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-Yes, sir.
-General.
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"Project Amnesty:
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You will select 12 prisoners
sentenced to death. . .
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. . .or long-term imprisonment for murder,
rape, robbery or other violent crimes.
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Train these prisoners in as much of the
behind-the-lines operations. . .
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. . .as they can absorb in a brief
but unspecified time.
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You'll then deliver them secretly
to Europe and prior to the invasion. . .
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. . .attack and destroy the target
specified: Overleaf. "
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-That's all?
-That's all.
:06:32
What about the target specified,
Overleaf?
:06:35
Doesn't concern you now.
:06:38
Well, what do you say, major?
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I'd say it confirms a suspicion
I've had for some time now, sir.
:06:43
Do you think we might share
that suspicion, major?
:06:45
I think you should.
:06:47
Since I'll have to assume we're
over here to win the war. . .
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. . .it wouldn't pay to advertise. . .
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. . .that one man we're working for
is a raving lunatic.
:06:55
Now, that's enough, major. You're here
to be briefed on an operation.
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You have permission to ask questions
about that operation.
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You do not have permission
to make personal comments. . .
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. . .concerning the officers
responsible for its conception.
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-Now, is that clear?
-Yes, sir.
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Ask relevant questions or shut up.
:07:11
Is it relevant to ask why I'm being
offered this mission?
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It's not, as you say, being offered.
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I'm volunteering.
:07:20
Exactly, major.
:07:22
I'm glad you look at these things
so realistically.
:07:25
I don't mean to appear unduly cautious,
but if my personal survival. . .
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. . .depends on the performance
of 12 deadheads. . .
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. . .it might be helpful to know exactly
what I'm training them for.
:07:35
Now, that's a very good question, major.
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-Armbruster, let's have the basic outline.
-Yes, sir.
:07:44
"The Germans are using a large chateau
near Rennes in Brittany. . .
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. . .as a rest center and a conference
place for general staff officers. "
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The target has no real
military value itself. . .
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. . .but with these conferences, discussion
groups and the like going on. . .
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. . .there's hardly a day when
there aren't a considerable number. . .