A Foreign Affair
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- It was?
- Stolen and sold on the black market.

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They'll steal anything around here.
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- When I think of that girl back in Iowa...
- Yeah.

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I'll take care of this. Don't trouble yourself.
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Thank you. Will you also take care
of a pair of disgusting soldiers

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who should be stood up against a wall and...
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Oh.
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I want you to find them.
They're medium height. One is a little taller.

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Their names are Mike and Joe and
they're in uniforms with US on the collar.

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Perfect sense, ma'am.
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Now, what exactly is
the name of this sewer?

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- The Lorelei.
- Address?

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- Number 15, Hagenbachstraße.
- Are there other sewers like this?

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- Three or four but this is the best.
- What is the name of that woman?

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- What woman?
- The singer here.

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Oh, the singer. I think it's Erika.
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- Erika what?
- Erika von Schlütow.

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Why do you ask about her?
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Because there's something funny going on
here and I'm not in the mood for laughs.

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Schlütow? How do you spell it?
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Schlütow, with an umlaut.
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I thought so.
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I want you to remember
that when we moved into Germany,

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we found a country of
open graves and closed hearts.

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We've tried to turn it into a civilised state.
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We had to eliminate things
that breed unrest and aggression.

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We've tried to make them free men
and give them some dignity.

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We had to return four million
displaced persons to their homes.

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That's hard if you don't have
a home to start with.

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We had to repair hospitals
and public utilities.

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I remember the first day the gasworks
started operating again.

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There were 160 suicides in Berlin alone.
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That was ten months ago.
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Today, they take a match and light
the gas and boil some potatoes.

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Not many potatoes, mind you.
There is still a lot of hunger.

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But there is a new will to live.
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We had to build schools and find teachers
and then teach the teachers.

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We helped them start a free press
and institute a parliamentary government.

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They had their first free election in 14 years.

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