- [first lines]
- Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good morning, Mr. Briggs. The man you are looking at is Alex Lowell, a promoter of several large investment trusts. A few weeks ago, Lowell's trusts gained control of a majority of the shares in Sud-Aero, a foreign company which manufactures some of NATO's secret defense hardware. Lowell immediately transferred the stock into his own name, and with it, left for South America, out of our reach. We believe he intends to put Sud-Aero's secret patents up for sale to the highest bidder. Jan Vornitz, an agent for an unfriendly country, is the most interested and most likely customer. Your mission, Dan, should you decide to accept it, is to stop Lowell before he has a chance to sell the patents, and make sure he does not remain in control of the company. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This record will self-destruct five seconds after the speaker has been replaced. Good luck, Dan.
- [last lines]
- Cinnamon Carter: The stockholders of Lowell's investment funds will be glad to get these back.
- Byron Miller: You don't think they'll mind that the game was fixed?
- Willy Armitage: That's right. What if Lowell comes back to the United States and presses charges?
- Barney Collier: He could, you know. After serving 99 years or so for embezzlement.
- Rollin Hand: We'll worry about it then, okay?