: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.
:08:00
Oh, now, Erickson.
:08:02
You don't honestly think
we'd do a thing like that?
:08:13
Oil will undoubtedly be one
of the deciding factors of this war.
:08:16
When they can't put planes in the air
or tanks into the field, it'll be the end.
:08:21
You might be able to help.
:08:22
Being a Swede, I would be violating
my country's neutrality.
:08:26
If Swedish Security Police find
out about it, they'd throw me in jail.
:08:29
And we won't be able to help.
:08:32
For diplomatic reasons we'll
have to say we never heard of you.
:08:35
And of course, if the Germans
catch you, they'll shoot you.
:08:39
So you're asking me to risk
my life to get off a blacklist
:08:42
that I didn't deserve
to be on in the first place.
:08:45
It's not a very enviable
position, is it?
:08:51
Collins, I always thought that oil was
a dirty business without scruples.
:08:55
- But you people are...
- I couldn't care less what you think.
:08:58
Fortunately, in this work,
people don't have to love each other.