 The national broadcasting company presents counter spy Encounters by calling Washington reports to the American people. I brought you each week at this time now the case of the captured contact Mr.. Harding mr. David Harding I am calling from Baltimore. I must speak to mr. Harding in person Did he not receive my letter? Who is this place? I I signed the letter only with the name Roland Mr.. Harding this is Roland you received my letter know full details I I cannot give over the telephone, but I give a name dr. Maximo Yes, I have been in your country lecturing on bacteriology My real purpose was something else and now I realize I have been making a terrible mistake for years Yeah, I can correct it only one way to tell everything to the United States counter spies Well, you're only 45 minutes by train from Washington. Oh, no, no, I dare not move from this hotel room my life What hotel the games borrow room 819? I beg you to come mr. Harding What I must tell you is of the first importance Mr.. Harden Young lady. This is mr. Jones in room 819 You have a I believe it is called a house detective mr. Blaine is his name I believe my life is in danger. Would you please ask him to come to my room at once? Made by our Paris at her shade during one of those fake peace congresses held by iron curtain followers in Paris Well, I'll play a bit of our phone conversation with dr. Maximo tonight. Yep I Signed a letter only with the name Roland. Yes, that's the same man. Don't you think so Peter? Sure. It's the same fellow Well, here's our file jacket on him Roland Maximo graduate of the University of Cretania in 1911 at the age of 22 makes him 62 now became full professor of medicine specializing in bacteriology in 1919 right after the First World War Secretly join the international revolutionary movement the following year and that's the man who's been in this country for months lecturing from coast to coast on bacteriology routine reports on his lectures here chief They say he'd end every lecture with a plea against bacteriological warfare in the same breath accusing us of planning to use it I'm amazed. He got away with it Dave. Yeah, this is all before the Cold War turned hot Well, Peters if this man is ready as he says to turn against his masters in Cretania, we'd better go see him Oh, we can still easily make Baltimore by midnight shift. Well, I had the Baltimore field office send over a man meanwhile, but let's hop You remind my asking mr. Jones and kind of danger your life's him. I I have been threatened Have you the time mr. Blaine? Oh, it's uh 10 past 11 I Oughtn to be sitting here in the room all night. I'm a house date my spots in the lobby keeping an eye out for bookies of Bookies a horse player and other kind of unwelcome riff-raff. Oh, you racketeer Some kind of hot shot hot shot Or say hey, maybe you're a squealer you're gonna rat on your pals and they want to knock you over Yes Yes, mr. Blaine you might say I'm going to squeal and My pals want to knock me over What's that? It's fire There's a fire in a joint me mr. Blaine wait. I'll say this fire. I gotta go see you here. I'm all yelling mr. Blaine I bet you do not leave the room you wait. I'll be right back. Mr. Blaine I wanted you up in room 819 with dr. Maximo. I got here mr. Harding the whole hotel was in an uproar They said fire and the fire chief wouldn't let me in counters fire not fire Eighth floor just now they found out it was a false alarm false alarm. Come on room 819 come on Peter celery Call the house detective Peters. No Now use Three bullets. I'm harding dr. Maximo. Who did this? I did not see door opened. I don't know More important my confession you you must catch my contact Will lead you to everything your contact. Yes Name Yes, his name George George what where Never told last name or only George Small small man. Yes small man, but what city where? Left I left I what about it? left I They've silenced him for good mr. Harding Yes And we've got to find a man called George with something unusual about his left eye One man among a hundred and fifty million people And this is an adi and this is the rest of what mama writes. Yeah, and they came this afternoon special delivery Oh Next week your father has to be in Buffalo for a meeting of his paternal organization And if we could drive through Columbus we could spend the weekend with you and Edward the weekend Well, I can stand it if they can baby your old man's a pretty good kegler kegler Bollard's fancy word What kind of a day at the shop blue prints blueprints blueprints as usual What's for supper? I almost forgot you're gonna be on the road again next week No, but I've been talking with Sam about a good chance for a blueprint shop over in Cobb'sville Gonna be a big industrial town. I thought we ought to open up there get in on the ground floor Cobb'sville Gee we don't know anybody there Well, not definite yet anyway, and in any way what's for supper Southbury steak you mean hamburgers Maybe that's Claire seagull. I saw at the market. She said maybe she in here. I'll brush your off. I'll do it nicely Hello, hello George. Oh, yeah, this is Hi, I have just had some good news from Baltimore Yeah, you won't have to move to Cobb'sville. You won't have to leave Columbus. You're quite safe here. Oh, fine I shall be in touch with you soon for further assignments. Okay, Arthur. Don't use my name Yeah, there's so long That wasn't Claire seagull was it a hmm? Oh No, it was a fellow I was in touch with on this Cobb'sville business, but he says forget it How soon is that Salisbury hamburger going to be ready? There are the lights of Washington chief Well, it's obvious Peter's Dr. Maximo's ex-comrades found out he intended to talk to us and pull that fake fire alarm as a cover for liquidating him Now the next most important man to get is this George with strange left eye How do we find George? Well as dr. Maximo traveled around lecturing posing as a Friendly scientist. He must have been reporting on the progress of American research and bacteriological warfare Then George must have been a contact who met him from time to time on his travel. Yeah, that's it Moment we get back to Washington tonight. We'll lay out on a map the exact itinerary dr. Maximo followed We've got the itinerary laid out chief quick work get any sleep last night after we get back about an hour Lucky you is the mapper and then Each pin on the map here represents a stopping place Now the dates of arrival and departure for each location are on the flags Landed New York August 29th. Mm-hmm, and here's the typed-up schedule of the modes of travel that dr. Maximo used Itinerary took him coast to coast and back stopped in in 2022 places all either universities or industrial towns with important research labs I'll tell you what Peter's we'll prepare a directive to our field officers in these 22 localities We want the details on everything dr. Maximo did everybody saw in each place Maximo was a bacteriologist chief His information was technical Now it follows that the contact had to know something about bacteriology Maybe had to make copies Microfilm or blueprints right well list all bacteriologists in the country every research laboratory with employees present and past Even the clerical staffs, and we'll cross-check that list against the list we get of people dr. Maximo met Somewhere among all these people we've got to find George You are listening to the case of the captured contact on counterspy The chimes are your invitation to a bright Sunday evening lineup over most of these same NBC stations tonight To Lula MC is another gala broadcast of the big show the Phil Harris Alice facial brings you more delightful adventures And then Heather Hopper presents dramatized stories of the stars now back to counterspy Morning dr. Phillips. My name is Taylor United States counterspies We're making up a national directory of all personnel in bacteriology in case of a national emergency Now I wonder if you'd mind helping us out Professor thorned my name's Ellery sir United States counterspies. I've just arrived in Locust City I'd like to come out to the University lab Good afternoon, mr. Zachary Taylor counterspies you've got a large technical staff here in your company laboratories, and we're making up a directory Dr. Loomis now if I could see your past Much obliged for your cooperation professor marks Just one more thing about this man George racket to worked here as a laboratory technician three years ago Can we examine it to him a little more sir There's the whole list mr. Harding the names only well the facts about them on a card file out of my office That'll be punched for automatic sorting Well, if we got the dope on which of these were actually in the airing of dr. Maximo strip at the time they mean it Yes, chief. That's one of the classification symbols Now the cards will be ready for the machines by early tomorrow morning. I'd say all right. We'll run them off then I'm setting the machine now chief Well first anybody whose first middle or last name is George, right? And second who were in the area of dr. Maximo strip symbol seven Third Those with eye trouble the left eye especially Aren't you of course even at this speed chief? It'll take some time. There are thousands of cars All right now classify by areas and shoot them out of the agents in charge But Peters the trouble is George is most likely not a real name at all, but a code name. That's a cheery thought Morning, madam. My name's Taylor. I'm from the New Orleans City Directory checking on all inhabitants I understand you have a tenant here named George Perry works for the university laboratory Excuse me. Mrs. TJ George. I'm from the local civil defense organization. My name's Ellery We're looking for volunteer aircraft Very interesting chief adding up to nothing every one of those 78 have clean records Well, one fellow used to work at a lab in Kansas City He turned out to be a minor in bezler from Philadelphia another man was an escaped convict Two others were aliens who entered the country illegally 11 of the net or heard dr. Maximo, but not one has a single questionable association and all of these named George Who were in that area had some trouble with the left eye Well, it kind of washes out there Dave most of these people wear glasses and most in the left eye is weaker than the right One man's practically blind in his left eye, but he's 71 years old and stone death This eye business bothers me There's a chief identifying fact that came to dr. Maximo's mind Peters instead of looking for George by name and profession. Let's look for him through the eyes. Oh You mean through oculists Opticians eye doctors clinics. Well, if a man's left eye is so noticeable It's fair to suppose that he consults somebody about it. This job gets bigger and bigger chief incidentally include the manufacturers of artificial eyes on that checklist Okay, the eyes have it Baby Tough day six of one six of the other. How about a movie tonight? I'll get it. Okay do that Eddie Yeah, hello George Yeah, hiya an important job for you George in Washington, DC. Oh But it's necessary. I am leaving here tonight. You get a train tomorrow afternoon. Well, when does the Customer expect to see me Tuesday, but Tuesday. Well, then what's the point am I going tomorrow? I'll leave Monday You're supposed to take orders without question George. Well, you know, I've got this trouble with my eye I've got an appointment with an eye doctor Monday morning been trying for weeks to see him Well, I find you Hotel Finley so long on Washington next for me big deal Names Taylor counter spies. I understand you're the leading optician in Kansas City Yes, mr. Strauss, we're checking all oculists in this section in case of national emergency any man with medical understanding my Oh, by the way, have you any patrons with really serious trouble in the left eye? I Know you're a busy man, dr. Chote I just arrived in Columbus this morning and I understand you're the top eye man in the city For the years at a young fellow. Well, this is highly confidential dr. Chote But have you a man patient who is a bacteriologist bacteria? No, nothing like that Maybe a man who once worked in a research laboratory on bacteriology No, not as far as I know Nearest thing to a lab worker on my list is Edward Stringer. Huh? His left eye Well, it's really strange Muscles of the lid is so weak his left eyelids practically closed all the time. Only he's no bacteriologist Understands a lot about medicine for a layman mind you but he's a partner in the red arrow Duplicating company red arrow duplicating. Yes photo stats blueprints and so forth. Oh Thanks very much dr. Chote And this Edward Stringer has been married seven years mr. Harding no children Five-room two-story frame house on Hawthorne Road age 33 Wife Alice age 30 from Utah. It's wonderful I've had no chance to get a look at Stringer But dr. Chote says his left eyelid is is almost fully closed all the time Anybody would remember that yeah, we'll go on Taylor Well Stringer and a man named Samuel E carpenter together own a blueprint and photo stat shop number 16 Harper Street in business four years Stringer's traveled a good deal according to carpenter. Well, you didn't explain your interest. Oh, oh, no, sir No, I well what I did is I arranged with the airlines here to appear as their representative that way I could ask how much the partners traveled and where to and so on smart gag Taylor Well According to carpenter Stringer does the traveling for the pair handles good-sized orders outside the city Sam carpenter mentioned half a dozen cities and every one of them was on dr. Maximus itinerary to Stringer know anything about bacteriology. Well carpenter said that that was one of their business assets mr. Harding Stringer majored in bacteriology at Hillman College. He never graduated but kept up his interest See that makes their shop useful to firms with technical documents to be duplicated. That's a good job Taylor We're getting hot Peters one more visit to Sam carpenter He'll know where Edward Stringer is and we close in Now there's a new and very important assignment for you George right here in Washington. What'll it be Arthur? I am soon to go home. You are to take my place as chief of contacts Today and tomorrow as the others arrive in Washington. They will come here to you in one pose or another In there is only one matter. Yeah, that eye of yours. It is so easily remembered Guess so and it drives me nuts myself, but I got a doctor back in Columbus He says he can fix it take maybe six months. I exercises maybe even an operation Expect anyone George? Maybe it's a chambermaid. I'll tell her to come back later. Oh Yeah Edward Stringer Yeah, mind if we come in come on Peter. Hey just a second close the door Peter got it We're United States counterspice ringer. We'll have to ask who this other man is ringer. You have a right not to speak at all. I I know but Well, it's all over isn't it? Yes, it is George Okay, I Always expected to get caught This man has been my boss. He's called Arthur. That's all I know about him I'll tell you everything else you want to know all about everybody even Hope you catch him you fool your trade-off. You've got it wrong Arthur. He's a trader to us not to you me a trader I've been working for peace what? Make the other side just as strong as the United States and then neither side will dare go to war Stringer how sick can you get? I've got something there, Peter It's a question whether a man like this belongs in a penitentiary or a hospital for the mentally ill Anyway, both of you you're now under arrest by the United States government You've just heard another counter spy report to the American people brought to you each week at the same time Next week's report the case of the double-crossing defender Tonight's counter spy program originated in New York was directed by Mark's below Grammatized by Paul R. Milton and featured Don McLaughlin and Mandel Kramer Lionel Rico speaking Counter spy is a Phillips H. Lorde production This is NBC the national broadcasting company