:05:01
to meet a stranger on business
you knew nothing about.
:05:06
Who are you?
:05:07
I'm one of the few so-called
intelligence agents
:05:10
who's not in the lobby
at the moment.
:05:12
But, so far as the hotel, immigration
and taxi drivers are concerned,
:05:16
I'm here to buy
special steel products.
:05:19
Please remember that,
in case anyone should ask you.
:05:23
Now that I'm here,
what do you want?
:05:25
Why, you're in a bit of a mess
over this blacklist, aren't you?
:05:28
I'm a Swedish citizen.
Sweden is neutral.
:05:30
She trades with both sides.
:05:33
Every drop of oil I import is turned
over to the Swedish government.
:05:36
Every ton has
been contracted for.
:05:51
And that's what they
refuse to understand.
:05:55
You don't know too much
about my background but...
:05:57
I think I do.
You were born in New York...
:06:00
He knew things about me
that even I'd forgotten.
:06:02
And he ticked them
off like a telegraphic report.
:06:05
Graduated Cornell.
:06:07
Oil salesman,
Yokohama and Shanghai.
:06:10
Transferred to Stockholm, 1927.
:06:12
Started my own business, 1929.
:06:15
Largest importer
of German oil in Scandinavia.
:06:18
When I tried to explain the reason
for doing business with Germans,
:06:21
he cut me off short.
:06:23
I'm not here to debate your case.
I'm here to ask you one question:
:06:28
Would you like
to get off the blacklist?
:06:31
Well, naturally.
:06:33
I think I can arrange that.
Provided you cooperate.
:06:36
Not now, of course.
When the war is over,
:06:39
you'll be given a clean bill
of health, retroactively.
:06:42
You're from US Intelligence?
:06:44
No, not...
Not really.
:06:47
I'm sort of lend-lease in reverse,
if you know what I mean.
:06:52
Since I've had more
experience in recruiting,
:06:54
they thought it best that
I had a go at you.
:06:57
Besides, the Americans
don't seem to trust you very much.