a drugstore But now I don't dare go out Are the MBDs still out there? No, but I can't let the cops find this envelope on me That's right And I've got to deliver it to Yucatine tomorrow or else In case I get picked up right You boys think of everything Now hold on while I find a place to put the envelope And I'm here Anything wrong? I haven't got the envelope I must have slipped it into the inside breast pocket of my top coat Instead of my jacket Where is your top coat? I left it at the nightclub when the MBD got on my trail Boy Yeah, sure better Funny thing, I opened the front door The alarm goes off and rings like mad And nobody, absolutely nobody pays any attention I run all the way back to the nightclub It's jammed with the after theater crowd I head for the check room breathing hard Yes sir? I've got a hat and top coat here Your check, sir? Your check, let's see I can't find any check on me Did you give me a check? I always give a check, sir It's a size 42, herringbone tweed, grey-green Well I can't give it to you without a claim check Yeah, I'll help you find it I'm sorry, that isn't permitted, sir I'm not going to steal somebody's umbrella A hat and coat? Yes, I'm sure You ran out a couple hours ago saying you didn't I've got a hat and coat here, I tell you I'll have to see your check I can't find a check on me I'm sorry But what does it look like? It's a little brass coin with a number on it Oh sister I put it in a pay telephone I'll have to know when Mr. Fogarty Who are you calling? Don't do that I can't stay here and be arrested I've got to get out, panic I need to get away and escape I dash into the street again and right into the arms of the powerful and the demon They muscle me into the black sedan I stop fighting What's the use? I'm tired It's all over Why fight? Give up Why struggle? It's all over The figure of a comrade you are, Svetik I did my best You did your best Yes Then where is the envelope? I told you I'll go back to the nightclub when they close up My coat will be the only one uncalled for No Why not? Svetik, you know what happens to those in our society Handle important responsibilities Like I suppose so In this case, that papers happen to be of no importance What? They are of absolutely no value It was a test, a trial to see whether you were worthy of an important promotion Promotion? Then you failed I will tell you now what will happen to you What? You are unworthy of command, Svetik Therefore, Svetik You will return to the ranks Go back to my cell with Revson? It is all you are fit for Well, comrade, I'm always ready to serve the party in any capacity, whatever And if you... Enough, enough Show him out, men The MVD men turned me loose on the sidewalk I'm in the clear and with the whole skin Almost deliriously, I think Svetik, have you ever wanted to be wrong? This was the time for it I walked down the street breathing in the cool night air Unraveling the knots in my stomach I fell out of the frying pan almost into the fire It's almost like social security being back in the frying pan again It could have been worse I might be an MVD agent by now And a dead man a year from now But I don't fool myself I'm still in big trouble I'm a communist for the FBI I walk alone Dana Andrews will return in just a moment This is Dana Andrews with a word about the story you've just heard In this story, as in all others Names, dates and places are fictitious to protect innocent persons Many of these stories are based on incidents in the life of Matt Svetik Who worked undercover for the FBI Next week another fantastic adventure Join us, won't you?