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Captain, I am putting you on a new prisoner.

No, no, I'm already working. It doesn't change anything.

Poila! Captain,

for the next five days, he will be your only assignment.

He must be very important.

Beijing went to extraordinary lengths to procure him.

He will know whether the Americans will intervene if we take back Matsu and

Kimoi. And that's all? I need to extract him. Yes.

He will resist and try to trick us.

His answer will be yes when he means no and no when he means yes.

Your future depends on you getting the troubles again.

Yes, sir.

Welcome to Hong Kong, Secretary Bear.

I'm sure you remember Lieutenant Austin from our mission in Cuba. Oh, yes, I do.

I remember the entire three -ring JAG circus, including Lieutenant Commander

Rabb. Where is he?

Missing.

Missing. Taiwan's demanding to know where we stand if the Chinese invade

and Kamui, and JAG's maritime law expert has gone AWOL. Not AWOL, sir.

Missing. Since when?

I left Commander Rabb Saturday night. He was supposed to sail with a friend.

Maria Elena Carmelita... Lorena Gutierrez, an Iberian Airlines

evidently finds attractive.

Her flight schedule changed and Harm sailed alone Sunday morning. No one's

from or seen him since then.

If this is another jag game to humiliate... This is no game, Mr.

The sailboat he rented was discovered this morning. Rather, what was left of

was found floating on the South China Sea.

Was his body recovered?

But I'm glad to see you're as concerned about Commander Rabb as we are.

Of course I'm concerned.

His opinion of our legal position on those islands is a major factor in

formulating my recommendation to the president.

That's the other reason I'm here. Like the commander, I too am an expert in

maritime law.

Good. Then you can leave the search for Commander Rabb to Lieutenant Austin

while you and I draw up a position paper for the president.

I assume you've set up an office? I've reserved an office with a steer line to

Taiwan and Washington on the third floor, sir.

Then let's get to it.

Wondering why you're here?

Wondering why I haven't seen someone from the American Embassy, which I've

demanding for the past 24 hours. Probably because you're being accused of

espionage. That's ridiculous.

I'm an American citizen who was pleasure sailing in international waters when

Chinese naval forces destroyed my boat and kidnapped me. And how do you define

international waters?

I don't define them. The law of the sea does, which most countries accept as

customary law.

You seem to know a lot about maritime law.

Every blue water sailor does.

Especially when they're a JAG officer.

Lieutenant Commander Rav.

You were observed the moment you arrived in Hong Kong.

Our intelligence people know why you came to Asia, Commander.

To spend my leave sailing.

You were on your way to provide legal advice to your State Department on

upcoming talks with the Taiwanese renegade government.

Your intelligence is mistaken.

At these talks...

Taiwan will learn if America will intervene when we reclaim Kamui and

Matsu.

Something you already know.

I do?

Yes, I do.

And that's all you want from me, is an answer to that question? That's all.

Then the answer is yes.

Prove it.

You might be interested to know, Randall, that... Some of my colleagues

been processing Americans through here since the Vietnam War.

Perhaps someone you knew came through here.

Maybe even your father.

Would you like to know more about your father?

Of course I'd like to know more about my father.

But how could I ever know if what you were telling me was the truth?

There is a way.

How? Will the United States interfere when we take back the island?

At this time, a one -word answer will knock the fight.

Harmon Rabb, Jr., Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.

989 -548 -301.

October 25th, 1963.

Too bad time will not allow us to play our game more slowly.

I would have found that much more pleasurable.

A fishing barge pulled up the wreckage in its net and contacted the harbor

patrol immediately.

Have you been able to determine what hit it? Probably an oil tanker. It happens

quite often.

Really, Inspector?

We're able to piece together enough of the hull to identify if Commander Rapp's

boat. At which point you called off the search.

Your coastline would have been the same. Not while there was any chance someone

was still alive out there. Survival would have been highly unlikely after a

collision like this. But possible.

The water's warm and Commander Rapp was an experienced trans -fax sailor. You

may change your mind after you see the wreckage.

It's been cataloged and photographed?

It will be, Commander.

I'll want everything released to our custody as soon as possible.

Every nail and splinter.

I will do what I can.

Whatever collided with this boat was painted gray.

Are our oil tankers painted gray, Inspector Chang?

Not that I'm aware of, Lieutenant.

Military fleets are gray.

Pavilion ships stay away from that color just for that reason.

Military ships have even more sophisticated radar and may not watch

commercial vessels.

It is highly unlikely they would be involved in such an accident.

Unless there was any accident.

Commander, how are you feeling?

Fine.

Commander, sounds so formal.

What do your friends call you?

Harm. Rad.

Pain in the butt.

Let's talk about why you were in Hong Kong.

Maria Elena Carmelita Moreno Gutierrez.

A lover?

Sometimes. When?

Whenever we can get together.

Do you get together often?

Not often enough.

So after you met with Maria... Elena Carmelita Moreno

Gutierrez. You were to go on to Taiwan.

Tell me about Matsu and Kimoy, huh?

Very difficult position.

Both China and Taiwan have valid claims to them.

How will the United States respond if China takes them back by force?

Right now, the Navy has six carrier groups at sea.

Two in this region.

The independents at Yokosuka, Japan, and the Nimitz in the western Pacific.

They use them to defend Matsu and Kimoi for Taiwan.

But they also have 27 attack subs at sea.

Representing 34 % of the fleet. You're not answering my question.

They're all Los Angeles -class submarines.

360 feet in length. Enough!

Come on.

We go. Go.

He was resisting the drug.

I disagree, Captain.

He was giving information. You stopped too soon.

Information I could get in five minutes on the Internet.

The Navy teaches them to give information like that in their POW

Increase the dosage.

I have to be careful. It could kill him. If you do not get the correct answer,

Captain, it could kill us.

U -A -M -E -R.

Are you American?

Yes.

How you doing, pilgrim?

There's some things a man just can't run away from.

They outnumber us four to one.

Do we talk or fight?

I'm not gonna hit you.

The hell I ain't.

I'm losing it.

That'll be the day.

Every time you turn around, expect to see me.

Because one time you'll turn, and I'll be there.

Ready to set him apart even.

Who are you?

Who are you?

In time, they may or may not give us an answer.

Then your investigation is over.

Officially. But I am making other inquiries.

Other?

That's all I can say at this time. Thank you, Inspector.

Mr. Secretary?

Good evening, Commander.

Inspector.

Well?

Well, what, Commander?

You heard him. The Chinese rammed Commander Rad's sailboat. No, no, that's

quite right.

A ship with Chinese paint evidently rammed his sailboat.

I don't think the Vietnamese or the Cambodians would have any warships in

waters off Hong Kong, sir.

All right.

Probably not.

I'll see what I can do to expedite Chinese answers to the inspector's

on this unfortunate accident.

This may not have been an accident, Mr. Secretary.

If the Chinese knew Commander Rabb was on that boat, they could have abducted

him and made the sinking look like an accident.

To what end?

To interrogate him, hoping to learn our position on Matsu and Kamui.

You people are trained to resist interrogation. Resist, yes, but no one

out for long against the drugs that are available today.

So what do we do?

You inform China that we know they have him.

But we don't know.

This is just a theory based on a few chips of paint.

It's all we have. We must act on it. Commander, my job is to avoid

incidents, not to create them.

Then you won't help us?

Not without more evidence.

No.

Why not?

Mind games?

Like this one?

No.

But keep thinking like that.

Don't trust anyone, including me.

Where are you?

Obviously somewhere below you.

Are you a prisoner?

No, I'm here on vacation.

I wanted something dank and dark for a change.

Of course, I'm a prisoner.

The U .S. Navy, just like you.

How'd you know I was Navy?

I heard the guards talking.

You speak Chinese.

Well, you've been here as long as I have. You'll pick it up, too.

You don't believe me?

No. Well, I don't blame you.

My first thought was that you were another mind game parent while I was

on me.

And I realize I've been here too long for him to bother anymore.

How long?

I don't know.

I lost track of time long ago.

Yeah, don't tell me what year it is. I don't want to know.

Either way, it'll be too depressing.

I can tell you I was captured in 69.

Vietnam?

No, Kansas City.

Oh, wait.

I hear footsteps.

Someone's coming for you.

Taiwan's held Matsu and Kamui for 47 years, which gives them a firm

claim and makes a U .S. action in their defense highly justifiable.

The gray area would be Chinese actions in Kamui's coastal waters.

Why? Well, the islands are close to the mainland.

While within the 12 -mile sea limit, most nations claim that they're watered.

This can't be a unique occurrence.

No, it isn't. In any other case, when one country's sea limit ran into

land limit, they would simply acknowledge a mean line in between.

But China isn't any other case.

All right.

Make up a list of examples and precedents where the land limit has

domain. Assistant Secretary Behr, you've got your wife on the line. Oh.

Hello? Hi, honey. I can't talk now.

I'm in a meeting.

You too.

I'll call you tonight.

Are you taking me out of the point of departure, Commander Krennic?

They're doing it to me again.

Please, let's walk.

For the last year, we've been working under the assumption the mainland has

police stations under surveillance.

And no one wants to accept a new Boston. Correct.

The mainland has promised to give Hong Kong autonomy for 50 years, but no one

believes that.

You were correct.

It was not an accident.

Commando Rapp is being held in a local Chinese garrison.

How accurate is your source?

Impossible to know. They say Commander Raab will soon be shipped to Beijing.

But there is a possibility he can be returned to us before then.

For a price?

Of course.

Who is this source?

Since China began to tolerate capitalism in its free economic zone, a network of

people have emerged who buy and sell anything.

Black marketeers? Free marketeers.

Men and women.

We're dealing information, not $100 blue jeans.

May I assume, with Secretary Baer's help, you can raise whatever is needed?

The Navy takes care of it, though.

They will contact you directly within the next few hours.

Please understand, I will now have to close the case.

Because the free marketeers are involved?

The Hong Kong government tactically acknowledges they provide a service.

No one expects mainland to have such lenient impulse.

Can you speak?

Tell me, Commander.

This is not an interrogation. We just want to know if your memory was

Harmon Rapp, Jr.

You were administered drugs incorrectly and overdosed. You've been in a coma 27

days. The doctor responsible is in a cell near yours.

You were shaved daily, even given a haircut.

Some bed sores were unavoidable.

Does my mother know I'm okay? Your mother thinks you're dead.

Commander, it was assumed you were lost at sea.

You're lying.

To what point?

To break me down.

It's no longer necessary.

We successfully reclaimed Matsu and Kim Wai from Taiwan.

Your government protested, but did not respond with force.

You're both so obvious.

I can assure you, Commander, it is the truth.

Then I can be released.

Unfortunately, your release at this time would prove most embarrassing.

Are you going to keep me?

Would you prefer to be shot?

Take solace in knowing, Commander.

You're not the first.

nor will you be the last.

Where you been?

I missed you.

How long have I been gone?

There's no way to keep track of time down here.

A couple of days, a couple of weeks, a month.

God, it's true.

What?

I've been in a coma for a month.

No, that's another mind game.

Like you?

You got bed sores?

Yeah. Well, look at them. They're fake.

And you're not weak because you weren't in a coma.

They drugged you.

How do you know?

Colonel Hahn did it to me.

Only I didn't have anyone to tell me it was a trick.

I can't think.

It's the drugs.

How do I know you're not part of the mind game?

If I were, why would I be telling you this?

I don't know.

I don't know.

My finger's cut.

What?

My finger.

The cut is still fresh.

Can't be more than a couple of days old.

I couldn't have been in a coma for a month.

Whatever you do, don't let them know you're on to them.

Start doing some push -ups. You've got to get those drugs out of your system.

Good idea.

All right.

Don't you think it's time we got to know each other?

Harm.

Harm and Rob.

I'm a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.

What's so funny? You tell him, Colonel Hunt.

I've been here too long to play a game like this anymore.

Why are you saying that?

Because I'm Lieutenant Commander Harmon Rapp.

Do it, Snape.

Hello? I thought we were meeting your free marketeer contact, Inspector.

You are.

Most of the police force will be replaced by the mainland next year.

Our pensions probably dissolve.

I've begun my transition to my next career.

Please. You don't see any conflict of interest?

Next year, everyone will be on the other side of the street. Until then, I keep

my moonlighting absolutely separate.

Do you know where Commander Rav is being held?

No. Please understand, I do not represent his captive.

I'm a middleman trying to bring the two parties together.

Who's the other party?

Someone serving in the local garrison where your man is being held.

If they are to be believed, they are in a position to break your commander out

of captivity.

Are they to be believed?

I cannot guarantee that.

But my instinct is yes. If this were a scam, they would have wanted money.

What do they want instead?

Asylum in the U .S., no questions asked.

Apparently, local garrison duty is less than desirable.

We get Commander Rav, they get asylum.

What do you get?

A phone number I can ring up day or night that will get me instant sanctuary

your embassy.

Shall I ever desire it?

Do you find these terms acceptable?

Only if we get Commander Rav back alive.

Agreed.

For obvious reasons, we can never speak of this again.

Try to bow.

It's excellent.

Wait.

Look.

He said yes.

But I'm not told what the truth is. He said yes. We have it on tape. That is

I need, Captain. And if he was lying?

If the Americans will not interfere, and because he says they will, we decide to

take more drastic steps.

Such as?

If the Americans will go to war for the island, Beijing may as well invade

Taiwan.

How much time do you need, Captain?

I need months, but since I only have days, I'll have to take some big risks.

Do what you have to do, Captain.

When did you vote down?

Christmas Eve, 1969.

What carrier was your squadron attached to?

Ticonderoga.

Who was your wingman?

Tom Boone.

What's your birthday?

October 25th, 1963.

Where was I stationed when you were born?

Bidertown, USA.

Miramar.

So far.

You haven't told me anything that couldn't have been uncovered by Chinese

intelligence. Then ask me something they couldn't know.

Where did my father take me the day before he sailed from Vietnam?

Belmont Park, San Diego.

On Mission Boulevard.

I wanted to show you the roller coaster before they tore down the park.

And we carved our initials in one of the cars.

This is impossible.

You remember exactly what initials we carved?

HR.

But a little too squared.

I never understood what it meant four years later.

Right. I must be losing my mind.

Or I am.

No, you're not.

I hear them coming for you.

You can't. You can't. Now listen to me. Listen to me.

You're going to suck it up.

If I could do it all these years, you can too, son.

It's 3 .30.

This is not very promising.

I don't want to turn back yet, Commander.

This is a waste of time.

We should be at the consulate helping Bear prepare his position paper on Matsu

and Kamui.

How can you say that?

I'm being realistic and not forgetting we're here to do a job.

I don't see what's to be gained by any other approach.

He wasn't your partner.

He served under me, Lieutenant.

With all due respect, it's not the same thing.

Excuse me, Lieutenant. Are we having a competition over who cares more about

harm?

I'm just as upset as you are.

I'm just not as good at showing it as you are.

I never was.

I've grown to care very much about harm.

I understand.

I'm not sure you do, Meg.

I know how that sounded.

Now, you're wondering if Harm and I were

sleeping together.

No, Miss.

Yes.

Unfortunately, no.

Were you?

We never slept together.

But you thought about it?

Yes.

Too bad.

Why? For admitting to the same desires as you?

No.

For telling me.

You wouldn't say that if you thought he was still alive.

Did that woman just leave her baby?

It's her.

What now?

Commander Rapp's been found and we need your help.

Is he alive?

Being held in Nantau in a Cijing Army Province garrison not far from the new

territory. I know where Nantau is.

Where did you get this information?

We have someone willing to break him out tomorrow if you'll guarantee them

asylum. Oh, well, wait a minute.

Asylum by tomorrow is impossible.

Why impossible?

This isn't like issuing a driver's license, Commander.

For one thing, a background investigation has to be done. That takes

Why does everyone outside of Washington think it's so simple?

Mr. Secretary, you will guarantee this person asylum by tomorrow, or... Or

Commander? Or your wife will find out you've been having an affair in Hong

That's a lie!

With me.

She'll never believe you.

Dear Mrs. Bear, I've been getting up the courage to write this letter for a long

time. I love your husband, and he loves me.

It all began in Cuba.

When you put a call in to her, would you like me to get that?

No. No.

No.

Make a decision, Mr. Secretary.

Please, sit and eat.

Is this how I am to live from now on?

If you prove useful.

I thought my cooperation was no longer needed.

I'm sure there will be other opportunities for Beijing to use your

knowledge. I'm not a traitor.

Maybe not today, but in time, who knows?

The rewards may prove too tempting.

Blunt and to the point.

I arranged for a guard to short the electricity to these cells so the

cannot monitor us.

We only have a minute.

What is this, the game within the game?

You were never in a coma. You were drugged.

They still need to know the American position on Matsu and Kimoi. Now do you

believe this is not a game? I already figured the coma was a lie and you knew

it. Commander, I can get the three of us out of here.

The three of us?

You, me, and your father.

Did you think it was just a coincidence you were brought here?

No.

That doesn't make sense.

Nothing will.

You still have too many drugs in your system.

Tonight, I was supposed to give you more.

Tomorrow, we'll cross the border into Hong Kong.

Why are you doing this?

If you were me, would you rather spend the rest of your life here or in

What could she gain if her offer's a trick?

That sounds like you don't believe her.

I want to.

It's getting hard to separate reality from fantasy.

Remember what I used to tell you when you were little?

Always address the adult as sir or ma 'am and never play with matches?

And that our instincts are always right.

We just learn to ignore them.

And that deep down, if you know something's not right... It isn't. But I

know what my instincts are telling me.

It may be a chance for us to get out of here.

Now I'm not sure, but right now it's the only chance we've got. Maybe you're the

one who can't believe this is real after all this time.

It's possible.

The fantasy is completely logical within its own rules.

He has created his father in his mind.

Just like you said he would.

And now we shall use it to learn the truth.

Dad!

He's on his way to the border.

Why isn't he coming with us?

Moving you together would be too dangerous.

Would you lower the gun, please?

He told me not to trust you. He said it wouldn't happen.

It won't happen if we don't leave now.

How are we getting out of here?

Through the front gate. I have papers authorizing your transfer to Beijing.

Let me see them.

Do you read Chinese?

Judo. Shoot him.

Shoot him now.

You fool.

He'd have given me a lock. So would my gunshot.

I didn't think of using a pillow.

Next time I tell you to do something.

Do it.

Now move.

Why would China keep my dad a POW all

this time?

After all these years, it would be too embarrassing to release him.

Are there others?

Yes. How many?

Only Beijing knows.

If we make it to Hong Kong, the world will demand to know.

Which is why they won't hesitate to kill both of us.

This doesn't feel right.

Are you going to doubt me all the way to Hong Kong?

Wouldn't you in my shoes?

I suppose so.

Headlines. You think that's them?

We'll have to wait and see.

You know, I knew you were lying, Han.

You resisted well, but no one can hide the truth from me and my drugs.

Your navy will not interfere if we take Matsun Kimoi.

Did you tell the colonel?

He would have sent you on to Beijing and I wouldn't have anyone to trade for my

freedom.

Well, at least I tried.

Is my father in

that van?

You're free to see.

There yet stay put lieutenant, but it's harm still on the other side of the

border You

really didn't expect to find him that did you

Drop the pistol commander before they shoot you it's only loaded with blanks

anyway

There are times when I do tell the truth.

Where is he?

In your mind.

I talked to him.

It was the drug you talked to. He knew things only he could know.

He was in that cell. Never.

Once I planted the thought in your head, the drug did the rest.

He was lying, Colonel.

The Americans will not interfere if we take back the island.

Your weapon, Captain.

What?

What is going on, sir?

You made a deal with the Americans.

What are you talking about?

You were trying to escape to Hong Kong with the American commander.

I was following our plan.

What plan?

You are under arrest, Captain.

Colonel, what are you doing? We no longer need to continue the trade. I

truth. Commander, now.

Come on.

Here we go.

Keep moving if you want to get home.

Oh,

thank you, Commander.

Who is she?

I never knew her name.

Captain Lacey.

She was my interrogator. The best we had.

Did you tell her? No.

She was certain she knew the truth.

She couldn't have, Colonel Hart.

I didn't know yet myself. I still hadn't formulated my recommendation when you

picked me up. I am not Han.

My name is Colonel Yang Chi. I replaced Colonel Han ten years ago.

Ten years ago? Yes.

Who told you about Colonel Han?