:31:09
I'm not a Nazi, Eric.
:31:11
You know that.
:31:14
But at the moment,
they are Germany...
:31:18
...and I am a German.
:31:21
Don't ask me
to betray my country.
:31:26
You're their choice, not mine.
:31:32
I have to do it because
they've got me in a vise too.
:31:38
I'm sorry, Gerhard.
:31:42
It's a stinking, rotten business.
:31:49
He was trapped.
:31:51
There was nothing
he could do but cooperate.
:31:54
He called a meeting of the oil
commission, explained the project
:31:57
and suggested that the commission
meet with me periodically
:32:01
and keep abreast of any
future developments.
:32:03
When the members
nodded agreement,
:32:05
I knew I'd be making
weekly visits to Berlin,
:32:07
and that's all I wanted.
:32:10
I had expected opposition
from the man next to me,
:32:13
who was a Gestapo colonel
in charge of Scandinavian countries,
:32:16
but he went along
without too many questions.
:32:19
Later in his office, though,
he called Kortner in Stockholm,
:32:22
just to check
on me firsthand.
:32:25
Kortner assured him
that I was trustworthy, loyal
:32:28
and that the refinery plan
had great possibilities.
:32:31
Kortner's enthusiasm, of course,
was based mainly on larceny.
:32:35
A little graft, it seemed,
:32:37
could open more doors
than a passkey.
:32:40
Colonel Nordoff
and I had a pleasant chat.
:32:43
When it came time for me to leave,
I felt I could ask an important favor.
:32:47
Oh, one more thing.
:32:49
I was wondering if on my return
trip I could go via Hamburg.
:32:53
I'd like to say hello to Otto Holtz,
old friend of mine.
:32:56
You seem to have
many friends in the oil business.