: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.
:07:00
And for the oddest of reasons.
:07:03
Simply because you gave
up US citizenship in 1930.
:07:05
When I decided to spend
the rest of my life here,
:07:08
I thought it only decent
to become a Swedish subject.
:07:12
Of course.
Are you interested, Mr. Erickson?
:07:20
That all depends.
:07:23
- What do I have to do?
- Oh, nothing much really.
:07:26
Just a businessman
keeping his eyes and ears open.
:07:30
You know more about German
oil than anyone in Sweden.
:07:33
And you travel back and forth
on business.
:07:35
Occasionally.
:07:38
You're making a trip
tomorrow, I believe.
:07:41
Baron von Oldenbourg,
of the German Oil Commission,
:07:43
- is an old friend of yours.
- That's right.
:07:46
You may be able to pick up some
useful information here and there.
:07:53
Now I think I understand
why I was put on the blacklist.
:07:58
So I'd be forced
to cooperate with you.