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00:00The End
01:05Todd.
01:06What's it mean to you?
01:07Sorry, John. Don't understand.
01:09Come on. Word association.
01:10Oh, that.
01:11Say the first thing that comes into your head.
01:12Yes, all right.
01:14Oh, come on then. Todd.
01:16Todd.
01:17Todd.
01:19Well, death, I suppose.
01:21Death?
01:22Todd's German for death, isn't it?
01:23It's a man's name, for God's sake. Commander Todd.
01:25Oh, him.
01:26You know him?
01:27Not personally, oh, son. Way outside my league.
01:29How come?
01:30Big shot PR, Commander Irwin Todd.
01:32Irwin Todd.
01:33That's right.
01:34Runs a company called Communications Incorporated.
01:37Some very plush accounts.
01:38Government stuff?
01:39So I believe.
01:40Ours?
01:41No.
01:43Whose, then?
01:44Can't remember offhand. Look it up, if you like.
01:46I'd be grateful, Bill.
01:47But why this sudden interest?
01:48I thought you despised public relations and allied practitioners.
01:52I'm interested in Todd.
01:54Are you, indeed?
01:55Ah, yes.
01:57Should have realized.
01:59What?
02:00Communications Incorporated are tied up with the Consortium, aren't they?
02:03Are they?
02:04Yes, we had a release through last week.
02:06Todd's acting for the new to bank and government.
02:08And for the Consortium?
02:09I think so, yes.
02:11Well, well.
02:12So you're still bashing away at that one.
02:14Any reason why I shouldn't be?
02:16Plenty, I should have thought.
02:17Namely?
02:19Well, self-preservation for a start.
02:21A man like Todd could eat you for breakfast.
02:24Why are you all keeping quiet about Tobanga?
02:27Didn't think we were.
02:28Well, you could have fooled me.
02:30Nobody's interested. Simple as that.
02:32And besides.
02:33Besides what?
02:36I have a wife to support.
02:37Plus three children, two cars, a mortgage and a monthly account at the civil service stores.
02:42I can't afford to enrage my employers.
02:44And you would if you mentioned Tobanga.
02:46I'm not a crusader, John.
02:47Just a simple working journalist.
02:49Turning your back on a damn good story.
02:52Tobanga's dropped out of the news.
02:53That's all there is to it.
02:54Oh, really?
02:54What about that demonstration last week?
02:57John Darmond chucking paint at a junior minister isn't exactly news, old boy.
03:00Not in your opinion.
03:01Not in anyone's opinion.
03:03If I were you, I'd forget all about it.
03:06Oh, you're not me.
03:06It's bloody important.
03:07So there are a lot of things.
03:08My job, for one.
03:11All right.
03:11What about McKinley?
03:13Jack McKinley?
03:13Is he working for Todd?
03:14Is he what?
03:15Well, Todd's mixed up with a man called McKinley.
03:18The only McKinley I know anything about is Jack McKinley.
03:21Grubby little racketeer with a record of the make of toes curl up.
03:25Todd wouldn't touch him with a barge, but...
03:27Are you sure?
03:28Well, absolutely sure.
03:29Not saying Todd's got a hail over him.
03:31He's not bent.
03:32I wonder.
03:34And if he is, I don't want to know.
03:39Leave him alone, John.
03:40He's too big for you.
03:42I don't know.
04:11You'll get me evicted.
04:14Why?
04:15They don't like blacks in this.
04:21What happened?
04:22When?
04:25Did your wife catch her train all right?
04:27Nothing's ever all right as far as I'm concerned.
04:29You should know that by now.
04:30No, she missed it.
04:31She's spending the night in a hotel.
04:36I wonder where he is.
04:38Who?
04:39The man who's following me.
04:41Were you followed?
04:43Possibly.
04:44Probably.
04:45Why not?
04:47Somewhere out there in the rain, in the dark.
04:50Waiting for me to make a move.
04:55Well, let them wait.
05:01Do you want me to stay?
05:06Yes.
05:08I don't want to be left alone.
05:10Not tonight, anyway.
05:11I don't want to be left alone.
05:14I understand.
05:37yes
05:37who is that
05:39it's me john
05:41is everything all right
05:43yes fine
05:43how about you
05:44yes
05:46I'll come over shall I
05:47drive you to the station
05:49oh don't bother
05:50I can get a taxi
05:51there's no bother
05:54look john
05:55I've changed my mind
05:57what
05:58how do you mean
05:59I want to go back
05:59to the house
06:00what for
06:01there are some things
06:02I want to pack up
06:04can't it wait
06:06no
06:08all right
06:09I'll come over shall I
06:10in about an hour
06:12fine
06:12I'll be ready
06:39it's like living with a bum
06:40your idea
06:42look nothing
06:43not even any bread
06:44no bread
06:45no coffee
06:45no tea
06:46no nothing
06:46what was my idea
06:47staying here last night
06:48you said stay
06:50you suggested it
06:52bastard
06:53there should be some milk
06:54in the cupboard
06:58milk and cookies
07:00milk and cookies
07:00what a goddamn breakfast
07:01they're not cookies
07:02they're biscuits
07:03cookies
07:03biscuits
07:04cookies
07:07I found a paper
07:08where
07:09downstairs on the floor
07:12it doesn't belong
07:13it doesn't belong to you
07:13john
07:13you have to give it back
07:15it's just too awful
07:16what is
07:18you
07:18this room
07:24you want to try
07:25living like a human being
07:26for a change
07:27it's fun you know
07:28really
07:29it's better than this
07:30anyway
07:31anything's better than this
07:33you're so right
07:35stop yawning for christ's sake
07:37I'm tired
07:38I didn't sleep
07:39you slept okay
07:41you were asleep
07:42when I woke up
07:43I kept dreaming
07:47I dumped I was standing
07:48in a very large building
07:49an arena
07:50with rows and rows
07:51of empty seats
07:54there was someone else there
07:55but I couldn't see who
07:57I called out
07:58no reply
07:59just echoes
08:01I started running
08:04I could see shadow
08:05nothing more
08:05running round and round
08:06this empty arena
08:09then I reached a window
08:10and looked out
08:10into the street
08:12a crowd was gathering
08:15someone had fallen
08:16spread eagle
08:17like a puppet
08:20it was Mark
08:21Mark Turson
08:24his eyes were open
08:25staring up
08:27at me
08:31I woke up
08:32got a drink of water
08:32went back to bed
08:33you didn't even stare
08:35I kept seeing that one image
08:38Mark lying there
08:39on the pavement
08:40looking up
08:44must have been that
08:45steak you had last night
08:49remorse
08:50what?
08:52brain cells to act
08:53that's why I can't sleep
08:54too much going on in here
08:56you said
08:58remorse
09:00yeah I meant guilt
09:03age is measured
09:04by the gradual
09:05increase of guilt
09:07by the gradual
09:08increase in the
09:10awareness
09:11of guilt
09:14those who are young
09:15and innocent
09:16always sleep soundly
09:17you're talking nonsense
09:20that's right
09:22lonely man
09:23found raving
09:23in rented room
09:24I can see it all
09:26I think you're trying
09:27to crawl away from it
09:28from what?
09:32you started something now
09:33and you don't know
09:34how to finish it
09:35you got so far
09:36and now you want
09:37to go back
09:41not true
09:42it is true
09:43John be honest
09:44no
09:45it's different for you
09:46anyway
09:47you're not involved
09:47what do you mean
09:49not involved?
09:50all you want is a story
09:51and you?
09:53then he's personal
09:55I see John
09:58I'm sorry
10:03okay
10:04I'll tell you what we'll do
10:06what?
10:06we'll go through
10:08the whole thing together
10:09go through what?
10:11everything we know
10:11oh not naturally
10:12yes no
10:13this minute
10:15come on
10:16get to work
10:17I've been through it all
10:19over and over again
10:20once more
10:21won't do any harm
10:24okay?
10:26okay
10:27right
10:30there's a revolution
10:32in Tabanga
10:32you get involved in it
10:34you escape
10:36you come back here
10:37and you start thinking
10:38you get an idea
10:40that it's a put-up job
10:43so
10:44who's behind it?
10:47United Tabanga Consortium
10:49and why?
10:51they're after the mineral resources
10:52they want to buy up the country
10:54to line their own pockets
10:55you think some more
10:57is it just for money
10:58or could it be
10:59politics
11:00the new government's
11:02on the extreme right
11:03is the consortium
11:04using industrial development
11:05as a cover for
11:06political intrigue
11:08and John Diamond says
11:09yes
11:10yes perhaps
11:13if so
11:14is the British government
11:17involved
11:17if so
11:19on what level?
11:31Winters could be involved
11:35Henry Drew Winters
11:36Commonwealth Office PPS
11:38he's got the necessary power
11:39plus knowledge of Tabanga
11:41plus friends in the consortium
11:43and you go and throw the paint on him
11:45boy you're dumb
11:45I had my reasons
11:46have you talked to him?
11:47not yet
11:49and how about all those
11:51guys on the consortium board?
11:52no they're just front men
11:53are you sure?
11:54almost certain
11:54the usual mixture
11:56of retired ministers
11:56and city men
11:58commercial know-how
11:59in abundance
12:00they wouldn't
12:01tangle in politics
12:02maybe they would
12:03no not them
12:04too smooth
12:05too careful
12:06and that smarty broker
12:08what about him?
12:09Brenda Jones?
12:10no he's nothing
12:10small fry
12:12besides he wouldn't talk
12:15how do you know?
12:15too much at stake
12:17old thingy
12:19wouldn't say a word
12:20so
12:22who is there?
12:24two names
12:25Todd and McKinley
12:27three
12:28Todd
12:29McKinley
12:30and Winters
12:32yes
12:35now the trouble is
12:36it's all too vague
12:37just muddled thoughts
12:38half-formed ideas
12:39no proof
12:40it'll come
12:41will it?
12:41it must
12:42ha ha me
12:43the buoyancy of youth
12:45you know it must
12:46I know nothing anymore
12:51what's the joke?
12:52no joke
12:54you were smiling
12:55oh I'm sorry
12:56it won't happen again
12:58why?
12:59why what?
13:00why were you smiling?
13:01oh no particular reason
13:02I was just thinking
13:03that's all
13:03about what?
13:04you your presence here
13:05me?
13:06it doesn't often happen
13:07you know
13:07girls of your age
13:09leaping into my bed
13:09girls of any age
13:10come to that
13:11John please
13:12and all for the sake of truth
13:13the story
13:14capital T
13:15capital S
13:16that's very remarkable
13:17no doubt they gave you hints
13:18at the writing school
13:19how to take shorthand
13:20while being laid
13:21John will you please
13:22stop it
13:23I never went to such lengths
13:24myself
13:24not that anybody expected it
13:25of course
13:26junior reporter
13:27sleeps with Vicar's wife
13:28to ensure good coverage
13:29of flower show
13:31no I never went to such lengths
13:34okay
13:36what is it?
13:37what's what?
13:38why are you behaving like this?
13:39does it disturb you?
13:40yes
13:41it does
13:43yes
13:44it disturbs me too
13:45what?
13:47you've given me
13:47a few moments
13:48of carnal delight
13:50and I've given you
13:51nothing in return
13:53I didn't do it for that
13:55oh well
13:55you flatter me
13:56Miss Marshall
13:57not just
13:58for that
13:59good
13:59that's better
13:59I like you
14:01when you're being honest
14:03and I'm being honest
14:04with you Jam
14:06I can't go on
14:08much longer
14:11that's nonsense
14:12is it?
14:14you know
14:16sometimes I think
14:17you actually enjoy
14:18being gloomy
14:19yes my wife
14:20is of the same opinion
14:22well then
14:24I woke up sweating
14:25this morning
14:26like a fever
14:27pressure behind the eyes
14:29as if my brain
14:30was expanding
14:31hitting the skull
14:33it frightened me
14:40when are you meeting Joyce?
14:4340 minutes
14:45okay
14:46lie down
14:47and have a rest
14:47I'll make some coffee
14:49no coffee remember?
14:50I'll go get some
14:51there's a shop
14:52just around the corner
14:53I know
14:53not the delicatessen
14:55they're crooks in there
14:55do you want anything else?
14:58just the coffee
15:01I'd better get
15:02I'd better get
15:02some butter
15:03while I'm there
15:04and some coffee
15:06how about marmalade?
15:07you like marmalade?
15:08not much
15:09god you're difficult
15:11I thought all Englishmen
15:12like marmalade
15:15I should have known
15:17of course
15:18you make a career
15:19out of being perverse
15:20don't you?
15:22Mr. Henry Winters
15:23PPS at the Commonwealth
15:24office
15:26was killed last night
15:27when his car ran off
15:28the A6 near Luton
15:29and hit a tree
15:31Mr. Winters was 54
15:32and was in the news
15:33recently doing the
15:33demonstrations against
15:34the new government
15:35in Tabanga
15:41so much for Winters
15:43do you think he was
15:44killed?
15:44I mean
15:44I know what you mean
15:46well
15:48I'd better find out
15:49how?
15:50I've got his address
15:51somewhere
15:56yes here it is
15:57now look
15:58you go and meet Joyce
15:59take her down to the house
16:00and don't let her out
16:00of your sight
16:02but Jack
16:03I'll get down there
16:03as quick as I can
16:04she's at the Royal Park Hotel
16:05checked in as Mrs. Joyce Tarrant
16:07but what do I tell her?
16:09tell her I've been called away
16:10tell her it's important
16:11but what about me?
16:12I'll see you down at the house
16:13but John
16:16outside Winters flat
16:17Montpellier gate
16:28inside what?
16:30sorrowing wife and children?
16:33even so
16:34questions have to be asked
16:46well well
16:48Mr. Brenner Jones
16:51what a surprise
16:52old thingy
16:56you'd better come in
17:14yes yes precisely
17:15will you?
17:17tomorrow just before ten
17:19bless you Margie
17:20let's tell it this week
17:22yes I will
17:23yes yes of course
17:25thank you Margie
17:26bye
17:33well
17:34it's really quite amazing
17:35you're even beginning to look like a vulture
17:37I didn't expect to find you here
17:39likewise I'm sure thingy
17:42where's his family?
17:44in Harrogate thank god
17:45far away from you
17:47give me the phone number
17:48and I'll go away
17:49you have to be joking
17:51old love
17:51they're decent people
17:53if you'll pardon the cliche
17:55I have to know
17:56you leave them alone
17:58since when have you been their protector?
18:00oh but it's my chosen role
18:01didn't you know?
18:02knight
18:02in shining armour
18:03I'm not in the mood for jokes
18:04it's no joke
18:05there's the door
18:06please use it
18:07not until you tell me
18:08I'm telling you nothing dear boy
18:10a sweet sod all
18:11what was he up to?
18:13why was he killed?
18:13and what are you doing in this flat?
18:15he was killed
18:16because his car ran into a tree
18:18don't you read the papers?
18:20I think you're smart don't you?
18:21I know the wrinkles
18:22then why are you afraid?
18:24who's afraid?
18:26well look at you
18:27you're scared out of your mind
18:30you're a nasty little man Mr. Diamond
18:32I find you very unpleasant
18:33I'm not mad about you either
18:35well that's just as well isn't it?
18:36I always avoid one-sided relationships
18:38it wasn't an accident and you know it
18:41I'm here because I promised to help
18:42and there's a great deal to be done
18:44they got rid of him why?
18:45look I really haven't got time
18:46for all these tires and fairy tales
18:47what's the matter?
18:48think you're next?
18:50I suppose you regard it as a virtue
18:51don't you being so boorish?
18:54yes that must be it
18:55or perhaps you mistake it for tenacity
18:56you think you're next in the line?
18:58well it could be
19:00it could must be because you're so short
19:04short men are always aggressive
19:06always?
19:07in my experience
19:10all right
19:11I'll go
19:12I've got enough anyway
19:13enough of what?
19:15enough material
19:16enough to link Winters with what's going on in Tabanga
19:19enough to show that he was involved
19:22nice try thingy but I wasn't born yesterday
19:24I mean it
19:25oh no
19:26you think I'm having you on?
19:27I know bloody well you are
19:28try me
19:28not just at the moment thank you very much
19:32all right
19:34Harry wasn't involved in this business
19:36and that's the truth
19:37well if he wasn't you are
19:40me?
19:40right up to your bloodshot eyeballs
19:42and your sweaty brow
19:43you try and prove it
19:45what about those shares?
19:47straightforward commercial transaction
19:48oh don't give me that
19:50at the moment I'm clean
19:52and I'm staying that way
19:54I could make it look otherwise
19:55how?
19:57oh sentence here
19:57sentence there
19:58my grateful thanks to Simon Brenner Jones
20:00I could make it look as if you told me everything
20:03but you wouldn't do that thingy
20:05why not?
20:06because it's a lie
20:07a massive untruth
20:09so?
20:10I'd have you for libel
20:11when you're dead?
20:15as far as I'm concerned
20:16it's just another financial deal
20:17not quite as clean as some perhaps
20:19but all part of the days were
20:21and Winters?
20:22yes he thought so too
20:23at first
20:25now look
20:26when Harry heard about that political thing
20:28he wanted nothing more to do with it
20:29what political thing?
20:30I don't know
20:31oh don't start that again
20:32look I don't
20:33honestly I don't know
20:36why did you talk to Mark Tesson?
20:39well I
20:41I hope to warn you off
20:42to protect Winters?
20:44in a way
20:46then what?
20:50all hell was let loose
20:51I was blamed
20:52Harry was blamed
20:53they said it was our fault
20:54say who are they?
20:55I don't know
20:55you must
20:56look Harry never told me
20:59all right
20:59so what happened then?
21:03the day before yesterday
21:04there was a meeting
21:05in a place called
21:06Communications Incorporated
21:09Commander Todd
21:10you know him?
21:12I know of him
21:14well some American was there
21:16high powered top level
21:18everybody bowing and scraping
21:19business type?
21:21possibly
21:22CIA
21:23I don't know
21:24neither did Harry
21:26but
21:27it worried him
21:28he wanted to pull out
21:29well why not before?
21:32what?
21:32why didn't he pull out before?
21:34he couldn't
21:35couldn't?
21:36well there were things that
21:38he just couldn't
21:39that's all
21:42black man
21:42oh look he's dead
21:43for god's sake leave it
21:45they'd used him before
21:47had they?
21:47I said leave it
21:48all right
21:49I can always check
21:50it wasn't his fault
21:52hearts and flowers
21:53they forced him into it
21:54the man from the ministry
21:56making a bit on the side
21:57oh no
21:57you've got it all wrong
21:59what then?
22:05we'd been living together
22:07for the best part of 14 years
22:10that's why I'm here
22:12it's my flat too
22:18I see
22:20do you?
22:22I doubt it
22:30Harry didn't want his family
22:31to know about
22:33the
22:35domestic arrangements
22:37his father's very old
22:38and Harry loved him
22:40and that's why
22:40he went up to Harrogate?
22:42yes
22:44to tell them the truth
22:45it was the only way
22:49I'm sorry
22:55my god what a bonus
22:57old Brenner Jones
22:58a puff
22:58who would have thought it
23:00I can just see
23:01your tiny mind
23:02whirling round
23:03in positive ecstasy
23:04what a charge it'll give
23:06the readers
23:06John Diamond's
23:07faithful public
23:08they'll probably make you
23:09filth monger of the year
23:11I've said I'm sorry
23:15I told him not to come back
23:17the same night
23:17you stay up there
23:18and get some rest
23:19I said
23:20it's a long drive
23:21you know
23:21there and back in one day
23:23but
23:23he wouldn't listen
23:26he wanted to get home
23:28he always hated hotels
23:31and on the way back?
23:35yes
23:35I must have guessed
23:38why he went up there
23:39oh they knew
23:41they know everything
23:43and if you make a mistake
23:44that's that
23:45there's no second chance
23:51do one thing for me
23:53and then I'll go
23:55do what?
23:56bring this man Todd
23:57and make an appointment
23:58I have to see him today
23:59no no I can't do that
24:00you must
24:01he won't speak to me
24:02and I've got to see him
24:07if I do
24:09you'll leave me alone
24:11I promise
24:13and you'll keep my name
24:14out of it?
24:18yes
24:21all right
24:23I'll do what I can
24:49come on
24:49at heart please
24:50it's Simon Brenner-Jones
25:00and that little vase
25:02this one
25:03please
25:04I just hope
25:05you know what you're doing
25:06that's all
25:06oh yes I know
25:09I mean
25:09why not leave it
25:10for a couple of weeks
25:11nothing will change
25:12it might
25:13I made up my mind
25:15what about John?
25:16what about him?
25:16he doesn't live here anymore
25:17it's got nothing to do with him
25:19clock please
25:24shouldn't you tell him?
25:25I'll tell him
25:25when he comes
25:27if he comes
25:29seems so final
25:30that's right
25:31I'll put the ashtrays
25:32and the rest of the stuff
25:33in here
25:34then what?
25:35leave the key
25:36with the estate agent
25:37bring up the removal people
25:38and everything
25:38put it to store
25:40just like that
25:41just like that
25:41I never want to set foot
25:42inside this house again
25:51shouldn't you answer it?
25:52no
25:52it might be John
25:55oh for God's sake
25:57don't touch it
25:58let it ring
26:03that's why I can't stay here
26:04it's like damp decay
26:07why?
26:08fear
26:11the whole house
26:12is rotten
26:13with fear
26:37the whole house is rotten
26:46Mr. Diamond
26:48yes
26:49nice to meet you
26:50my name is Todd
26:52sorry about this rather
26:53bizarre rendezvous
26:54but we've taken over
26:55one of the upper floors
26:56I have to check it over
26:58this way
27:02we're having so much trouble
27:03with the architects
27:04a race apart
27:06I always think
27:07never do what you tell them
27:08it's most depressing
27:11after you
27:17we're on the 13th floor
27:19I hope you don't mind
27:20why should I?
27:22you're not superstitious
27:24only about white citrons
27:26every time I see one
27:27I know it means trouble
27:28well
27:30that is most unusual
27:40we're having the whole floor
27:42designed by experts
27:44very important you know
27:45creating the right environment
27:48a man's personality
27:50is reflected by his armchair
27:52who was it said that?
27:54not me
27:54no?
27:56never mind
27:56wasn't a very profound observation
28:05the reception
28:07will be over there
28:08Mr. Diamond
28:09the conference suite
28:11over there
28:14perspex and steel
28:15there's no need to impress me
28:17commander
28:20everyone can be impressed
28:22John
28:22why not you?
28:24I didn't come here
28:25to discuss wallpaper
28:26no of course not
28:27you came to discuss
28:28United Topanga Consortium
28:29well what can I do for you?
28:31I want the truth
28:32and you come to me
28:34a professional PR man
28:37well that's really
28:38the most encouraging
28:42here
29:00fantastic don't you think?
29:02all those tiny lives
29:06raindrops
29:07nothing more
29:11very high up
29:13when you scale the heights
29:15one false step
29:17can be fatal
29:17is that supposed to be funny?
29:20no it's supposed to be a threat
29:21Mr. Diamond
29:21I thought it was John
29:23you're one of life's losers
29:25you know that John?
29:26a frightened
29:27godless little man
29:30and you're a winner I suppose
29:35well no it's not really as simple as that
29:38you see
29:40there are all sorts of different shades
29:42different gradations
29:43winning losers
29:45losing winners
29:46and so on
29:47now you for example
29:49are a winning loser
29:51you appear to be winning
29:52because you have all the outward signs of success
29:54a good job
29:55a reputation
29:57a certain degree
29:58of fame
30:00ultimately though
30:01you are a loser
30:04because you will insist on fighting a battle
30:06that you cannot hope
30:07to win
30:09you will not accept that there are those
30:11more powerful than yourself
30:14not so?
30:17no comment
30:20now I on the other hand
30:22might appear to be a loser
30:25I'm employed
30:26not free
30:28I act under orders
30:30I do what I'm told
30:31but because I recognize these limitations
30:34because I accept
30:35the structure of power
30:37eventually
30:39I will come out on top
30:40therefore I am a losing winner
30:44you see?
30:53here John
30:54everything you need to know
30:56carefully explained
30:58simple
30:58straightforward
30:59press releases aren't always reliable
31:01this one is very reliable
31:03I compiled it myself
31:05I prefer the truth
31:06truth or lies
31:07this is official
31:09who runs the consortium?
31:11who sits on the board
31:12do you mean?
31:13you know what I mean?
31:14I'm not sure that I do
31:16Dubanga has been bought and sold
31:18sold by the thugs
31:19who call themselves the new government
31:20bought by your consortium
31:23so they can make a fortune
31:24while thousands of Africans
31:25starve to death
31:26emotive words
31:27John
31:28oh there's more to come
31:29oh tell me
31:29we do
31:31it's not just money
31:32it's politics
31:33you think so?
31:34you're scared black Africa's
31:35leaning too far to the left
31:36so you get rid of Mabala
31:38and shove in a right-wing regime
31:40to make everybody happy
31:52the trouble is John
31:54your ideas are hopelessly old-fashioned
31:58left wing
31:59right wing
31:59what does that mean these days?
32:01as the politics of yesterday
32:03hmm
32:05black
32:06and white
32:07that's what it's all about today John
32:10black Africa
32:12is growing strong
32:13taking control
32:16and unless things change radically
32:19some sort of
32:21black v white conflict
32:23seems
32:24well almost inevitable
32:27consequently
32:28a number of influential men
32:30from several different countries
32:32got together
32:33and they decided
32:35that something must be done
32:36to prevent the blacks
32:37from winning
32:38such a conflict
32:41and in order to further their aims
32:43they decided to buy a foothold
32:45on the African continent
32:47hmm
32:48and as you said
32:49they bought
32:50to Banga
32:52hmm
32:53superficially of course
32:55of course it looks as if they're in it for the money
32:57for the
32:57the exploitation of mineral resources
33:00well it's only a fringe benefit
33:03no the real aim
33:05is to limit the power
33:07of the black nations
33:09to keep them properly in their place
33:13you underestimated us John
33:16our aims are big
33:18our resources
33:19bigger
33:20and to hell with any sort of basic morality
33:23morality
33:25birthright
33:26self-determination
33:28common humanity
33:30concepts of morality change
33:33when one is fighting for survival
33:40it'll be a bloodbath
33:41yes
33:42maybe so
33:43but the point is
33:44we'll be on the winning side
33:46we are prepared
33:50you wanted to know the truth
33:52you insisted
33:53now perhaps you'll stop being a nuisance
33:55I haven't started yet
33:56believe you me
33:57don't think that you can print any of this
33:59because you can't
34:00it'll be stopped at source
34:01we've made sure of that
34:02and in the states too
34:04so you can tell that girlfriend of yours
34:06that the story is as useless to her
34:08as it is to you
34:09there are other ways
34:10indeed there are
34:11but don't forget what I told you
34:12about trying to fight a battle
34:14which you cannot hope to win
34:16you're the one who will get hurt John
34:17not me
34:18not us
34:19you're not afraid
34:21why should I be?
34:23what you're doing
34:23what it might lead to
34:25self-preservation
34:26justifies almost anything
34:27you seem to forget that the Warubi tribe
34:29was virtually massacred
34:31ravages of civil war
34:36all right
34:37what about me?
34:39you tried to kill me
34:40and you succeeded in killing Mark Turson
34:42such acts of desperation
34:44are outside my province
34:46they're not my concern
34:47you killed him Todd
34:48no not I
34:49I don't mean personally
34:50not even him personally
34:54ours is a complex organization John
34:56there are many different departments
34:58I do not work at such a grubby level
35:00but McKinley does
35:05send your notes to me
35:07and 5,000 in sterling will be yours
35:10the price has gone down
35:12the trend is downwards
35:17keep your money
35:23it's not that I'm proud of myself
35:24far from it
35:25I've messed up too many lives
35:26made too many mistakes
35:29but if I gave in to you
35:30I'd have nothing left
35:32not even the remnants of self-respect
35:35I can't sell you my soul
35:36Mr. Todd
35:41commander Todd
35:48can't blame me for trying can you
35:50dear oh dear
35:51Thomas R. Postree
35:53do forgive me for this
35:54hard a lot to be done
36:00I'm sorry you're not open to persuasion
36:03we could have worked well together
36:04I doubt it
36:05oh yes
36:06we've got quite a lot in common
36:09ruthlessness
36:10single-mindedness
36:12obsessional devotion to the cause
36:14whatever it may be
36:17Mr. Diamond is leaving now
36:19and goodbye John
36:20it's been an interesting afternoon
36:33my people
36:36I doubt it
36:49or I just want to
36:52I doubt it
36:52Mr. Diamond
36:53it seems to come
36:54Let's go.
37:44Don't do it, Todd.
37:46Don't do it.
37:48Todd!
37:50Don't be a fool.
37:51Get back in this cradle.
37:53Help me, please.
37:55I can't, Todd.
37:59You must, please.
38:01I can't.
38:02Please, you must, please.
38:05I'll help you.
38:06I'll do anything you say.
38:09Please.
38:10Oh, God.
38:12God help me.
38:49What's going on?
38:52i've been packing so i see she's not coming back john aren't you no
39:05that's a bit sudden isn't it i thought about it all last night what about the house
39:09i'll sell it and the furniture put it into store she's frightening john
39:16yes well i'm not surprised are you all right just tired
39:28where have you been out and about doing what seeing people talking what time's your train
39:366 40. i'll drive you to the station i've ordered a taxi well there's no need to do that we
39:42didn't
39:42know when you'll be here no sorry the phone rang three times and i didn't answer it well that was
39:51silly it might have been those men might have been me was it no
40:00looks funny doesn't it what this room all bare and forlorn
40:08what happened this afternoon
40:11i'd love a cup of tea joyce i've told you everything's packed
40:15did you go to winter's flat i did so what happened nothing much it was rather sad
40:23who was there you're all right yes i'm just tired and thirsty
40:28who was there a friend of his did he talk there wasn't much to say yes he talked have you
40:36got any
40:36milk look i'll make you some coffee how about that that's fine instant that doesn't matter
40:41do you want some no thank you
40:44what did he say then who this friend of winter's he was queer
40:51winter's he was being blackmailed great
40:56you think so yeah that gives us a lead
41:00no thanks what do you mean no thanks
41:05i'm packing it in
41:08you're what end of the line
41:11but you can't i can i must
41:15but for god's sake why no proof and if we had we couldn't publish
41:20who says not in this country i do not believe it
41:23well it's true
41:24you can't do this john why not it's too important
41:30maybe it is do you think you could write it
41:36well do you yes i know i could
41:43okay
41:50it's all yours
41:54mine the notes are in the case the envelope's full of tapes
41:57you really mean it don't you
41:59i do
42:01why
42:03oh i'm just tired that's all
42:07tired of everything
42:10tired of burrowing into people's lives and finding sadness disillusion
42:14loneliness
42:17tired of fighting
42:18you're right jam i just want to crawl away from it all
42:26i'll um have the lawyers send you a contract
42:30no contract
42:32what about money
42:33take it with my blessing
42:35and my grateful thanks
42:38for what
42:39for lending me your body i suppose
42:43i enjoyed it
42:47you'd better go now
42:48yeah um go
42:50before joyce gets married
42:51i'd prefer it that way
42:57i'll make it a
42:59a good story
43:01you'll do that
43:05well
43:07i guess that's all
43:12that's all
43:28where's judy
43:30gone
43:30you sent her away
43:32that's right
43:32here
43:34thank you
43:40i gave her the story
43:44notes
43:44tapes
43:45the lot
43:45everything
43:45what am i supposed to say to that
43:48i don't know
43:50general exclamations of surprise perhaps
43:52i'm not interested enough to be surprised
43:54no no i don't suppose you are
43:56what happened this afternoon
43:58when
43:58before you came here
44:00i went to see this man torden
44:02the one mark talked about remember
44:05we had a long chat
44:06and
44:09i watched him die
44:13i realized something joyce
44:16i'm not strong enough to fight anymore
44:20everything i believed in everything i loved
44:23i seem to have destroyed it all
44:26i must be a destructive influence
44:30you mark even myself
44:33is that why you gave her the story
44:35partly
44:37you'll be safe now
44:39i've surrendered
44:40they won't bother you again
44:41and judy
44:43oh she's all right no danger
44:45are you sure
44:46they won't let her publish
44:48not here not in the states nowhere
44:50did you tell her that
44:52no
44:58i am sorry you're going
45:00i can't imagine why
45:02this house
45:05i used to think about it
45:07you and terry
45:11it won't be the same on it
45:19so
45:21what now
45:24more coffin
45:26feet up
45:27warm slippers
45:28steak and kidney pie for supper
45:29that would be nice
45:30oh you bastard john
45:32you mean lying deceitful bastard
45:35what have i done now
45:36it's what you've always done
45:38selfish self-centered
45:39nobody else matters
45:41john diamond forever
45:42not her not me nobody
45:44for god's sake
45:45oh you too
45:45you deceive yourself
45:47all the time
45:48every minute of every day
45:49now look
45:50i know you john
45:51i know you better than you know yourself
45:52it's mark isn't it
45:54mark's behind all this
45:55you knew it was your fault
45:56and you couldn't face that
45:57you had to go on
45:58and now that man's dead
45:59todd
46:00what on earth are you talking about
46:02revenge
46:03simple straightforward
46:05old-fashioned revenge
46:06like a child
46:08like a baby
46:11not true
46:12true
46:14true
46:16you wouldn't know the truth
46:17if you fell over it
46:19all these years
46:21fearless john
46:22fighting for justice
46:23what's right
46:23what's true
46:24it's a sham
46:26a pose
46:27oh i dare say
46:29you always meant
46:29all those brave things
46:30you were always writing about
46:32but what about you
46:35do you really care
46:36what's right and what's wrong
46:38do you
46:38well of course i care
46:40no you don't
46:40you can't
46:42i mean that girl judy
46:44you didn't even tell her the truth
46:47you let her go off
46:48with her precious story
46:49you didn't even tell her
46:50it's all bloody useless
46:53you deceived her
46:54like you've deceived mark
46:55like you've deceived me
46:56because you don't feel anything
46:58you don't care
47:01now
47:02now it's all over
47:04and you feel
47:06avenged or something
47:07you think you can come back here
47:08tea and comfort
47:10and nice warm fire
47:11back to joyce
47:13who's always waiting
47:13back home
47:15well you can't
47:16you bloody well can't
47:18not now
47:19not ever again
47:21never
47:32yes well
47:37you may be right
47:38i dare say you are
47:39oh don't try to be nice
47:40i'm not i was just thinking
47:42i didn't expect all that
47:44no
47:45no
47:48in my bag
47:50thank you
47:58you want one
48:04it's true
48:05i think
48:07what you said about mark
48:08me wanting revenge
48:10yes that's very true
48:13i haven't realized
48:15recognized my own emotions
48:16oh i do have them
48:18from time to time
48:20believe it or not
48:20emotions
48:21not often enough perhaps
48:23no
48:27i've let you down very badly
48:28i'm sorry
48:29you deserve better
48:30i only wish i could just
48:32what
48:34understand you a little
48:36oh i'm not difficult to understand
48:38a frightened godless little man
48:41that's what todd called me this afternoon
48:44he's probably right
48:46trouble is i ask too many questions
48:49i accept things as they are
48:50and you'll be all right
48:51start asking questions
48:52and you begin to realize
48:53the enormity of the chaos
48:54that surrounds us all
48:56that way lies madness
48:59i must stop asking questions
49:01not you
49:02no
49:03no
49:04no
49:07john
49:09about the divorce
49:12it won't be adultery
49:13i never did like that
49:15we'll make it desertion
49:18thank you
49:23it's a taxi
49:24i'll see you off
49:25no uh
49:26no i'd rather you stayed here
49:28yes all right
49:28you lock up
49:29yes
49:30leave the keys through the door
49:31the estate agent can pick them up later on
49:33right
49:36goodbye john
49:40goodbye
49:42thank you
49:43for what
49:45oh for
49:48being honest
49:49for being brave
49:51and because
49:52because
49:53yes
49:55because what
49:57because you expected me to be stronger than i really am
50:00you gave me strength
50:03i still expected
50:26i will be in charge of them
50:33and i'll be in charge of it
50:33because i'm not sure i'm not sure i'm not sure i'm not sure i'm not sure i'll be in charge
50:34of it
50:46And he'll be having talks with the Prime Minister at Chequers next weekend.
50:50Their discussions are expected to cover a wide field,
50:52ranging from the common market to the current crisis in the Middle East.
50:57There have been unconfirmed reports of an armed rising in the African stage of Tobanga.
51:02Several prominent members of the present military government are believed to have resigned,
51:07and the Tobangan Commission in London refused to comment on the situation.
51:11Our Central African correspondent says that the rebels are probably supporters of Colonel Mbala,
51:17the former Prime Minister who was overthrown and killed earlier this year.
51:21More about this in our next bulletin.
51:24And now, the threatened kill strike.
51:33The story continues.
51:34If the new government is kicked out, then the consortium goes with it.
51:37With luck, I may just catch a plane tonight.
51:41Personal memorandum. Keep asking questions.
51:44How else to find the answers?
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