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Passengers who are not citizens of the United States and who are making

connections are requested to please remain inside the waiting room of the

International Arrivals and Departures Building.

Operator, I would like to call Arlington, Virginia.

Collect, please.

Yes, the number is 528 -0069, area code 703.

And my name is Sylvia Prince.

Certainly.

Is she on now?

Hello, Walter.

Hello, Sylvia.

How was the trip?

Marvelous. A few bumps when we left Mexico City, but nothing important.

All right.

What's happening?

Don't you think it's a bit dangerous just to call like this? There was no

choice. Things are moving too quickly.

When can you do the job?

On...

Frank Murray?

Well, whenever you say.

Tonight, then.

General Salzman is in Vienna.

The report is that he is definitely planning to defect.

His wife has already left Europe.

Her plane lands here at Kennedy tomorrow at noon.

Now, we're not sure that she's planning to contact Frank Murray, but we can't

take the chance.

They were awfully close when he was stationed in Britain.

What about the woman herself?

Do you want me to deal with her, too?

No, we've waked a sleeper for that.

He owns a motel just outside New York, the Elite Motel.

Yes. He pretended to defect to the United States in 1960.

Oddly enough, he's a personal friend of the Saltzman's.

He Americanized his name to Stanley Brown.

Now, he will run into Madam Saltzman by accident tomorrow.

He'll be at the main bookstand in the terminal.

Buying a magazine called Ham Radio, if you want to contact him.

JBL oversees flight 706 to Paris and Vienna.

It's now ready for boarding at gate 23.

Walter, they're calling my flight. I have to go.

Goodbye, Sylvia.

Have a pleasant trip.

And give my best to General Salzman. I will.

And good luck with Mary.

I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Murray, but my phone is out of order and my arm has

hurting me again.

Oh, I'm the new neighbor. I was wondering, do you mind if I use your

no, no, of course. Come in, please. Thank you.

I hate to bother you. Please, no bother at all.

Phone's right over here.

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Also starring Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, with guest stars

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John Van Drielen, Patricia Smith, and

special guest star...

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Tonight's episode, A Sleeper Waits.

Darren Murray was found beaten to death in an Arlington park near his bachelor

apartment on the 11th of October.

Although he appeared to be the victim of a mugging, his position with the

government automatically brought the case under FBI jurisdiction.

The death of Murray, a State Department official working on a security

assignment, would be thoroughly investigated under provisions of

89, the assault or killing of a federal officer.

What kind of a tenant was he, Mrs. Corman?

I mean, did he have many friends?

Not many. He was very quiet, very gentle.

His wife was dead.

He used to take a walk in the park every night, all by himself.

I'd say to him, Frank, you be careful.

What time did he generally leave?

About ten.

And were you in the building last night around that time?

Yes.

Did you see him leave?

I suppose he must have gone down the back stairs.

He'd eaten out.

I saw him when he came in. That was half past nine.

Did he, um... Did he wear glasses?

No.

No? Are you sure?

Yes, I'm positive.

He hurt himself lately.

Is he wearing some kind of bandage?

I don't think so.

When was the room vacuumed the last time, Ms. Coleman?

The maid cleaned in here yesterday afternoon.

But what does that have to do with anything? He was killed in the park. He

hit and robbed.

I interviewed the newsboy who found the body.

The arch looks pretty good, Lou. The park was crowded last night till 1, 2 o

'clock in the morning.

The newsboy said that if the body had been there long, he could understand why

someone hadn't found it sooner.

The feet weren't plain view from the road.

He was wondering if perhaps Murray could have been attacked somewhere else and

then crawled down.

Have you talked to the coroner?

The skull was crushed by repeated blows with a wide -blown instrument. He'd been

dead. Approximately eight hours when he was found.

Which would put the murder at about ten last night.

Death apparently occurred at the time of the attack.

Anything to beg at us happening here?

Well, he was in the building at 9 .30.

Could have been carried down the back stairs, dumped out of a car when the

was empty.

What do you make of this?

Stiff.

Masterpieces of fiber.

Mrs. Corman, would you have known it if Mr. Murray had a visitor after he came

in? I know he didn't.

My apartment is right by the front entrance. My door was open. No one came

What about the other tenants? Could one of them have dropped by?

Well, the only one around was Mr. Ronald.

He just moved in.

He hasn't been very friendly. Of course, his arm gives him a lot of trouble.

What's the matter with his arm?

It's broken. It's in a cast.

Which is his apartment?

D.

But he isn't there now. He left this morning on his vacation. He was going to

California.

I have the address.

Does he manage to drive with his broken arm? Yes, he does.

investigation. Yes, sir.

Mrs. Corman, is there anything else unusual about him you can remember?

Well, he wears the thickest glasses.

Stan? Walter Ronald.

Walter! What are you doing here?

Just got in from Mexico.

How was the trip?

Marvelous. A few bumps when we left Mexico City, but nothing important.

I understand you saw FM down there?

Yes.

Yes, that's all been taken care of.

Nothing to worry about.

Your attention, please.

International flight 231 from Vienna arriving at gate number six in ten

Now, I'm going to be in New York for several days.

If there's anything you need, even moral support, why don't you give me a ring?

Thank you.

Moral support?

Sylvia mentioned that you were a personal friend of the woman you're

Yes. I was her husband's official translator at the embassy in London.

I was very fond of both of them.

Sylvia did tell you that you might have to...

Yes, she told

me.

Are you married?

Mm -hmm.

To an American girl. We also have a 14 -year -old son.

Adopted. Do they know that you've... You've been a sleeper here?

No.

If anything...

should go wrong, we would fly you out to Cuba and then home.

But I'm afraid there's been no provision made for your family.

I didn't expect there would be.

It's funny.

You think you won't, but you just can't help getting involved

after six years.

Peaceful country.

I think that's the hardest part, being the kind of soldier we are.

One forgets there's a war on.

It's an unusual prescription.

The glass has been coated.

Your man may have some sort of lens opacity.

The beginnings of a cataract.

Hmm.

Well, then he'd be fairly helpless without glasses, huh?

Very. He'd probably have at least one extra pair.

I'd make sure I had several bad eyes like his.

I couldn't locate a photo of Ronald, so I had Mrs. Coleman talk to one of our

artists. Good.

That California address was a phony, by the way.

According to the apartment house switchboard operator, he got one collect

-distance call from the International Arrivals and Departures building at

Kennedy Field.

Sylvia Prince.

Sylvia Prince.

According to the customer information desk at the airline, she operates a

bureau in Mexico City.

The Liberated News Service, communism.

Inspector. There's a Mr. John Kramer from the State Department in your

Apparently you had an appointment. Oh, yes. State Department.

International angle of this, Lou?

Well, it wasn't a mugging, and it doesn't seem to have been a personal

See, Ron released the apartment opposite Murray five weeks ago. The question is

why. To be near his intended victim.

Well, then why did he wait five weeks to kill him? What happened last night to

make up his mind? He got a telephone call.

I'm a communist.

I'll circulate this prescription to all optometrists in the area and contact the

liaison representative of Mexico City. Tell him I need a fast rundown on Sylvia

Prince. And ask Arthur Ward if he'd like to join us.

Mr.

Kramer?

Murray worked in John's section, Art. They were also friends.

Did he have any enemies that you know of?

None. Did he ever serve outside the country?

Yes, he had one overseas post.

London.

John. Oh, sit down, please.

Oh, thank you.

Was he ever involved in any kind of counter -espionage activity?

Well, not specifically. Of course, he, uh... No.

What were you going to say?

Well, it's just funny that you should put it like that.

Years ago, Murray was approached by a very well -known personality, a, uh...

communist general named Eric Saltzman.

Now, Saltzman was serving in London at the time. The two men became very good

friends. There was never anything official, but at one time, Saltzman

Murray, strictly Sabrosa, if there was anything he could do to arrange asylum

for Saltzman's son in America.

Now, unfortunately, the boy died of meningitis before any steps could be

But now...

Are you interested in a rumor?

We could be.

General Salzman is reported to be vacationing outside of the Iron Curtain.

The rumor persists that he may be seeking to defect.

I can't think of anything of equal importance unless maybe General

suddenly gone over to the Japanese in World War II.

Mr. Ward?

Our liaison representative in Mexico City checked with the government source.

There's Sylvia Prince and Zamata Hari in spades. The Mexicans have had their eye

on her for months.

Is the news service legitimate?

As far as they know.

But they think it may be a clearinghouse for coded messages, too.

The service operates a ham radio as well as a usual wire and cable

paraphernalia. The call letters are XEA1FG.

Ask the FCC to monitor day and night.

And have them look back through their files for any connection between the

Mexican sender and American broadcasters.

If there's ever been a violation, they'll have a record of it and may give

name at this end.

Where is Sylvia Prince now?

She went on to Europe. She had a Bulgarian passport not valid for her

this country.

Was she returning to Bulgaria?

Vienna.

John, if Sulzman were planning to defect, where would he be apt to go?

The American embassy.

In Vienna.

Mrs.

Salzman. I've come 5 ,000 miles to a country of 200 million strangers, and

do I run into? I know, it's incredible.

How wonderful to see you. Now tell me, Mrs. Salzman, where is the general?

I have to tell you.

My name is Dreyer.

Oh? You mean you left him?

No. Well, what happened?

It's all very complicated. I'm absolutely exhausted, my dear.

Yes, of course. Please sit down with me for a second.

Now, tell me.

I have a false passport. I have false papers.

I have left.

No one knows that I'm here.

You've defected.

Yes.

Eric will, too.

As soon as he knows that I'm safe, he will ask for asylum.

I don't think that we will ever regret it.

I can promise you won't.

It's been six years for me, and I haven't regretted one second of it.

I'm married, I have an adopted son, I own a motel.

It's like a hotel.

You'll have to see it for yourself. You'll stay with us.

No, we have already made arrangements, and Eric will be calling me at the

Kingston Hotel.

I will call the Kingston Hotel and tell them where you are staying.

I'll give them my number.

And after you've talked to your husband in Vienna, I'll drive you to the State

Department. Sounds so nice.

Do you happen to have the number of the hotel with you?

Yes, I do.

Oh, good. Then we can call from here.

There's a telephone over there.

Please come with us.

Yes, the front desk, please.

Thank you.

Hello?

Yes, I'm calling from Mrs. Ida Dreyer.

She has a reservation in your hotel.

Yes, that's D -R -I -E -R.

That's right, yes.

She has a reservation in your hotel, but she has changed her plans.

She's going to stay in the Elite Motel in Mount Vernon, New York.

She's expecting an overseas call.

Would you be kind enough when that call comes in to transfer it to the elite

motel?

Yes.

It's very important that you get this message straight.

Would you mind repeating it back to me?

Uh -huh.

Thank you very much.

All right, keep trying.

Opticians, ophthalmologists, anyone who might have a live address for him. What

about the Baltimore? Yes.

Transatlantic circuits to Vienna are open now. They're ringing our liaison

representative at the embassy.

Thank you.

We'll keep checking.

Greenwood.

Oh, yes. Put him on.

Inspector? Hello, Leo. Did you get my wire?

Yes, but Miss Prince's plane had landed.

Matter of fact, she's here now.

In the embassy?

Yeah, she's right outside the office.

We don't know what she wants. She won't tell anybody, but we'll be glad to keep

an eye on her for you.

Have you seen Saltzman yet?

Who? General Eric Saltzman. He's in Vienna.

Oh, yes, I know. He's attending a high -level communist powwow.

We met years ago in London, but he wouldn't be apt to show up here.

Just a minute, Lewis.

wouldn't be apt to.

But he has.

Lewis, what's happening?

State's briefing the ambassador now. They think Saltzman's come to defect.

Defect? They couldn't let him defect.

He's privy to every important political projection they have.

He wants to see me.

The Prince woman may have something to say.

We don't know her role in this business, but let her talk.

We'll keep a line open. Get back to me as soon as you can.

Yes, sir, I will.

Could you ask General Salzman to come in here, please?

Yes, sir.

Miss Prince, please.

All right.

Mr. Greenwood.

Yes, that's right.

Forgive me, but what exactly is your position here?

I mean, I was waiting for General Salzman to show up, but I really had

him to ask to see the ambassador.

Do you...

It is good to see you again, General.

Have I violated protocol?

Of course not.

The General and I are old friends. Won't you sit down, please?

So he feels more comfortable

making his traitorous proposal to an old friend, is that it?

Sir, if you like, I can... It's all right, I know this woman.

She seems very rude until you remember you are watching a puppet.

She heads a communist press bureau.

That means she types out news stories whenever someone is pulling her finger

strings.

When her voice is activated, she makes speeches.

Someone has waltzed her over here today, Neil, to wag a wooden finger at me.

Because I have come here to ask the United States for asylum.

Mr. Greenwood.

I don't think there is anything more embarrassing than a premature

The fact is, General Saltzman has just changed his mind.

He suddenly remembered how dangerous such a move might prove to be for his

My wife is safe.

She's already in America.

We have her, sir.

She is safe.

I got the cablegram.

Or perhaps I have mixed her up with Mrs. Ida Dreher.

I must talk to her.

She's at the Kingston Hotel in New York.

Get me the Kingston Hotel in New York City.

There is a plane leaving for your capital in five hours and ten minutes.

If you are aboard, your wife will be returned home to you directly.

Of course, if you prefer to stay here, well... Miss Prince, kidnapping is a

crime even... Please, Mr. Greenwood, kidnap me.

Isn't that a question of semantics?

We know how hard the United States has tried to persuade this half -crazy old

man to defect.

Not to tell you the truth.

There are international judges who would call that kidnapping.

How do I know she hasn't already been killed?

You don't.

She is dead.

I will stay and I will find those who are responsible for her death.

Yes?

Ready with your call, sir.

Put them on.

Hello?

I'd like to talk to Mrs.

Ida Dreyer, please.

She's the guest there.

She arrived on the noon flight from Europe.

There's no sign of her.

No word.

Neil, you are a lawyer.

Help me to swear out a complaint of kidnapping and murder against this

She's not dead.

Prove it.

All right.

I will transmit one question.

Ask something personal that only your wife would know the answer to.

I have a private pet name for her.

Get her to tell it to you.

That should be simple enough.

Here he is now. Put the call through.

That's it?

That's the place that made the original lenses for Ronald. They have an address?

Better than that.

We got an order for the prescription from a shop in New York this morning.

picking up a new pair in five days. We're putting immediate surveillance on

place. PA -23, your call is ready.

Mr. Ward.

PA -23, go ahead.

Lewis, I just talked to Neil Greenwood.

The Murray case has suddenly turned into the Salzman affair.

Is he coming over?

in the embassy right now. I can't go into all the ramifications but you'll

complete report in New York.

Now there's a plane waiting for you.

Are you any closer to Ronald?

How about five days?

That's too long.

How about five hours?

Don't slam the... Well, I think it's still on its hinges.

Dad, hey, guess who I picked up last night?

Bermuda. Now this guy... Jack, just a second.

I want you to meet a very dear friend of mine.

Mrs. Ida Drea.

Hi. Hello, how are you?

Now, I'm going to put some coffee on. Jack, you come out and clean up. Right.

Excuse me.

There is nothing to worry about.

You know how specific Eric is? He said you must go to the Kingston Hotel and

then you must call Frank Murray. That's our friend in Arlington.

That's what I should have done.

I have a much better idea.

Where is Eric right now?

Hopefully he should be at the American Embassy in Vienna.

And that's where we are going to call him, at the American Embassy in Vienna.

And you can explain everything personally to him.

You're so kind to me.

I don't know how I'm ever going to pay you back.

Eric will be very surprised to hear your voice.

I can hear him already.

Hello, Ida?

No? I don't think he will say Ida.

He will very probably use your pet name.

How did you know that one?

Oh, he told me once.

Oh, no, he didn't.

Yes, he did.

He did?

Do you know how it all started?

No.

When I was riding on my bicycle.

And suddenly I see this young, handsome officer riding towards me. And,

well,

I don't know how it happened, but my tie hit the curb.

And I went over.

And my skirts flew up.

And ever since then, I was called Miss Pink Panther.

Yes,

they called. They're still looking for violations involving XCA1FG. Nothing

They're continuing to monitor.

Around the clock.

Well, maybe that's still our best bet.

The FCC, why?

Sylvia Prince is the one constant factor in this whole case, from Mexico City to

Vienna to New York.

She's the contact.

She transmits the questions and promises to get the answers all within a few

hours. But she's not apt to risk using the transatlantic telephone.

Origins are noted, destinations.

So what else is there?

Radio. XEA -1FG, Mexico City.

How was the weather down there?

Very fine.

Are you ready to play some chess?

Yes. Hold on.

Now he's getting his ball, and we'll make a move or two. We've been battling

back and forth like this for months.

Sounds fascinating.

You playing?

Me? No.

X -E -A -1 -F -G calling K -C -2 -Z -Q -F.

Are you there?

Ready and waiting, hombre.

All right, go ahead.

Um...

Bishop to Queen's Knight Five.

Thank you.

Cream and sugar?

Just sugar.

That comes with it.

On to Rook Three.

Queen takes pawn.

Are you certain of that?

Three words?

Yes. I am not sure of the color of this piece for some reason.

I have the black...

Queen's bishop takes rook.

Takes?

Rook. Rook. Oh, I see.

Pawn takes pawn.

Queens to queen's knight.

And check.

Very well played.

Thank you.

This is KC2ZQF signing off and clear.

Would you like some more coffee?

I've tried

to

call Vienna several times, but all the lines to Austria are tied up.

Don't panic.

It won't be very much longer.

I hope not.

I'm exhausted.

Would you like to sit down?

Ida, what is it?

Ida?

Ida, are you all right?

Come on, sit down.

I'm just fine.

What happened, Stan?

I don't know. A plane trip, maybe?

Jack?

Call the man in number seven. He's the doctor.

No, no. What happened? Go on. Get him, Jack.

Oh, doctor, could you come right over to the office?

Certainly.

I'll get my bag.

I -14, go ahead.

I have a message for Inspector Erskine.

This is Inspector Erskine.

Message follows.

FCC has monitored an exchange between XCA -1FG and KC -2ZQF.

KC -2ZQF is licensed to Jack Theodore Brown, 900 Garrison Street, Mount

New York.

End of message.

Signed, Ward.

Right. Alert local agents to stand by. 14 clear.

This is K6UXF signing off and clear.

Thank you.

This is KC2ZQF, now QRT.

You got room for three?

Well, I'd have to split you up. Two in one and one in the other.

Okay.

Are you in charge here?

Just while my dad's out.

My mom's checking up on one of the units. She'll be right back.

I think I may know your father, if it's the same Jack Brown.

No, his name's Stan.

It's funny, I'm Jack Brown.

You're Jack?

Yeah.

What do you think you got with that?

Oh, you name him.

Mexico? Oh, sure. Well, I don't happen to talk to anyone down there myself.

My dad does.

He plays chess with this guy down there.

Interesting game.

I don't know how to play.

He just says, leave the pieces alone.

Where's your father now?

Hospital.

Oh, he's okay. He just took this Mrs. Dre over. Some lady from Europe.

Hi, Mom.

This gentleman would like two rooms.

Are you Mrs. Brown?

Yes.

FBI.

FBI? Could I talk to you alone, please?

But, Jack.

Oh, come on. Go on, now. Go on.

Yes?

Where's your husband, Mrs. Brown?

At Mercy Hospital.

Do you mind if we use your phone?

Tom, would you call Mercy Hospital and see if Mrs. Dre has been admitted there?

Listen, I don't understand.

What happened to Mrs. Dre?

Well, she just fainted.

Did your husband drive her to the hospital alone?

No, he happened to have a doctor in one of the units. He went along.

Mercy Hospital, please.

This man?

Yes.

Has a Mrs.

Ida Dreher been admitted there?

Well, of course she has. I can't imagine what you think Stan's done, but I know

him. I see. Thank you.

Come in.

Miss Prince is here, sir.

Under them.

Did you think I was lost?

That would have been too much to hope for.

Most amusing name you have for madame.

We've expected something a little more orthodox.

Is that it?

Yes. Are you convinced she's alive?

I have a car outside. I will drive you to the airport.

General.

We have almost an hour.

For what?

Before the plane leaves.

You will be more comfortable aboard.

I beg your pardon.

When a man is about to be hanged, he would not be much more comfortable

at the scaffold.

Besides, there may still be a reprieve.

Indeed.

Well, then, by all means, let us wait here.

I wouldn't delay too long, General.

We don't want to hurt her any more than you want to lose her.

Believe it or not.

I don't care. There's some other explanation.

I'll clear it up when he gets back.

The chess game was a code, Mrs. Brown.

The arrangement of the board doesn't make any sense.

He's been receiving and sending coded messages.

I'm not going to listen to you.

The woman is in extreme danger if we don't find her within 45 minutes. She's

in any danger from Stan. You don't know him. I don't care how it looks.

Where could he have taken her, Mrs. Brown?

Do you have any idea?

Does he have any other friends over here from Europe?

No.

I know how hard this is for you to understand.

You don't know anything about it at all.

You don't know what it was like before he came.

He loves us.

He loves me.

I'm certain he does.

Then how could he be a spy?

What has one got to do with the other?

A man can love his country and his family, too.

This is his country.

Is it?

You know, you were right when you said you know him better than anyone else.

And I think in your heart you know which side he's really fighting on.

Don't you?

Is he alone? Yeah.

He hasn't moved.

Mr. Erskine?

He's got a gun.

He's had one ever since the cabin was robbed.

Cabin?

Is there mud on the car?

Yes.

And that's where he's been. That's where he took her.

Where is his cabin, Mrs. Brown?

In the hills in Connecticut.

There's a private dirt road a mile and a half north of Watsonville. Ours is the

last house.

He built it himself.

The car gets covered with mud every time we go up.

Tom.

Arrange for a helicopter to take us to Watsonville. We'll make the final

approach on foot.

the office.

What's happening?

Ground unit one to helicopter.

Helicopter, go ahead.

Proceed to the cabin, hover, then move on.

Be prepared to repeat the maneuver. We're going to try to draw him out away

the hostage.

Call Greenwood. Tell him it's a social. Stay clear of their hands.

Everything is arranged.

Everything is taken care of.

We can live here now.

It's wonderful.

And what do you think of that, Miss Pinkbats?

Reservations are confirmed on our Washington flight.

Sure to either.

Yeah, crypto analysis was able to break the chess game code, sent the key on to

Mexico City.

Apparently, the liberated news service had been playing games with hands in

a dozen Latin American countries.

They also used the international telephone lines.

As a matter of fact, that's how they transmitted the question about Mrs.

Salzman's nickname to Brown without the shortwave monitor picking it up.

Mexican authorities are ready to move in on it for espionage.

By the way, what was the nickname?

Pink pants.

Miss what?

Walter Ronald did not recover from his wounds.

Stanley Brown is in a federal penitentiary where he will serve a

years.

Having failed in her mission, Sylvia Prince was recalled to her own country.

has not been heard from since.

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