 communist for the FBI. Starring Dana Andrews in an exciting tale of danger and espionage. I was a communist for the FBI. The story you are about to hear is based on the actual records and authentic experiences of Matt Severick who for nine fantastic years lived as a communist for the FBI. Here is our star Dana Andrews as Matt Severick. Nine years of it. Nine years of living behind a mask that made me an outcast among my own people. And from behind that mask I saw these things happen. It's all in the record. The story and testimony of my nine years as a communist for the FBI. In a moment listen to Dana Andrews as Matt Severick. Matt Severick undercover man. This story from his confidential file is marked I walk alone speak to Mr Lawrence please. Mr Laura unable to get near a phone booth something doing will you be in the office after midnight I could be I may have something after the meeting tonight. Some guy imported from Moscow or Bucharest is going to address our cell. He's supposed to have gotten his boot training practically with Uncle Joe himself. I'll call you right after the meeting breaks up. I don't know when it'll break out these shindigs last. Probably too late to do much anyway. Well how about dinner Monday night in a show or dancing or something like Monday Monday night OK. OK honey it's a day by some place matter. I was having a sandwich at the cell phone. So you're going to the phone booth. Just calling a girl. Yeah I I came over to ask you to join me for a bite and I couldn't help catching the end of it go back and finish your sandwich or some matter comrade you saw you know I was talking to my girl and you stood in tuned in I have a private life you know Simon private life after all these years in the party. Come on I walk with you to the meeting comrade go together I walk shoulder to shoulder with comrade Simon Horvath thinking yeah we go together but we walk alone all these comrade but never a friend among them we go to a piano studio on Pine Street we're the last to arrive besides the five members of our cell as a big man facing the room he looks at me and comrade Horvath as though inspecting us for play he looked like real trouble to any decent hardworking on the color man. Come on Helen Worth makes the introductions and the big man's name strikes some kind of chord with me. Comrade Richard comrade Horvath. Once you assigned to the Cleveland problem. Was I am plugging secret information leaks. Plugging them poorly it would seem. Sit down. I have here three copies of the most important letter. Comrade Sevetik. Comrade Secretary of the American Slav Congress. That's right. Take this copy of the letter. Commit its contents to memory when you've done so return the letter to me. Do not read it while I'm speaking. Sorry. Copy for comrade Helen Worth. Comrade Wilson. Now briefly first. Yes comrade Sevetik I was assigned to the Cleveland problem. I'm sorry if I've been on the corner. There have been serious information leaks to the FBI only in Cleveland everywhere. However my visit is not relative to that matter at least not exclusively. Those letters contain the names and assignments of several highly trained comrades assigned to vital industries in this area. Memorize the names and everything about them to the last detail. You will be their contacts. Clear. Does that mean that we'll receive secret instructions to be chandled to these people. Memorize the names and everything about them to the last detail. I know you said that comment. I said that I said you will be their contacts. And that is all I said. Clear. Comrade Sevetik. Learn your men first. When we are prepared to wish you orders for them you'll receive those orders to pass on to them. Oh that's all I asked. That's all I wanted to know that answers the questions. Well excitement. Well I mean he just have told me. Comrade Sevetik Comrade Sevetik how long have you been with us. I can vouch for comrade Chanko he joined us back comrade Sevetik will answer. I joined the party in nineteen forty two. Did you join with any questions in your mind then. No any reservations. No doubts. No lack of belief in your leaders. No and why not keep that healthy state of acceptance. That will be all. Be available for seven meetings. Go. Dick Lawrence please. Speaking. I can't talk to you over the telephone. You want to meet me someplace no I've got to be on call I'm mailing you a letter along with my report. I can't talk it'll knock you on your face that's all. I know only look read the letter copy it or a photo static or whatever you want to do it get it back to me quick about a couple days as soon as you can I've got to give it back in a hurry I heard. A goldmine of commie saboteurs nuggets of no good waiting till you see this they've got three of the boys and Adam bomb installation promise and Adam jobs I'll say anymore but you report that letter in the drop as soon as possible any instructions yeah your new telephone there's a D. Y. Rudy got it your new contact name here is Mr. Got it even touch I'll try those guys suspect their own mother so long I go back to my room at the hotel I'm supposed to be living with my folks but my folks don't want much part of the son who turned commie and displaced the family that's the way it is. I type out my report on my current code number in close rep chinco's letter and address it to the new drop a little barbershop and a golden triangle where it'll be picked up by an FBI agent. I go out to mail it and come back to my room and blown up a little on the communist manifesto to look sharp to rep chinco. Then I go to sleep in the morning I go out to breakfast. My heart jumps come in for that as you see me come out of the hotel morning. All right. Well you're doing in the state hotel just now I'm peculiar I eat I was in the coffee shop don't you eat breakfast at home and I don't hang around home very much you know that my folks don't like a communist in the family time they get used to it and upset mother when you know how it is no how is it. After all is my mother nice bourgeois sentiment that's why I don't like the party to call me there the family takes messages for him but they sure don't like it they took one for you this morning. Didn't they tell you know I left pretty early what time. What time did you call I didn't you just said that you can't go call before he's calling back all the letters they just issued them last night figures overnight the study them is enough when does he want to let it he wants it two hours ago. Well I don't have it. Not only that is I don't carry it around it's home. I'll go home with you like I better call home first all right as a drugstore over with you why don't you go back and tell Rob Chinko I'll have a letter for him later today this afternoon let's see if they found back home. I'll go with you how to call the FBI and not let come at all that my elbow know who I'm talking to and what I'm trying to say I get change from the cashier calling for time to think of something I dial hoping that the camera doesn't notice that the exchange I dial isn't in the Stanley Avenue area Lawrence is my car no it's fish and I wish I was like Lawrence could sound like my brother's first name the fish is and shaking hello Fisher. I remember you want you the insurance man comes around once a month yeah that's right remember me I said I didn't need insurance I was going to live forever well now I don't know. Is the mother there Mr Fisher. I had an important letter yesterday will you ask mom if I left it on my desk or someplace around I need it urgently. Will you ask her now why what's wrong well when do you think mom will feel better I see I know this is a curve but you take it from here well I don't know if I can see you right away Mr Fisher I'm I'm with a friend and mom doesn't entirely approve of my political friends save well you stay with mom until she feels a little better want to I'd really appreciate it sorry ready to buy Mr Fisher trouble mother isn't feeling so well maybe I better go see her what about Ruffchenko explain it to him for me will you know not me he'll understand maybe you can make him understand not me also special about this for a chinko or Nicolae Nicolae or Thomas chef's key wasn't there a Thomas chef's key yeah yeah what used to be with the NKVP now the NVD the Communist International Secret Police for a check alias this alias that yeah only we call him comrade Ruffchenko he's going to want to talk to you comrade Soviet back to Dana Andrews starring in I was a communist for the FBI and the second act of our story that is all comrade so that it that is your story yes comrade Ruffchenko but no letter but I've explained that I learned my mother was ill and I can't decide if it wise to visit her under the circumstances the only wisdom is to produce the letter but it may take time she's ill and she resents me my family is at your mother's house you say yes but I guess it's very well comrade of us go with him the first house past the lamppost driver 5102 right here that's right all the flag driver will be right out I look silent you know how my family feels about my going with communists why don't I go in first and see how mother feels and then sort of get her used to the idea of bringing another communist into the house huh I'll make it short this taxi is on you don't forget. Oh hello mom. Come in. Who waits outside in the taxi is a friend of my mom friend mom I've come to ask a very big favor of you. You got some trouble yeah pretty big trouble yeah. What a. You won't like this and I hate to ask it. I want you to tell that man in a taxi that you think you burned a letter of mine you found around yesterday I should lie for you. I said you wouldn't like it. You left the letter I found yesterday and I burned it and remember it was in a yellow envelope in yellow and you didn't read any of it naturally. This much of this is true he knows you don't like coming as so it'll look all right if you're unfriendly. Who's having a taxi outside hello to have you been who's the guy in the taxi mom I said hello to one of your crummy friends he wants to talk to mom mom doesn't want to talk to him yes keep you why they keep out of this tip why should I just keep out will you keep out of it you don't know what's going on so keep out I don't know what's going on no oh boy I don't know what's going on I'll call Simon and stay where you are Matt. He's your brother he's in trouble if he's in trouble with his chums he asked for it if he's in bad with the cops of the FBI let his chums get him out of it. Simple elementary wise guy he is. He's not my brother while he's their comrade look tip we've had this out of the comrade and then a jam all right I want out of it and I won't bother you again just just this one and I won't disgrace you anymore get out he's all that you and the old country in the old country this is a new country this is the country some of my buddies got hurt and killed for in this year this this what a tip what boy boy you have to start something every time don't you're lucky the rest of the families at work you know mom isn't well and you start some mom isn't well all. You're the one to how our mom isn't well why isn't she well no that's a beauty all right you're the one to talk not. I'm all true mom isn't well sure she isn't well sure you're. Get out. Get out before I hurt you that's fine to go on all right. I wouldn't want my kid brother to hurt. My mom if that's your comrade tell him we aren't having any all right hothead you're the big man today not. Your friend. You'll excuse me won't you comrade you look swell in that Navy uniform doesn't. Mom tells come at Horvath or simple fiction so convincingly that I almost believe it. He seems satisfied but he isn't of Chinko on the way back to headquarters the tax he stops for a light a news boy waves of paper out of the window I don't hear the kid I just see the headline the words rush out at me and type that gets bigger and blacker and louder until it explodes right in my face simple words that could be my obituary FBI sees his red atom saboteurs only where did they get back I wonder who still insist that the letter was burned comrade Sevetik that's what I say comrade Chinko and that's what my mother told comrade Horvath sure he said it and it sounds good I wasn't at the cremation how I do you account for the story in the newspapers comrade Sevetik I don't know you don't know we have leaks in the organization he doesn't know comrade Horvath yes comrade Sevetik we have leaks in the organization we try to plug best way we can copies of this letter with the three of us why aren't you grilling the other two one at a time comrade one thing at a time and first things first why do I rate top priority comrade the others returned their letters promptly when ordered you did not they had their letters overnight plenty of time to inform the press or all the FBI comrade do you suggest that some member of your cell has turned traitor you're suggesting aren't you you're accusing me of treason aren't you as either one of us use the word treason to you know of betrayal no turncoat spy has either of us cried undercover agent FBI no then why do you the implication is certainly strong enough it is your inference that is strong comrade Sevetik that makes me wonder why why do you feel accused when we are merely trying to search out an information leak then don't act as if you suspect me we don't know a little discipline comrade some respect for you please back sit down comrade back you're excited all right I'm excited I'm mad nerd I've given years of my life to the party I've pounded picket lines for the party and helped man your goon squads and gotten stolen and spat out for you I've proved my loyalty to the seventh international in every possible way I don't have a life of my own my life belongs to the party I have a home for my own mother won't have my kid brother hates me because they think I've got shame on the family and early great for my mother yeah I can see it on her I can't help it though I I believe in I believe in what I'm doing and that's all just so yeah your excuse comrade Sevetik I can go for the time being when does the decision come off on this don't worry we've been working on it while we chatted here working on an excuse to vanish what do you mean working you make go comrade I leave I'm not kidding myself at my outburst of indignation is fooled anybody maybe but I know it will hinge on the work they were doing while we chatted whether I get disciplined or not call it discipline I don't dare go to my hotel I know I'm being watched I've got to go to my folks home on Stanley Avenue because that's where the comrades think I live so I go home again call it home I had to come back mom come in some quick but what's the matter two men were here who I don't know they said FBI FBI briefcase is here what do they want tell me they said fine things about your math well what fine things tell me wonderful how you are not really a communist at all FBI sellers they told you that I was showing them up pretending to be one of them risking dishonor and think what fine things you are doing for your country fine things what did you say the truth they love I told them the truth I told them you were a communist she told them the truth I'm glad she didn't know the truth and this was why the FBI had told me never to tell anybody but I was a communist for the FBI least of all my own mother because one day two nice men with brief cases would come along and pay their respects to mom and tell her what a fine job her son was doing for the FBI pretending to be a coming and mom's heart would burst with joy and relief and pride and she had called for the two smiling communist agents and their nice briefcases and FBI credentials and her son would die in the gutter or some stinking black waterfront or just disappear that's how it would be if mom ever knew the truth about me I told them the truth but I wish my pray to God that they were right they were wrong I'm sorry mom wrong those those two communists you knew who else would say such lies to me I'm sorry mom that's the way it is though good bye mommy yeah call me up once in a while yeah and that's how it is to be me you live in shadow with two people and then nobody your own family cast you out nobody we can turn to that's how it is with me but I asked for it I'm a communist for the FBI I walk alone plastic it's difficult to believe that they really happen of course for obvious reasons names dates and localities have been changed but our stories are based on the real life experiences of Matt Savetti and they did happen here next week we'll go back to his file for another exciting adventure we hope you will join us then