:56:02
Redl should have the chance
to decide his own fate.
:56:06
You were his school friend,
hence prejudiced.
:56:09
Principally, you're right.
:56:11
How can Redl decide
his own fate?
:56:14
He won't even agree
to a public trial.
:56:17
We're speaking of a traitor.
:56:20
One can only deal with
a traitor when he's dead.
:56:23
l won't inquire
how this man...
:56:27
managed to get
into the Ministry.
:56:31
Who backed him,
or whom he deceived.
:56:34
These questions will be
answered later.
:56:38
For the people
of the Monarchy...
:56:44
we're dealing
with an officer...
:56:46
in the lmperial
War Ministry.
:56:50
So, l suggest he should be
allowed to end it himself.
:56:56
And we can publish the
version acceptable to us.
:56:59
A third solution.
:57:02
What is the public told
in this case?
:57:04
He picked a certified letter,
two detectives saw him...
:57:09
he was captured
trying to escape...
:57:12
and committed suicide.
:57:16
Yes?
:57:17
Your Highness,
in this case...
:57:20
journalists will insist
on details.
:57:23
He might have torn
the envelope...
:57:26
and mislaid the pieces
or left it in a car.
:57:30
Or his penknife he used
to open the envelope...
:57:33
or the penknife case.
:57:37
Very good. lt should be
published like this.
:57:40
l suggest it's not published
like that. lt should leak out.
:57:44
But not in Vienna.
:57:46
ln Lemberg,
Budapest, or Prague.
:57:49
Let some bright reporter
uncover it.
:57:51
We just plant the clues
that lead to Redl.
:57:55
We should check a list of
all journalists in Prague.
:57:59
Any counter-suggestions,
gentlemen?