:14:00
don't torpedo the idea
from the start.
:14:03
Since I'm American-born,
they don't trust me...
:14:06
...any more than you do.
:14:08
No.
:14:11
Perhaps you might
have to spend time
:14:13
in developing a little
character... or the lack of it.
:14:18
What I mean to say is this,
that now that you are on the blacklist,
:14:22
wouldn't it be logical to express
your anger and indignation
:14:25
by beginning to say some
nasty things about the Allies?
:14:28
And from there, the Germans
wouldn't be too surprised
:14:31
if you gradually became
pro-Nazi.
:14:35
The people who know me
would never believe it.
:14:37
You wouldn't be the first businessman
to let profit color his politics.
:14:41
The best friend I have is a Jew.
:14:43
Max Gumpel.
:14:45
For a time, you'll hurt
one Jew deeply.
:14:48
You might help save
the lives of thousands.
:14:50
You'll be hated for a while, no doubt
about that. You'll be a quisling.
:14:54
And you'll just have to live with it.
You won't be able to tell anyone.
:14:58
Not even my wife?
:15:01
This is more than I bargained for.
:15:03
I know. That's the trouble
with this sort of work.
:15:06
The simplest little thing
often leads to such complications.
:15:10
- When do you have to know?
- I take the plane to London tonight.
:15:13
The Americans take
over from here.
:15:15
Heavens, I'll have to rush.
:15:17
Don't become pro-Nazi
too fast, Erickson.
:15:20
Handle it slowly and subtly.
:15:26
I haven't said I'd do it yet.
:15:28
Oh, but I think you will.
:15:31
We have a most interesting recording
of you accepting our first proposition.
:15:35
Cheerio.
:15:39
There wasn't much choice now.
:15:41
It was either go along
or go to jail.
:15:45
The next night I invited
my closest friend, Max Gumpel,
:15:48
to have dinner
with my wife and me.
:15:50
If I could get by them, the chances
were I could convince others.
:15:54
I started by ranting about
the unfairness of the blacklist
:15:57
and then tried
my first anti-British remark.