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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,935 --> 00:00:05,620 (people yelling) (dramatic music) 2 00:00:05,697 --> 00:00:10,542 (people yelling in foreign language) 3 00:00:10,553 --> 00:00:12,169 Lewis: In the world of spies, 4 00:00:12,245 --> 00:00:14,805 A cover story and an alias must be watertight. 5 00:00:16,416 --> 00:00:18,809 This requires more than just convincing paperwork. 6 00:00:20,212 --> 00:00:22,062 It's how you look, what you say, 7 00:00:23,399 --> 00:00:25,015 The way you act, 8 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:29,069 And it means staying in character no matter what. 9 00:00:32,891 --> 00:00:34,408 This is the remarkable story 10 00:00:34,485 --> 00:00:37,402 Of how one man used inspiration from hollywood 11 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:40,238 To school six frightened diplomats 12 00:00:40,249 --> 00:00:43,200 In the art of being someone else, 13 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:45,586 And score a victory for the cia, 14 00:00:45,662 --> 00:00:49,048 In one of the darkest moments for american foreign policy. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,917 (dramatic music) (people cheering) 16 00:00:51,927 --> 00:00:54,044 (gun fires) 17 00:00:54,121 --> 00:00:58,098 (crowd shouting in foreign language) 18 00:00:58,175 --> 00:01:00,893 (dramatic music) 19 00:01:25,294 --> 00:01:28,796 (gentle dramatic music) 20 00:01:41,793 --> 00:01:46,146 (crowd chanting in foreign language) 21 00:01:49,134 --> 00:01:52,227 Lewis: Iran was in the grip of an islamic revolution. 22 00:01:52,304 --> 00:01:56,824 (people chanting in foreign language) 23 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:01,820 Led by the shia cleric ayatollah khomeini, 24 00:02:01,831 --> 00:02:03,831 Anti-american demonstrators had taken 25 00:02:03,907 --> 00:02:06,166 To the streets in their thousands. 26 00:02:06,243 --> 00:02:11,255 (dramatic music) (crowd shouting) 27 00:02:14,326 --> 00:02:17,627 Amid the chaos cia officer, tony mendez, 28 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:19,805 Entered tehran on a covert mission. 29 00:02:22,926 --> 00:02:27,137 His task: To rescue a group of six american diplomats 30 00:02:27,214 --> 00:02:29,064 From almost certain death. 31 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:37,906 Among the group 32 00:02:39,351 --> 00:02:42,369 Were u.S. Embassy officials mark and cora lijek. 33 00:02:44,022 --> 00:02:46,874 (gentle music) 34 00:02:46,950 --> 00:02:48,283 Four decades on, 35 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,285 The lijeks lead quiet lives 36 00:02:50,362 --> 00:02:52,504 In a quiet corner of washington state. 37 00:02:53,957 --> 00:02:56,884 But back in the summer of 1979, 38 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,845 This young married couple were looking for adventure. 39 00:03:01,539 --> 00:03:03,724 M. Lijek: I had completed my four years in the army 40 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,509 And went to work for the foreign service. 41 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:09,554 I was asked to volunteer to go to tehran. 42 00:03:09,565 --> 00:03:13,141 I agreed to help reopen the tourist visa unit. 43 00:03:13,218 --> 00:03:14,893 C. Lijek: I actually was very excited about it. 44 00:03:14,904 --> 00:03:17,646 My parents had lived there for four years, 45 00:03:17,722 --> 00:03:19,448 And I'd visited twice before. 46 00:03:20,409 --> 00:03:23,360 Tehran was very cosmopolitan. 47 00:03:23,436 --> 00:03:26,321 Most of the women I saw were dressed in western clothing, 48 00:03:26,398 --> 00:03:28,999 So it seemed like it'd be a fun place to go. 49 00:03:30,327 --> 00:03:31,660 Lewis: But the lijeks touched down 50 00:03:31,736 --> 00:03:33,370 To an iran in turmoil. 51 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:38,425 (crowd chanting angrily) (dramatic music) 52 00:03:39,577 --> 00:03:43,764 M. Lijek: Well, I arrived after a very long and arduous flight. 53 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,091 The airport was chaotic. 54 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:49,436 Things were unstable and people were not calm. 55 00:03:49,513 --> 00:03:51,513 (crowd chanting) 56 00:03:51,589 --> 00:03:53,682 I was met by somebody from the embassy, 57 00:03:53,758 --> 00:03:56,351 So that kind of got me past the worst of it. 58 00:03:56,428 --> 00:03:58,278 But then we got in the van, 59 00:03:58,355 --> 00:03:59,947 And I noticed that the driver 60 00:04:00,023 --> 00:04:04,117 Just drove through all the red lights. (laughs) 61 00:04:04,194 --> 00:04:05,735 Washington d.C. Had no idea 62 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:07,704 What was actually happening in tehran. 63 00:04:09,124 --> 00:04:11,533 Lewis: In January 1979, 64 00:04:11,609 --> 00:04:14,869 U.S. Ally shah mohammed reza pahlavi 65 00:04:14,946 --> 00:04:17,839 Had been ousted from power by the ayatollah khomeini. 66 00:04:19,209 --> 00:04:21,042 (crowd shouting) (tense music) 67 00:04:21,119 --> 00:04:24,296 The white house was now friendless in the region, 68 00:04:24,306 --> 00:04:26,047 And completely in the dark 69 00:04:26,124 --> 00:04:27,975 About the actions of the new regime. 70 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:32,646 U.S. President jimmy carter and the cia 71 00:04:32,723 --> 00:04:35,315 Had been slow to react to the escalating crisis. 72 00:04:38,487 --> 00:04:40,061 Daugherty: The cia station in tehran 73 00:04:40,138 --> 00:04:41,813 At the time was minuscule, 74 00:04:41,824 --> 00:04:46,743 With just one person basically keeping the store open 75 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:49,654 Lewis: Bill daugherty arrived at the american embassy 76 00:04:49,665 --> 00:04:53,950 In tehran in the immediate aftermath of the shah's ousting. 77 00:04:54,027 --> 00:04:56,119 He was fresh out of cia training 78 00:04:56,196 --> 00:04:57,838 And thrown in at the deep end. 79 00:04:57,914 --> 00:04:59,789 (coworkers chatting) 80 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:02,834 Daugherty: It was my first overseas assignment. 81 00:05:02,845 --> 00:05:05,628 I didn't know anything about the country. 82 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:07,514 I didn't speak the language. 83 00:05:07,591 --> 00:05:09,182 I didn't know anything about their culture. 84 00:05:09,259 --> 00:05:11,351 I knew nothing about islam. 85 00:05:13,004 --> 00:05:14,679 Lewis: Bill daugherty's mission was to buildup 86 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:17,983 A cia station that was operating with a skeleton crew. 87 00:05:20,178 --> 00:05:21,686 He faced an uphill struggle 88 00:05:21,697 --> 00:05:24,147 To cultivate potential agents and informants. 89 00:05:24,224 --> 00:05:26,483 (coworkers chatting) (dramatic music) 90 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:29,527 Daugherty: For an iranian to be seen with an american 91 00:05:29,538 --> 00:05:32,331 Was not particularly appropriate. 92 00:05:33,267 --> 00:05:34,699 That individual could go back 93 00:05:34,710 --> 00:05:37,210 And be called a spy and could lose his job 94 00:05:37,287 --> 00:05:40,372 Or even be arrested or worse 95 00:05:40,382 --> 00:05:43,717 Just for being with an american government official. 96 00:05:43,794 --> 00:05:45,293 (dramatic music) 97 00:05:45,370 --> 00:05:49,014 The real concern I had was not making a mistake 98 00:05:50,634 --> 00:05:52,225 And getting caught. 99 00:05:52,302 --> 00:05:54,135 There could have been enormous consequences 100 00:05:54,212 --> 00:05:57,230 For being caught doing espionage work. 101 00:05:57,307 --> 00:06:00,025 (dramatic music) 102 00:06:04,815 --> 00:06:07,023 Lewis: The american embassy in tehran 103 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,242 Was a maze of buildings in a vast walled 104 00:06:09,319 --> 00:06:11,244 Compound in the heart of the city. 105 00:06:13,082 --> 00:06:15,415 On the second floor of the main building 106 00:06:15,492 --> 00:06:16,917 Was the cia station. 107 00:06:17,902 --> 00:06:20,754 Daugherty: I was in my office writing cables 108 00:06:20,831 --> 00:06:23,581 From what I'd done the night before. 109 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:24,707 The demonstration was outside, 110 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:26,343 And it was larger than usual. 111 00:06:28,580 --> 00:06:30,547 But I was ignoring it. 112 00:06:30,623 --> 00:06:32,432 (woman shouting in foreign language) 113 00:06:32,509 --> 00:06:34,768 I was told by people who had been there, 114 00:06:35,679 --> 00:06:37,095 "don't worry about the demonstrations. 115 00:06:37,106 --> 00:06:40,107 "they happen all the time," and so I didn't. 116 00:06:41,852 --> 00:06:44,611 (crowd shouting) 117 00:06:45,856 --> 00:06:49,116 Lewis: That morning no one inside the american embassy 118 00:06:49,192 --> 00:06:52,944 Noticed the demonstration outside was near boiling point. 119 00:06:52,955 --> 00:06:56,281 (crowd shouting) 120 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:57,407 Hundreds of students were heading 121 00:06:57,484 --> 00:06:58,875 Towards the embassy building. 122 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:02,712 (crowd shouting) 123 00:07:04,491 --> 00:07:06,508 Daugherty: These seemed to be young people. 124 00:07:07,711 --> 00:07:09,136 We didn't see any weapons. 125 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,465 There was concern, 126 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:16,726 But the embassy was supposed to be a fortress. 127 00:07:17,888 --> 00:07:20,147 Lewis: On the other side of the embassy compound, 128 00:07:20,223 --> 00:07:22,149 Mark and cora lijek were oblivious 129 00:07:22,225 --> 00:07:24,225 To the imminent danger. 130 00:07:24,302 --> 00:07:27,612 (gentle dramatic music) 131 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:35,036 (machine whirring) 132 00:07:37,482 --> 00:07:40,575 C. Lijek: We both were working in the visa section. 133 00:07:40,652 --> 00:07:41,910 M. Lijek: Yeah, okay. 134 00:07:41,986 --> 00:07:43,661 Our building was not near the front, 135 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:45,547 So maybe we didn't hear some of it. 136 00:07:46,567 --> 00:07:47,749 C. Lijek: We couldn't see what was going on. 137 00:07:47,825 --> 00:07:49,676 We were quite a distance away. 138 00:07:50,995 --> 00:07:52,962 (dramatic music) 139 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:55,131 Lewis: But by now the students had begun 140 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,893 To scale the embassy main gate and walls. 141 00:07:59,354 --> 00:08:01,012 To avoid a bloodbath, 142 00:08:01,023 --> 00:08:02,597 Washington ordered the u.S. Marines 143 00:08:02,674 --> 00:08:05,275 Guarding the compound to hold their fire. 144 00:08:07,011 --> 00:08:08,978 Daugherty: We had been told time and time again 145 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:11,481 That the embassy was a secure facility. 146 00:08:11,558 --> 00:08:14,367 Even if the iranians came over the wall 147 00:08:14,444 --> 00:08:16,653 And tried to attack the embassy, 148 00:08:16,729 --> 00:08:19,113 It was virtually impregnable. 149 00:08:19,190 --> 00:08:22,042 I think it took them about 30 minutes to break into it. 150 00:08:22,118 --> 00:08:23,952 (crowd shouting) 151 00:08:24,028 --> 00:08:28,507 The chief of station then told me to destroy the documents 152 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:32,794 That were in the vault in my office. 153 00:08:32,870 --> 00:08:34,128 (dramatic music) (crowd shouting) 154 00:08:34,205 --> 00:08:36,047 Lewis: By 10.30 a.M., 155 00:08:36,058 --> 00:08:37,715 As daugherty began to shred anything 156 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:41,135 That could expose the nature of his work for the cia, 157 00:08:41,212 --> 00:08:42,804 A group of angry students broke 158 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,731 Into the main embassy building. 159 00:08:44,808 --> 00:08:47,817 (suspenseful music) 160 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:50,853 They seized everyone they could find 161 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:53,240 To be paraded before the baying mob. 162 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:59,028 The iranian hostage crisis had begun. 163 00:08:59,105 --> 00:09:00,530 (crowd chanting angrily) 164 00:09:00,607 --> 00:09:03,366 (dramatic music) 165 00:09:03,443 --> 00:09:05,085 Daugherty: They came in and they started 166 00:09:05,161 --> 00:09:07,045 Blind folding and tying hands. 167 00:09:08,832 --> 00:09:11,091 One of the first ones that they took away 168 00:09:11,167 --> 00:09:13,051 Was one of the marine security guards, 169 00:09:14,746 --> 00:09:16,337 And I'll never forget the look on his face 170 00:09:16,414 --> 00:09:17,589 Because he didn't wanna surrender. 171 00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:19,173 He wanted to fight. 172 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:20,592 (dramatic music) 173 00:09:20,602 --> 00:09:22,343 (crowd shouting) 174 00:09:22,420 --> 00:09:24,262 M. Lijek: Somebody claimed they smelt smoke, 175 00:09:24,273 --> 00:09:26,606 And that they were gonna burn the building down. 176 00:09:26,683 --> 00:09:28,016 (suspenseful music) 177 00:09:28,092 --> 00:09:29,392 (crowd shouting) 178 00:09:29,469 --> 00:09:31,185 (glass shattering) 179 00:09:31,262 --> 00:09:33,947 People started saying they heard footsteps on the roof. 180 00:09:34,024 --> 00:09:35,690 (dramatic music) 181 00:09:35,767 --> 00:09:37,117 Lewis: The visa office was one of the few buildings 182 00:09:37,193 --> 00:09:40,528 In the compound with its own exit to the street. 183 00:09:40,605 --> 00:09:44,032 M. Lijek: It was kind of a decision point. 184 00:09:44,108 --> 00:09:45,116 Man: We should leave the building. 185 00:09:45,127 --> 00:09:46,909 Everybody, come on let's go. 186 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:50,130 Lewis: In all, 13 embassy workers made a break for it. 187 00:09:51,824 --> 00:09:54,542 But, in the confusion they were forced to split up. 188 00:09:54,619 --> 00:09:56,294 (suspenseful music) 189 00:09:56,305 --> 00:09:58,129 M. Lijek: We were all supposed to go left. 190 00:09:58,140 --> 00:09:59,973 Nobody was supposed to go right. 191 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:03,926 Lewis: Those who turned right 192 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:06,896 Fell into the hands of the iranian revolutionary guards. 193 00:10:08,299 --> 00:10:09,390 M. Lijek: We went the other way. 194 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:10,600 We went left. 195 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:12,101 We went toward the british, 196 00:10:12,178 --> 00:10:13,820 Which was what we were supposed to do. 197 00:10:13,897 --> 00:10:15,647 (dramatic music) (guns firing) 198 00:10:15,657 --> 00:10:17,273 Lewis: The safety of the british embassy 199 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,075 Was just over a mile away. 200 00:10:20,495 --> 00:10:22,403 But the lijek's escape route 201 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,664 Was blocked by angry demonstrators. 202 00:10:24,741 --> 00:10:26,666 (crowd shouting) (gun fires) 203 00:10:26,743 --> 00:10:29,118 M. Lijek: The situation was descending into chaos. 204 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:31,338 They were now attacking other embassies. 205 00:10:31,414 --> 00:10:35,124 It was clear that this thing was getting pretty nasty. 206 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:36,751 (dramatic music) (crowd shouting) 207 00:10:36,828 --> 00:10:39,337 Lewis: Alone on the streets of a hostile city 208 00:10:39,348 --> 00:10:41,464 And with no specialist training, 209 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,851 The fugitive diplomats faced capture and even death. 210 00:10:46,521 --> 00:10:49,314 Help would come from the most unlikely of sources. 211 00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:51,349 (dramatic music) (crowd shouting) 212 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,601 Lewis: In November 1979, 213 00:10:53,678 --> 00:10:56,813 In the wake of the fall of the u.S. Embassy in tehran, 214 00:10:56,889 --> 00:10:59,148 53 americans had been taken hostage 215 00:10:59,225 --> 00:11:00,867 By islamic revolutionaries. 216 00:11:01,778 --> 00:11:04,704 The ayatollah refused to negotiate with president carter, 217 00:11:05,690 --> 00:11:07,490 And he ordered his men to interrogate 218 00:11:07,567 --> 00:11:11,586 All the american prisoners to root out cia spies. 219 00:11:12,547 --> 00:11:13,663 (man speaks in foreign language) 220 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:16,207 Woman: Here was not an embassy. 221 00:11:16,218 --> 00:11:17,801 It was a cia center. 222 00:11:18,795 --> 00:11:20,887 This was a den of espionage 223 00:11:20,964 --> 00:11:25,174 Where they were plotting against the iranian people. 224 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:27,135 (dramatic music) 225 00:11:27,211 --> 00:11:29,554 Lewis: Cia officer bill daugherty 226 00:11:29,564 --> 00:11:33,182 Was now one of the hostages in the american embassy. 227 00:11:33,259 --> 00:11:35,518 (bill grunting) 228 00:11:35,595 --> 00:11:38,354 Daugherty: I was taken back to my office 229 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:40,115 Still blind folded, still tied. 230 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,529 (dramatic music) (metal clanking) 231 00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:48,573 I could hear them breaking into safes 232 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:51,418 All up and down the corridor, 233 00:11:51,494 --> 00:11:53,494 Basically looting the embassy. 234 00:11:53,571 --> 00:11:57,132 (crowd shouting distantly) 235 00:12:04,081 --> 00:12:05,432 There was a, not a student, 236 00:12:05,508 --> 00:12:07,225 But a professional interrogator. 237 00:12:09,128 --> 00:12:12,555 Lewis: Convinced of a cia plot to crush the revolution, 238 00:12:12,632 --> 00:12:15,433 The ayatollah had sent in his top interrogator 239 00:12:15,444 --> 00:12:17,485 To break the will of the americans. 240 00:12:21,265 --> 00:12:23,399 Daugherty: My strategy was what had been 241 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:28,621 Thoroughly indoctrinated into me during my training. 242 00:12:28,698 --> 00:12:32,116 I had a cover story to explain why I was in iran 243 00:12:32,127 --> 00:12:34,786 And what my job in the embassy was 244 00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:37,288 As a political military affairs officer. 245 00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:38,414 Most of it was true. 246 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:39,966 I didn't have to embellish it. 247 00:12:40,043 --> 00:12:41,125 (dramatic music) 248 00:12:41,136 --> 00:12:43,127 (crowd shouts distantly) 249 00:12:43,138 --> 00:12:45,046 We would start after dinner, 250 00:12:45,122 --> 00:12:50,059 And we would go till sunrise, so 12, 13 hours, 251 00:12:50,704 --> 00:12:55,023 And they worked very hard to break down my story. 252 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:58,976 Lewis: On the streets of tehran, 253 00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:02,313 U.S. Consular officials mark and cora lijek, 254 00:13:02,324 --> 00:13:04,982 And their fellow escapees from the embassy, 255 00:13:04,993 --> 00:13:06,776 Were in urgent need of sanctuary. 256 00:13:06,853 --> 00:13:08,778 C. Lijek: It's kinda frightening because we just worried 257 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:10,404 Somebody would see us. 258 00:13:10,481 --> 00:13:12,657 There weren't that many foreigners still in iran, 259 00:13:12,667 --> 00:13:14,325 And then I have dark hair. 260 00:13:14,336 --> 00:13:16,494 I probably would've blended in a little better, 261 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:19,380 But mark had kind of dirty blonde hair. 262 00:13:20,583 --> 00:13:22,792 Lewis: In desperation, the lijeks managed 263 00:13:22,869 --> 00:13:24,177 To make contact with america's 264 00:13:24,254 --> 00:13:26,513 Number two diplomat in the city, 265 00:13:26,589 --> 00:13:28,256 The deputy chief of the american 266 00:13:28,332 --> 00:13:31,133 Mission in tehran, victor tomseth. 267 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:32,260 (dramatic music) 268 00:13:32,336 --> 00:13:33,761 Tomseth had been across town 269 00:13:33,838 --> 00:13:35,763 At the iranian foreign ministry 270 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,941 When the u.S. Embassy had been overrun. 271 00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:40,601 M. Lijek: In those early days, 272 00:13:40,678 --> 00:13:43,145 The foreign ministry people were still helpful, 273 00:13:43,222 --> 00:13:45,532 So he was allowed to use the phone, 274 00:13:45,608 --> 00:13:47,108 And, he, for whatever reason, 275 00:13:47,184 --> 00:13:50,486 He kind of took responsibility for helping us. 276 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:52,113 Lewis: Tomseth knew he would be monitored 277 00:13:52,189 --> 00:13:53,865 By iranian intelligence, 278 00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:56,200 So he decided to call the one person 279 00:13:56,211 --> 00:13:58,369 With whom he could speak freely, 280 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:00,880 (tense music) 281 00:14:00,957 --> 00:14:04,634 His friend, the embassy chef, sam sriweawnetr. 282 00:14:06,537 --> 00:14:07,887 (dramatic music) 283 00:14:07,964 --> 00:14:09,347 Sriweawnetr: Victor, speak thai to me, 284 00:14:10,283 --> 00:14:12,717 Because I think he cannot speak english 285 00:14:12,727 --> 00:14:15,395 Over there because all iranian could understand. 286 00:14:16,623 --> 00:14:19,807 Lewis: Tomseth had met sam when he'd worked in thailand, 287 00:14:19,884 --> 00:14:21,684 And had given sam a job cooking 288 00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:23,528 For the embassy staff in tehran. 289 00:14:24,722 --> 00:14:26,856 Now he asked him to risk his life 290 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:29,191 To save the diplomats on the run. 291 00:14:29,268 --> 00:14:30,526 Sriweawnetr: Victor tomseth told me, 292 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:32,236 "sam, I've got something new. 293 00:14:32,247 --> 00:14:33,696 "I need your help. 294 00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,081 "I need your help." 295 00:14:35,158 --> 00:14:37,491 I said, "yes, anything, you tell me." 296 00:14:37,568 --> 00:14:41,370 He said, "now, sam listen I got the americans. 297 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:43,998 "can you help them hide them someplace?" 298 00:14:44,075 --> 00:14:45,925 I said, "yes, yes, I will do that." 299 00:14:46,002 --> 00:14:47,427 I think its human to help. 300 00:14:47,503 --> 00:14:49,095 That's what I think. 301 00:14:49,172 --> 00:14:51,264 Some people need help you have to help them. 302 00:14:51,341 --> 00:14:53,090 (dramatic music) 303 00:14:53,101 --> 00:14:55,676 Lewis: Under the cover of darkness, sam met the lijeks 304 00:14:55,753 --> 00:14:58,813 And guided them to a safe house belonging to the embassy. 305 00:15:00,424 --> 00:15:03,351 M. Lijek: We ran into the house trying not to be seen. 306 00:15:03,427 --> 00:15:04,777 Sriweawnetr: They are scared. 307 00:15:04,854 --> 00:15:07,563 I made the curtain close all the time. 308 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,106 C. Lijek: A lot of our fears were 309 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:11,776 Lessened because sam was there. 310 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:13,620 He was going to take care of us. 311 00:15:13,696 --> 00:15:15,112 M. Lijek: He could go out publicly. 312 00:15:15,123 --> 00:15:16,447 He could buy food. 313 00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:17,957 He could buy cigarettes whatever, 314 00:15:18,034 --> 00:15:21,169 So as long as we had sam, we had a chance. 315 00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:23,963 Lewis: Yet, all the time, 316 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:25,965 The threat of capture was closing in. 317 00:15:27,118 --> 00:15:28,376 (ominous music) 318 00:15:28,452 --> 00:15:30,252 M. Lijek: We had the "tehran times". 319 00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:33,714 They has pictures on the front page of the paper. 320 00:15:33,791 --> 00:15:35,967 They were people in blindfolds. 321 00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:37,885 It was immensely disturbing to me 322 00:15:37,962 --> 00:15:40,229 Because that could be us down the road. 323 00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:43,650 I kept thinking, where's our president? 324 00:15:43,726 --> 00:15:45,234 "what is our government doing?" 325 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:49,897 Lewis: President carter's plan was to enforce 326 00:15:49,974 --> 00:15:52,650 Both economic and diplomatic pressure, 327 00:15:52,661 --> 00:15:55,745 To force the ayatollah to release the american hostages. 328 00:15:57,332 --> 00:15:58,406 It didn't work. 329 00:15:58,482 --> 00:15:59,824 (dramatic music) 330 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:02,118 And inside the ransacked embassy 331 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:06,506 The interrogations of american prisoners were intensifying. 332 00:16:06,582 --> 00:16:08,174 (dramatic music) 333 00:16:08,251 --> 00:16:11,844 Daugherty: He never got excited, never raised his voice. 334 00:16:11,921 --> 00:16:13,346 The only reason I could tell 335 00:16:13,423 --> 00:16:15,297 That maybe he didn't quite like an answer 336 00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:16,849 Or two that I might have given him was that 337 00:16:16,926 --> 00:16:19,477 He would sort of play with the revolver. 338 00:16:21,881 --> 00:16:24,732 Of course, you can hear those cylinders go click, click. 339 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:27,977 (gun clicking) 340 00:16:28,054 --> 00:16:32,323 I did not discount the possibility of an execution, 341 00:16:33,276 --> 00:16:36,652 And I was certainly prepared psychologically, 342 00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:38,029 Mentally for that. 343 00:16:38,039 --> 00:16:39,622 I thought about that every day. 344 00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:47,288 Lewis: Three days after 345 00:16:47,364 --> 00:16:49,331 The storming of the u.S. Embassy, 346 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:52,334 Secreted in their safe house across town, 347 00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:54,220 The lijeks began to realize there would be 348 00:16:54,297 --> 00:16:56,556 No swift solution to their ordeal. 349 00:16:57,784 --> 00:17:01,677 M. Lijek: It was clear that this thing was getting pretty nasty. 350 00:17:01,754 --> 00:17:04,897 There was no government any longer for us to negotiate with 351 00:17:04,974 --> 00:17:07,066 Other than the ayatollah personally. 352 00:17:07,143 --> 00:17:10,403 So clearly the situation was descending into chaos, 353 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:15,191 And that made our predicament a lot worse. 354 00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:16,984 (dramatic music) 355 00:17:17,061 --> 00:17:20,821 It was pretty clear that our absence would be detected. 356 00:17:20,898 --> 00:17:23,750 I mean it was impossible for it not to be detected. 357 00:17:23,826 --> 00:17:25,868 It was only a matter of for how long. 358 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:27,411 (dramatic music) 359 00:17:27,422 --> 00:17:29,705 Lewis: By now iranian revolutionary guards 360 00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:31,207 Were examining embassy records 361 00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:33,751 For evidence of u.S. Safe houses 362 00:17:33,762 --> 00:17:36,545 Where fugitive diplomats could be hiding. 363 00:17:36,622 --> 00:17:41,008 Sam sriweawnetr sensed the mounting tension on the streets. 364 00:17:41,085 --> 00:17:42,602 Sriweawnetr: When I go shopping buy some food, 365 00:17:42,678 --> 00:17:45,679 A lot of thing I see are bad. 366 00:17:45,756 --> 00:17:47,264 C. Lijek: Sam actually got worried 367 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,058 And thought somebody might be coming. 368 00:17:49,135 --> 00:17:52,019 That I think really heightened our nervousness. 369 00:17:52,096 --> 00:17:54,614 His fear you know was infectious. 370 00:17:54,690 --> 00:17:58,567 Sriweawnetr: I feel not safe for them and not safe for me either. 371 00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:01,621 If they catch the five americans, they're gonna die. 372 00:18:01,697 --> 00:18:04,290 If me, they catch me, I'm gonna be die. 373 00:18:04,367 --> 00:18:08,452 We have to help them out, get out of here. 374 00:18:08,463 --> 00:18:10,955 Lewis: So the lijeks turn to the one western nation 375 00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:15,209 Whose embassy was not in the ayatollah's crosshairs: Canada. 376 00:18:15,286 --> 00:18:18,304 (dramatic music) 377 00:18:18,381 --> 00:18:20,256 Zena sheradown's husband, 378 00:18:20,332 --> 00:18:22,642 Veteran diplomat john sheardown, 379 00:18:22,718 --> 00:18:25,261 Was the canadian's chief immigration officer 380 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:26,687 In tehran at the time. 381 00:18:27,631 --> 00:18:30,066 He was the lijeks next port of call. 382 00:18:31,044 --> 00:18:32,434 Sheardown: My husband said, "you are all welcome 383 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,028 "to come and stay with us." 384 00:18:35,064 --> 00:18:37,815 All you're thinking is, "are we gonna be able to 385 00:18:37,826 --> 00:18:41,652 "get them upstairs without being spotted by the 386 00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:44,539 "revolutionary guards who are up and down the street?" 387 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:49,410 M. Lijek: When we left I think sam took it almost as an insult, 388 00:18:49,486 --> 00:18:50,911 Because we couldn't tell him where we were going 389 00:18:50,988 --> 00:18:53,914 For his protection as well as ours. 390 00:18:53,991 --> 00:18:56,634 Lewis: The lijeks made it out in the nick of time. 391 00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:01,180 Sriweawnetr: All the militants come two hours after that. 392 00:19:01,257 --> 00:19:03,132 They come to my apartment, 393 00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:05,017 "where's the american, where's the american?" 394 00:19:05,094 --> 00:19:07,136 (suspenseful music) 395 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:09,522 With a gun pointed to me. 396 00:19:09,599 --> 00:19:11,732 M16 points in my face. 397 00:19:14,103 --> 00:19:16,312 Then I say, "no, I live here by myself. 398 00:19:16,388 --> 00:19:19,106 "nobody here," I tell them that. 399 00:19:19,183 --> 00:19:21,534 (dramatic music) 400 00:19:21,611 --> 00:19:24,579 They keep looking around, but I clean up already. 401 00:19:25,689 --> 00:19:26,998 After that, they left. 402 00:19:29,878 --> 00:19:31,544 (gentle dramatic music) 403 00:19:31,621 --> 00:19:33,621 Lewis: By now the ljieks and their fellow fugitives 404 00:19:33,697 --> 00:19:36,215 Had been smuggled from their embassy safe house 405 00:19:36,292 --> 00:19:38,050 And driven to the sheardown's home. 406 00:19:40,537 --> 00:19:43,214 C. Lijek: The car I remember pulled into the garage, 407 00:19:43,224 --> 00:19:46,142 And then he rushed us inside the house. 408 00:19:49,138 --> 00:19:50,971 Sheardown: We got some scotches and sodas 409 00:19:51,048 --> 00:19:53,566 Right away for everybody. 410 00:19:53,643 --> 00:19:55,610 We all needed a stiff drink, 411 00:19:57,071 --> 00:19:59,563 And we started to get to know each other. 412 00:19:59,574 --> 00:20:02,742 (dramatic music) 413 00:20:02,818 --> 00:20:04,577 Lewis: The sherdowns figured they had 414 00:20:04,654 --> 00:20:07,205 The perfect cover to keep the americans diplomats safe. 415 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:11,250 Sheardown: I don't think they would suspect us. 416 00:20:11,327 --> 00:20:14,587 Not the canadians they keep to themselves. 417 00:20:14,664 --> 00:20:16,464 They wouldn't say boo to a goose. 418 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,084 Lewis: They sent word back to ottawa, 419 00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:23,012 That the fugitive diplomats had arrived safely with them. 420 00:20:27,176 --> 00:20:31,229 Gar pardy was cia liaison for the canadian foreign office. 421 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:34,848 Pardy: The first reaction was, "god, we've got them, 422 00:20:34,925 --> 00:20:37,101 "and at least they're reasonably safe." 423 00:20:37,111 --> 00:20:38,435 (dramatic music) 424 00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:40,771 But then the realization that 425 00:20:40,782 --> 00:20:43,783 This could go on for some period of time. 426 00:20:43,859 --> 00:20:46,235 Lewis: It dawned on the canadian officials, 427 00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:48,955 The longer they hid their american colleagues, 428 00:20:49,031 --> 00:20:51,448 The greater the chance of canada becoming embroiled 429 00:20:51,459 --> 00:20:53,584 In the wider conflict in the region. 430 00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:57,129 Pardy: The iranians themselves were probably starting 431 00:20:57,206 --> 00:20:58,872 To realize that there were some people 432 00:20:58,949 --> 00:21:02,042 That were not accounted for in the 52, 433 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,970 And they would be starting to sharpen 434 00:21:04,046 --> 00:21:06,422 Their own investigation, if you like, 435 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:08,057 Their own looking for the six. 436 00:21:09,035 --> 00:21:10,893 And then what do you do at this point? 437 00:21:12,838 --> 00:21:14,471 Lewis: At the american embassy, 438 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:16,724 Bill daugherty was under increasing pressure 439 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,609 To give up key documents. 440 00:21:20,822 --> 00:21:23,105 (suspenseful music) 441 00:21:23,182 --> 00:21:24,606 Daugherty: I got a lot of questions as to why 442 00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:28,035 I was in this office with this big vault. 443 00:21:29,813 --> 00:21:30,821 Lewis: The vault contained 444 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:33,115 All the cia intelligence reports 445 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:36,452 Bill had been working on when the embassy had fallen, 446 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:39,171 Names, dates, and places. 447 00:21:39,248 --> 00:21:41,332 Daugherty: I kept telling them, "no, I can't open the vault." 448 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:43,509 (dramatic music) 449 00:21:43,586 --> 00:21:45,344 Lewis: Daugherty now believed the iranians 450 00:21:45,421 --> 00:21:49,131 Were unlikely to execute him until he'd opened the safe. 451 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:50,674 (suspenseful music) 452 00:21:50,685 --> 00:21:52,343 Frustrated by how long he had 453 00:21:52,353 --> 00:21:54,520 Withstood brutal interrogation, 454 00:21:54,597 --> 00:21:57,097 The revolutionaries now upped the ante. 455 00:21:57,174 --> 00:22:00,851 Daugherty: I wasn't necessarily under the belief 456 00:22:00,862 --> 00:22:04,363 That they would actually execute me right away. 457 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,440 But then they said, "well, we'll get the secretary 458 00:22:06,517 --> 00:22:07,941 "and bring her up here," 459 00:22:08,018 --> 00:22:10,361 And that's when there was decision time. 460 00:22:10,371 --> 00:22:11,871 (ominous music) 461 00:22:11,947 --> 00:22:13,873 Lewis: If he refused to open the safe now, 462 00:22:13,949 --> 00:22:17,001 The iranians made it clear they would execute his secretary. 463 00:22:19,238 --> 00:22:20,329 Daugherty: Look there was nothing 464 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:24,833 In that embassy worth dying for. 465 00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:26,126 Not a thing. 466 00:22:26,203 --> 00:22:27,836 (suspenseful music) 467 00:22:27,913 --> 00:22:31,140 I said, "okay, the combination's in my wallet." 468 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:38,680 I'd shredded all the documents. 469 00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,474 (suspenseful music) 470 00:22:40,551 --> 00:22:42,693 I thought, "oh, I'm really in trouble now." 471 00:22:45,556 --> 00:22:47,564 Lewis: Undeterred, the revolutionaries 472 00:22:47,575 --> 00:22:49,408 Brought in teams of carpet 473 00:22:49,485 --> 00:22:53,195 Weavers to piece together the fragments of paperwork. 474 00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:56,365 (dramatic music) 475 00:22:56,442 --> 00:22:58,242 Lewis: It was only a matter of time before they'd work out 476 00:22:58,252 --> 00:22:59,418 That bill was cia. 477 00:23:00,404 --> 00:23:01,995 But that wasn't the only information 478 00:23:02,072 --> 00:23:04,215 The iranians would get from the paperwork. 479 00:23:05,334 --> 00:23:06,917 For the six u.S. Fugitives 480 00:23:06,928 --> 00:23:10,045 Hiding at the home of a canadian embassy official, 481 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:13,549 The tension was about to ratchet to breaking point. 482 00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:16,352 (dramatic music) 483 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:20,431 Lewis: By January 1980, 484 00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:22,733 The iranian hostage crisis had escalated. 485 00:23:24,595 --> 00:23:27,271 The ayatollah's carpet weavers had reassembled 486 00:23:27,281 --> 00:23:30,566 Thousands of pages of shredded cia documents, 487 00:23:30,642 --> 00:23:32,860 Exposing the identities of u.S. Agents 488 00:23:32,936 --> 00:23:34,453 And their informants in tehran. 489 00:23:35,439 --> 00:23:36,864 (dramatic music) 490 00:23:36,940 --> 00:23:40,284 At the canadian embassy, roger lucy observed 491 00:23:40,294 --> 00:23:42,628 How this stoked the hatred toward america. 492 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:47,040 Lucy: The atmosphere in the city 493 00:23:47,117 --> 00:23:49,251 Was getting more and more tense 494 00:23:49,328 --> 00:23:51,303 As the students pieced together 495 00:23:51,380 --> 00:23:55,215 More gems from the not-very-well 496 00:23:55,292 --> 00:23:57,801 Shredded paperwork at the american embassy. 497 00:23:57,812 --> 00:24:00,637 More and more iranians were getting arrested 498 00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:04,600 Because they'd been mentioned in some american's memo. 499 00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:06,727 Of course, that was almost a death sentence 500 00:24:06,803 --> 00:24:10,156 For people who got mentioned in these dispatches. 501 00:24:10,232 --> 00:24:12,065 (dramatic music) 502 00:24:12,142 --> 00:24:14,067 Lewis: Trapped in the home of a canadian embassy official, 503 00:24:14,144 --> 00:24:17,946 Mark and cora lijek, and their fellow u.S. Embassy workers, 504 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:19,907 Were feeling the pressure. 505 00:24:19,983 --> 00:24:21,909 (tense music) 506 00:24:21,985 --> 00:24:23,335 C. Lijek: We couldn't go out 507 00:24:23,412 --> 00:24:25,171 Because we just worried somebody would see us. 508 00:24:27,008 --> 00:24:28,499 M. Lijek: People would ring the doorbell. 509 00:24:28,509 --> 00:24:31,084 We'd have to lock ourselves in the den. 510 00:24:31,161 --> 00:24:33,846 Anything unusual, even the phone ringing, 511 00:24:33,923 --> 00:24:35,130 It was just, "who's that calling?" 512 00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:36,673 Even if you tried to be rational, 513 00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:39,510 You can't totally get it out of your head. 514 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,178 C. Lijek: We thought somebody might be coming, 515 00:24:41,189 --> 00:24:43,731 And we were afraid they might be coming any minute. 516 00:24:44,934 --> 00:24:47,526 Sheardown: All we would try to do is survive, 517 00:24:47,603 --> 00:24:49,862 Survive from one day to the next. 518 00:24:49,939 --> 00:24:51,480 We were on the alert. 519 00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:55,150 Every time I heard a car stop in front, 520 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:56,777 Especially at night, 521 00:24:56,853 --> 00:25:01,207 I would get up and look to see who was out there. 522 00:25:01,283 --> 00:25:02,875 I hardly slept, 523 00:25:02,952 --> 00:25:05,961 Probably awake for most of the time. 524 00:25:07,030 --> 00:25:09,373 Eventually it does take a toll. 525 00:25:09,383 --> 00:25:11,792 Yeah, I think, I was a bag of nerves. 526 00:25:11,868 --> 00:25:13,126 How would it end? 527 00:25:13,203 --> 00:25:15,546 (tense music) 528 00:25:15,556 --> 00:25:18,974 (gentle dramatic music) 529 00:25:21,545 --> 00:25:24,888 Lewis: On the 71st day of the hostage crisis 530 00:25:24,899 --> 00:25:26,682 The united nations security council 531 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:29,818 Proposed crippling economic sanctions against iran. 532 00:25:31,054 --> 00:25:33,072 But the soviet union saw an opportunity 533 00:25:33,148 --> 00:25:36,316 To further weaken american influence in the region, 534 00:25:36,393 --> 00:25:38,902 And vetoed the motion. 535 00:25:38,913 --> 00:25:41,655 With no diplomatic solution in sight, 536 00:25:41,732 --> 00:25:43,249 The situation was becoming 537 00:25:43,325 --> 00:25:44,833 More dangerous by the day. 538 00:25:45,902 --> 00:25:47,202 (dramatic music) 539 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:48,754 M. Lijek: I felt abandoned. 540 00:25:48,831 --> 00:25:53,834 I thought that there had to be some options. 541 00:25:53,910 --> 00:25:55,094 That the u.S. Government, 542 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,767 A super power, has been humiliated by the ayatollah. 543 00:26:03,253 --> 00:26:05,771 Lewis: In ottawa, the canadian government 544 00:26:05,848 --> 00:26:07,347 Was becoming increasingly nervous 545 00:26:07,424 --> 00:26:09,433 Of hiding u.S. Fugitives, 546 00:26:09,443 --> 00:26:11,902 And being dragged into an american crisis. 547 00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:15,781 (dramatic music) 548 00:26:15,858 --> 00:26:19,526 Pardy: Suddenly the canadian press were counting the numbers. 549 00:26:19,603 --> 00:26:21,445 The fact that there were more americans 550 00:26:21,455 --> 00:26:25,365 Within the american embassy than the 52 accounted for. 551 00:26:25,442 --> 00:26:27,701 And the journalists were putting all of this together, 552 00:26:27,778 --> 00:26:30,078 And that's when the realization 553 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:33,248 Was we needed to do something fairly quickly for the six. 554 00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:34,791 (dramatic music) 555 00:26:34,802 --> 00:26:36,418 Lewis: If the canadian media had worked out 556 00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:38,712 There were some western diplomats unaccounted for, 557 00:26:38,789 --> 00:26:41,048 It was only a matter of time 558 00:26:41,124 --> 00:26:43,726 Before the iranian revolutionaries did the same. 559 00:26:45,220 --> 00:26:46,720 Pardy: There was that realization, 560 00:26:46,797 --> 00:26:48,722 "god, what do we do here?" 561 00:26:48,799 --> 00:26:51,558 Lucy: That's when the cia were called in, 562 00:26:51,635 --> 00:26:53,444 And things started to get, 563 00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:56,989 I guess you might say, considerably more professional 564 00:26:57,066 --> 00:26:59,908 When it came to the noble art of exfiltration. 565 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,111 Lewis: To get the american diplomats out, 566 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,572 The cia would have to send a man in, 567 00:27:05,649 --> 00:27:08,659 A man with a very special skillset. 568 00:27:08,669 --> 00:27:10,336 (gentle dramatic music) 569 00:27:10,412 --> 00:27:14,623 Baglio: When it came to who should the cia go to 570 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:17,334 In the operation to help these six americans 571 00:27:17,345 --> 00:27:18,627 Who were hiding out in tehran, 572 00:27:18,704 --> 00:27:20,128 "how can we get them out? 573 00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:21,129 "who is the expert?" 574 00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:22,014 It was tony. 575 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:27,645 Lewis: Tony mendez was the cia's exfiltration expert. 576 00:27:28,672 --> 00:27:30,263 His specialty: 577 00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:33,317 Rescuing clandestine agents and political refugees. 578 00:27:34,436 --> 00:27:35,694 Baglio: Tony knew how to 579 00:27:35,771 --> 00:27:41,441 Get people in and out of tough spots. 580 00:27:41,518 --> 00:27:43,443 He'd done this many times before. 581 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,779 He knew the dangers. 582 00:27:45,856 --> 00:27:47,331 He knew what needed to be done. 583 00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:51,702 Lewis: Over the course of his 14 year career, 584 00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:54,162 Mendez became the cia's undisputed 585 00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:56,548 Master of forgery and disguise. 586 00:27:57,868 --> 00:28:01,044 Baglio: One of the things that tony brought to his work 587 00:28:01,055 --> 00:28:03,964 Was this idea of looking outside 588 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,059 The traditional areas of expertise. 589 00:28:07,136 --> 00:28:12,064 So, he wasn't looking at defense contractors and scientists. 590 00:28:12,141 --> 00:28:13,682 He was going to hollywood. 591 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,067 (upbeat music) 592 00:28:15,144 --> 00:28:17,644 He was working on the sets of movies 593 00:28:17,721 --> 00:28:19,154 Learning the techniques. 594 00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:22,691 Lewis: Mendez applied his hollywood skills 595 00:28:22,768 --> 00:28:24,493 To clandestine trade craft. 596 00:28:25,654 --> 00:28:28,414 He turned to costume designers and graphic artists 597 00:28:28,490 --> 00:28:32,701 To provide agents with perfect props and disguises. 598 00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:35,746 It transformed the agency's capabilities. 599 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:38,424 Baglio: That was the beginning of making people in the cia 600 00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,000 Understand that disguise wasn't 601 00:28:40,076 --> 00:28:42,002 Just a bad wig and a fake mustache. 602 00:28:42,078 --> 00:28:45,431 This was the ability to actually turn somebody 603 00:28:45,507 --> 00:28:47,266 Into a completely different person. 604 00:28:48,251 --> 00:28:51,094 He took disguise to another level. 605 00:28:51,105 --> 00:28:52,763 (dramatic music) 606 00:28:52,773 --> 00:28:54,940 Lewis: But smuggling six terrified american diplomats 607 00:28:55,017 --> 00:28:57,985 Out of tehran would be his toughest mission yet. 608 00:28:59,429 --> 00:29:00,771 Baglio: His first job was, 609 00:29:00,781 --> 00:29:03,106 "how can we get them out? 610 00:29:03,117 --> 00:29:04,858 "who are they let's come up with a story 611 00:29:04,935 --> 00:29:08,528 "for why they're in tehran." 612 00:29:08,605 --> 00:29:10,739 He knew that at some point these people 613 00:29:10,816 --> 00:29:13,784 Were gonna have to go through airport security, 614 00:29:13,794 --> 00:29:15,577 Customs, border controls, 615 00:29:15,654 --> 00:29:18,413 And they had no clandestine training. 616 00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:20,248 So he was saying, 617 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,877 "we need to create a scenario that they will believe in, 618 00:29:23,954 --> 00:29:26,305 "that will get them to buy into it, 619 00:29:26,381 --> 00:29:29,800 "and give them the confidence to escape." 620 00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:31,384 And then he thought, 621 00:29:31,461 --> 00:29:35,314 "what about a hollywood location scouting party?" 622 00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:38,058 Everybody knows a little bit of something about hollywood. 623 00:29:38,134 --> 00:29:39,267 (gentle dramatic music) 624 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:40,819 Lewis: Tony mendez knew 625 00:29:40,896 --> 00:29:42,896 The more believable the cover story, 626 00:29:42,973 --> 00:29:45,574 The easier it would be for the diplomats to stick to. 627 00:29:46,476 --> 00:29:50,111 So, he set up a fake film production company. 628 00:29:50,188 --> 00:29:53,999 Baglio: Tony decided to name the company studio six productions. 629 00:29:54,985 --> 00:29:57,878 The connection being the six americans who are hiding out. 630 00:29:58,914 --> 00:30:01,748 Lewis: Studio six needed a plausible film script, 631 00:30:01,825 --> 00:30:04,251 So he called an old hollywood contact, 632 00:30:04,327 --> 00:30:07,346 Award-winning make-up artist john chambers. 633 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,591 Baglio: At the time john had been given a script 634 00:30:11,668 --> 00:30:13,635 About a science fiction movie. 635 00:30:13,712 --> 00:30:16,513 One of the locations was set in a bazaar 636 00:30:16,524 --> 00:30:18,598 In a middle easter country, 637 00:30:18,675 --> 00:30:21,235 And tony thought, "you know, this could be perfect." 638 00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:25,030 Lewis: Mendez re-named the script "argo", 639 00:30:25,107 --> 00:30:27,699 And wrote articles for the hollywood trade press, 640 00:30:27,776 --> 00:30:30,035 To give it the publicity of a genuine project. 641 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,990 Baglio: Hollywood being a town of make believe, 642 00:30:35,066 --> 00:30:38,326 It wasn't long before they actually were sent scripts 643 00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:40,712 From other producers and writers. 644 00:30:40,789 --> 00:30:43,331 Lewis: By mid-January 1980, 645 00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:47,553 Mendez's cover, studio six productions, was up and running. 646 00:30:47,629 --> 00:30:50,639 If anyone checked, the company would appear legitimate. 647 00:30:51,967 --> 00:30:55,677 Now tony mendez could enter iran using his alias, 648 00:30:55,754 --> 00:30:57,679 A location production scout 649 00:30:57,756 --> 00:30:59,514 Looking for a middle eastern location 650 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:02,475 For the hollywood blockbuster "argo". 651 00:31:02,552 --> 00:31:04,736 (gentle dramatic music) 652 00:31:04,813 --> 00:31:08,490 Baglio: It's actually a huge risk to him to go into tehran. 653 00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:11,151 If he had been captured, 654 00:31:11,227 --> 00:31:14,538 He was convinced that he would be tortured and killed. 655 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:18,199 Lewis: In tehran, mendez had no backup. 656 00:31:18,276 --> 00:31:21,870 If his cover story was blown, there could be no rescue. 657 00:31:21,947 --> 00:31:24,581 The ayatollah had tightened his grip on power, 658 00:31:24,592 --> 00:31:27,759 And there were few in iran the cia could trust. 659 00:31:28,912 --> 00:31:31,254 Cia agents like bill daugherty 660 00:31:31,265 --> 00:31:34,090 Had been tortured to give up their contacts, 661 00:31:34,101 --> 00:31:35,508 Who were then being systematically 662 00:31:35,585 --> 00:31:38,270 Rounded up and imprisoned or worse. 663 00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:43,350 (tense music) 664 00:31:43,426 --> 00:31:46,019 Daugherty: They named a woman that I had been seeing. 665 00:31:46,096 --> 00:31:50,949 She was a senior administrator in the ministry of education. 666 00:31:51,026 --> 00:31:52,692 There was nothing she could tell us 667 00:31:52,769 --> 00:31:55,120 That would harm their government, absolutely nothing, 668 00:31:56,773 --> 00:31:58,114 And he said, "oh, we shot her." 669 00:31:58,125 --> 00:32:00,584 (gun firing) 670 00:32:01,462 --> 00:32:03,119 He was so casual about it, 671 00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:04,463 And I was really pissed. 672 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:11,303 They took a plastic cord and tied my wrists together. 673 00:32:12,306 --> 00:32:15,757 (dramatic music) 674 00:32:15,834 --> 00:32:18,268 It literally cut off the blood flow to the hands, 675 00:32:20,005 --> 00:32:23,523 And they waited, and the hands swelled up, 676 00:32:24,726 --> 00:32:26,860 And the skin became very, very sensitive, 677 00:32:28,138 --> 00:32:29,655 And then they laid them on the desk 678 00:32:29,731 --> 00:32:31,490 And hit it with a rubber hose. 679 00:32:31,566 --> 00:32:34,275 (suspenseful music) 680 00:32:34,352 --> 00:32:36,903 (whip smacking) 681 00:32:36,980 --> 00:32:41,241 It was a lot more painful than I would have imagined. 682 00:32:41,317 --> 00:32:43,326 It was a kurd that did it. 683 00:32:43,337 --> 00:32:44,670 That big beefy kurd, 684 00:32:45,822 --> 00:32:47,381 And he took great pleasure in it. 685 00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:51,677 And I wanna kill that son of a bitch to this day. 686 00:32:57,167 --> 00:32:59,810 (gentle music) 687 00:33:00,670 --> 00:33:03,355 Lewis: By the end of January 1980, 688 00:33:03,432 --> 00:33:05,265 Many washington politicos believed 689 00:33:05,341 --> 00:33:07,517 The only way to resolve the hostage crisis 690 00:33:07,528 --> 00:33:09,486 Was to send in special forces. 691 00:33:13,183 --> 00:33:14,700 What they didn't know 692 00:33:14,776 --> 00:33:17,703 Was that cia agent tony mendez 693 00:33:17,779 --> 00:33:19,612 Was already at the airport. 694 00:33:19,689 --> 00:33:22,582 (airplane roaring) 695 00:33:23,785 --> 00:33:25,618 Baglio: Tony's cover he's flying in 696 00:33:25,695 --> 00:33:28,121 As the location scouting manager. 697 00:33:28,198 --> 00:33:30,373 He's in charge of this film production. 698 00:33:30,384 --> 00:33:32,459 He's traveling under an alias. 699 00:33:32,535 --> 00:33:35,170 Lewis: Mendez knew as long as he could keep his cover, 700 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:38,724 Iranian security would have no reason to suspect he was cia. 701 00:33:39,709 --> 00:33:41,134 What he didn't know was 702 00:33:41,211 --> 00:33:43,303 If the diplomats he was here to rescue, 703 00:33:43,379 --> 00:33:46,273 Would be able to maintain their cover stories. 704 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:50,810 By this time, the lijeks and their fellow fugitives 705 00:33:50,887 --> 00:33:55,574 Had been in hiding for 84 days, living on their nerves. 706 00:33:58,078 --> 00:34:00,862 Baglio: Tony needed to assess their state of mind. 707 00:34:00,939 --> 00:34:02,581 This was incredibly important. 708 00:34:02,657 --> 00:34:04,032 He was worried. 709 00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:05,575 He didn't know if they would crack. 710 00:34:05,586 --> 00:34:07,660 He didn't know if they'd already cracked. 711 00:34:07,737 --> 00:34:09,704 The door opens, the americans are inside, 712 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:11,831 And they're waiting for him. 713 00:34:11,908 --> 00:34:13,759 Lewis: Mendez had less than 36 hours 714 00:34:13,835 --> 00:34:15,502 To transform six diplomats 715 00:34:15,578 --> 00:34:17,929 Into a credible canadian film crew 716 00:34:18,006 --> 00:34:20,432 And get them on a plane out of tehran. 717 00:34:20,509 --> 00:34:21,841 Woman: I don't understand. 718 00:34:21,918 --> 00:34:23,510 (dramatic music) 719 00:34:23,586 --> 00:34:25,678 I was supposed to be the script writer for the movie. 720 00:34:25,755 --> 00:34:28,223 M. Lijek: I was the transportation coordinator. 721 00:34:28,299 --> 00:34:31,017 We were given enough information to memorize 722 00:34:31,094 --> 00:34:34,187 That it would withstand cursory scrutiny, 723 00:34:34,264 --> 00:34:36,397 But not so much that we'd be all paranoid 724 00:34:36,474 --> 00:34:39,943 About forgetting some detail. 725 00:34:39,953 --> 00:34:41,861 Baglio: And this is when he brings out 726 00:34:41,938 --> 00:34:46,616 All the things that he's been able to create 727 00:34:46,627 --> 00:34:50,870 The script, the drawings, the business cards. 728 00:34:50,947 --> 00:34:53,123 M. Lijek: He'd brought a copy of the "hollywood reporter", 729 00:34:53,133 --> 00:34:54,800 With an ad for "argo". 730 00:34:54,876 --> 00:34:56,635 C. Lijek: He had people back in hollywood 731 00:34:56,711 --> 00:34:59,879 Who could be called if someone were going to check on us. 732 00:34:59,956 --> 00:35:01,973 We had what he called, "pocket litter." 733 00:35:02,050 --> 00:35:04,926 M. Lijek: A key chain, other people's business cards 734 00:35:05,003 --> 00:35:06,761 That you'd met along the way. 735 00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,648 Of course, the main thing we had was the canadian passports. 736 00:35:09,724 --> 00:35:11,057 (dramatic music) 737 00:35:11,134 --> 00:35:12,317 Lewis: The canadian government 738 00:35:12,394 --> 00:35:13,810 Had supplied the american diplomats 739 00:35:13,821 --> 00:35:16,479 With genuine canadian passports. 740 00:35:16,490 --> 00:35:19,783 Now the u.S. Diplomats had to become those people. 741 00:35:21,978 --> 00:35:23,820 Baglio: Tony lays out the plan, 742 00:35:23,831 --> 00:35:26,331 And he said, "okay, guys, you need to practice these roles. 743 00:35:26,408 --> 00:35:28,449 "you need to learn these identities." 744 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:30,952 M. Lijek: We weren't trained for that. 745 00:35:31,029 --> 00:35:32,996 We weren't spies, and we didn't 746 00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:35,340 Have the benefit of that kind of experience. 747 00:35:35,417 --> 00:35:38,343 But tony stressed that 748 00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:42,172 All we had to do was follow instructions. 749 00:35:42,182 --> 00:35:43,515 Baglio: Most of the americans are on board 750 00:35:43,592 --> 00:35:47,394 Except for one, joe stafford. 751 00:35:49,598 --> 00:35:52,849 The concern was, "we all need to be on the same page here. 752 00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:55,935 "is joe on the same page? 753 00:35:56,012 --> 00:35:57,529 Lewis: Tehran was joe stafford's 754 00:35:57,606 --> 00:36:00,031 First foreign post with the u.S. State department. 755 00:36:01,093 --> 00:36:03,109 Now, he was battling doubts as to whether 756 00:36:03,186 --> 00:36:05,620 He should play along with the cover story at all. 757 00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:08,874 C. Lijek: Joe stafford didn't wanna leave. 758 00:36:08,950 --> 00:36:10,783 He felt we were abandoning the others, 759 00:36:10,860 --> 00:36:15,755 And he made very little effort to really get into his role. 760 00:36:16,275 --> 00:36:17,874 (dramatic music) 761 00:36:17,885 --> 00:36:19,551 Lewis: Mendez's extraction plan relied 762 00:36:19,628 --> 00:36:21,887 On everyone playing their parts convincingly. 763 00:36:22,781 --> 00:36:24,547 And if the revolutionary guard 764 00:36:24,558 --> 00:36:27,467 Spotted a flaw in anyone's performance, 765 00:36:27,543 --> 00:36:30,136 It was gonna be tony mendez in the firing line. 766 00:36:30,213 --> 00:36:32,981 (dramatic music) 767 00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:38,069 Baglio: Tony goes in first. 768 00:36:38,146 --> 00:36:40,614 There's a big thing that he has is trust your gut. 769 00:36:41,909 --> 00:36:44,201 If he doesn't like it, they're gonna abort. 770 00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:47,862 Lewis: In the early morning, there were relatively 771 00:36:47,939 --> 00:36:50,832 Few revolutionary guards on duty at the airport. 772 00:36:52,402 --> 00:36:53,752 Baglio: He gives the signal. 773 00:36:53,828 --> 00:36:55,411 (gentle dramatic music) 774 00:36:55,422 --> 00:36:57,422 Send in the six americans. 775 00:37:00,243 --> 00:37:02,719 M. Lijek: I was scared, you know, it was a scary thing. 776 00:37:04,506 --> 00:37:06,714 But then there was tony, and he was smiling 777 00:37:06,791 --> 00:37:09,017 That meant everything was good, just proceed. 778 00:37:11,104 --> 00:37:13,104 Lewis: The six diplomats and tony joined 779 00:37:13,181 --> 00:37:15,941 The queue for passport control at tehran airport. 780 00:37:16,926 --> 00:37:19,611 Crew member of studio six productions 781 00:37:19,688 --> 00:37:21,988 Heading home from a location scouting trip. 782 00:37:23,808 --> 00:37:26,025 (gentle dramatic music) 783 00:37:26,102 --> 00:37:28,620 C. Lijek: I was worried somebody might recognize us. 784 00:37:30,699 --> 00:37:32,791 M. Lijek: When you arrive at post, you have to submit 785 00:37:32,867 --> 00:37:35,410 A bunch of photographs to the foreign ministry. 786 00:37:35,486 --> 00:37:36,911 Who knows where those photographs were. 787 00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:39,122 They could be on the wall at the airport, 788 00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:41,040 And so that was a little bit concerning. 789 00:37:41,117 --> 00:37:43,251 Butt, there's no help for it. 790 00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:46,179 You just have to hope for the best. 791 00:37:47,474 --> 00:37:49,882 Lewis: The canadian passports were genuine. 792 00:37:49,959 --> 00:37:52,719 But the rest of their documents were a problem. 793 00:37:52,795 --> 00:37:57,140 Mendez had expertly forged the diplomats' exit visas. 794 00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:59,309 The trouble was they were supposed to match 795 00:37:59,319 --> 00:38:02,988 A counterfoil entry visa at passport control, 796 00:38:03,064 --> 00:38:05,490 A counterfoil that didn't exist. 797 00:38:05,567 --> 00:38:07,275 C. Lijek: The fellow was supposed to take 798 00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:10,403 The yellow visa paper out of our passports 799 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,906 And check for the matching copy in the files. 800 00:38:13,983 --> 00:38:15,667 The guy took the papers, 801 00:38:15,744 --> 00:38:17,493 (suspenseful music) 802 00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:19,587 But he didn't check anything. 803 00:38:22,751 --> 00:38:23,758 Thank you. 804 00:38:26,346 --> 00:38:28,755 Lewis: One by one the american fugitives 805 00:38:28,831 --> 00:38:30,432 Cleared passport security. 806 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,685 Then in the departure lounge, 807 00:38:33,762 --> 00:38:35,687 They heard an announcement. 808 00:38:35,764 --> 00:38:39,349 Their 7:30 a.M. Flight had been delayed 809 00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:41,142 (dramatic music) 810 00:38:41,219 --> 00:38:45,363 (voice muttering over pa system) 811 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,866 M. Lijek: So at that point I'm freaking out. 812 00:38:47,942 --> 00:38:50,193 The longer we're there the better the chance 813 00:38:50,203 --> 00:38:53,112 Of something going wrong. 814 00:38:53,189 --> 00:38:55,373 Lewis: The plane had a mechanical problem. 815 00:38:55,450 --> 00:38:57,000 But that wasn't the only issue. 816 00:38:58,953 --> 00:39:01,371 Baglio: The revolutionary guards tony was hoping 817 00:39:01,381 --> 00:39:03,956 Weren't gonna be there are now making the rounds. 818 00:39:04,033 --> 00:39:05,383 They're harassing people. 819 00:39:07,036 --> 00:39:08,961 The americans begin to worry 820 00:39:09,038 --> 00:39:11,765 About whether or not this cover story is gonna hold up, 821 00:39:13,727 --> 00:39:15,718 And tony becomes a little concerned 822 00:39:15,729 --> 00:39:18,721 That one them might crack. 823 00:39:18,732 --> 00:39:20,306 (dramatic music) 824 00:39:20,383 --> 00:39:21,724 Lewis: By now, the tension 825 00:39:21,735 --> 00:39:24,143 Was taking its toll on joe stafford, 826 00:39:24,220 --> 00:39:27,238 And he had stopped playing his part altogether. 827 00:39:27,315 --> 00:39:28,564 M. Lijek: Joe made no effort. 828 00:39:28,575 --> 00:39:30,358 He was reading a farsi newspaper 829 00:39:30,435 --> 00:39:32,360 Before tony took it away from him. 830 00:39:32,437 --> 00:39:35,080 He kept calling cora by her real name. 831 00:39:35,156 --> 00:39:36,581 C. Lijek: We were definitely worried 832 00:39:36,658 --> 00:39:39,084 That joe might give us away. 833 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,743 Baglio: It was clear that joe was feeling 834 00:39:40,754 --> 00:39:42,087 Guilty about leaving. 835 00:39:42,163 --> 00:39:45,373 He didn't want to leave tehran 836 00:39:45,450 --> 00:39:48,668 While these other americans were being held hostage. 837 00:39:48,744 --> 00:39:50,428 Lewis: If stafford blew their cover, 838 00:39:50,505 --> 00:39:52,806 The consequences for the group were dire. 839 00:39:54,584 --> 00:39:58,395 But for a cia officer, they were likely to be fatal. 840 00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:02,390 (tense music) 841 00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:03,516 Baglio: Everybody is nervous. 842 00:40:03,593 --> 00:40:05,226 The mood is anxious. 843 00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:06,727 Tony is looking at the scenario 844 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:11,116 Through the lens of problems, solutions. 845 00:40:11,192 --> 00:40:12,608 They just have to wait, 846 00:40:12,619 --> 00:40:14,944 And they just have to keep their cool. 847 00:40:14,955 --> 00:40:18,114 M. Lijek: Tony he inspired a lot of confidence. 848 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:19,782 C. Lijek: He said, "just stay calm. 849 00:40:19,793 --> 00:40:22,752 "we'll just hang here," so I was able to calm down. 850 00:40:24,447 --> 00:40:25,797 After 30 minutes they announced 851 00:40:25,874 --> 00:40:28,675 That the plane was ready to be boarded. 852 00:40:29,711 --> 00:40:32,220 Every step was another step closer. 853 00:40:35,884 --> 00:40:39,927 Lewis: At 8:30 a.M., on January 28, 1980, 854 00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:43,356 The lijek's plane finally left tehran for zurich. 855 00:40:44,543 --> 00:40:48,102 85 days after they'd fled their besieged embassy, 856 00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,655 And accompanied by the cia master of disguise 857 00:40:50,732 --> 00:40:52,648 Who'd orchestrated their escape, 858 00:40:52,659 --> 00:40:56,453 The american diplomats were at last on their way home. 859 00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:01,657 C. Lijek: We figured we finally were safe when they announced 860 00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:04,327 We were out of iranian airspace. 861 00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:06,337 M. Lijek: At that point we ordered some bloody mary's 862 00:41:06,414 --> 00:41:08,423 And toasted each other. 863 00:41:09,492 --> 00:41:10,300 It was over. 864 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,128 Lewis: Though it was over for the six, 865 00:41:14,205 --> 00:41:17,423 It wasn't yet over for the 52 american hostages 866 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:19,267 Still held at the u.S. Embassy. 867 00:41:20,545 --> 00:41:22,470 (dramatic music) 868 00:41:22,547 --> 00:41:27,016 A few months later, on April 24, 1980, 869 00:41:27,027 --> 00:41:28,976 A desperate president jimmy carter 870 00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:31,145 Launched a military rescue attempt. 871 00:41:31,222 --> 00:41:32,697 (emergency sirens blaring) 872 00:41:32,774 --> 00:41:35,274 It ended in disaster in the desert. 873 00:41:35,351 --> 00:41:37,652 Eight american servicemen were killed. 874 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:39,287 Several more were injured. 875 00:41:41,282 --> 00:41:44,617 Bill daugherty and 51 of his fellow americans 876 00:41:44,694 --> 00:41:50,665 Would remain in captivity in iran until January 20, 1981, 877 00:41:50,741 --> 00:41:54,719 A total of 444 days. 878 00:41:55,947 --> 00:41:59,549 C. Lijek: It was difficult knowing they were still there. 879 00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:02,552 That was really difficult. 880 00:42:02,562 --> 00:42:04,178 (gentle music) 881 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,556 Lewis: At the time, any involvement by the cia 882 00:42:06,566 --> 00:42:09,308 In the lijek's escape was kept secret, 883 00:42:09,385 --> 00:42:12,237 To avoid reprisals against the remaining hostages. 884 00:42:15,057 --> 00:42:18,484 Baglio: One of the unique things about tony 885 00:42:18,561 --> 00:42:23,030 And the individuals like him who work in the cia, 886 00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:26,918 Is they know that they will never get credit. 887 00:42:26,995 --> 00:42:29,870 Lewis: But full credit was given to the canadians 888 00:42:29,947 --> 00:42:32,006 For their heroic role in the escape. 889 00:42:33,618 --> 00:42:35,334 M. Lijek: Canadians invested a lot of effort 890 00:42:35,411 --> 00:42:37,587 In keeping us safe all those months. 891 00:42:37,597 --> 00:42:40,548 C. Lijek: It was a pretty big risk keeping us there. 892 00:42:40,625 --> 00:42:42,341 M. Lijek: Zena she was our protector 893 00:42:42,418 --> 00:42:44,435 From the outside world, 894 00:42:44,512 --> 00:42:46,846 The barrier between us and them. 895 00:42:46,922 --> 00:42:48,389 (gentle dramatic music) 896 00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:51,517 Sheardown: I don't regret any of it. 897 00:42:51,594 --> 00:42:54,729 What would we have felt like if they were caught? 898 00:42:54,805 --> 00:42:56,022 I don't think I would have been able 899 00:42:56,098 --> 00:42:57,732 To live with that myself. 900 00:42:57,808 --> 00:43:00,618 (dramatic music) 901 00:43:01,604 --> 00:43:04,113 Lewis: Only when cia files were declassified 902 00:43:04,124 --> 00:43:07,783 17 years later could the truth be revealed. 903 00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:09,118 How one man devised a plot 904 00:43:09,129 --> 00:43:11,037 Straight out of a hollywood movie, 905 00:43:11,113 --> 00:43:13,748 To stage one of the boldest recuse missions 906 00:43:13,824 --> 00:43:15,625 In the agency's history. 907 00:43:15,635 --> 00:43:18,127 (suspenseful music) 908 00:43:18,138 --> 00:43:20,930 (dramatic music) 72719

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