IMF is tasked with defamation of Janos Karq, a dangerous politician from the Eastern Block who intends to start a war with the West. Joseph Baresh will be placed in the military prison Lubjanka, where his testimonies shall implicate Karq.
The IMF's target is Janos Karq, a top official of an Eastern bloc country. Briggs and the IM force, (along with the help of Joseph Baresh, an alcoholic performer who's got a photographic memory) plan to have information given from a seemingly credible source that Karq's a traitor.—Bill Koenig