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Dangerous Assignment: Memory Chain Equation (Munich)

Dangerous Assignment · November 18, 1950 · 29 min · 4,831 words

The transcript of “Memory Chain Equation (Munich)”, an episode of Dangerous Assignment first broadcast November 18, 1950. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Gumshoe plays Dangerous Assignment free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Dangerous assignment starring Brian Dunlavy as Steve Mitchell Danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places. I can't even pronounce the old spell the same thing though trouble But when I walk into the commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment's gonna end up with me dangling from the wrong end of a rope

Thanks Ruth Steve I suppose I pulled you right out of a big deal as usual Oh, no, it was all very innocent this time commissioner matter of fact I was down at the rifle range improving my marksmanship. What honest alone?

well where i said it look like he was closing in on a target for tonight that's what i thought i have your plan ticket at my desk when you're ready to okay rose well where i'm going this time commission to Munich you're playing leaves in one hour you'll be looking for the memory chain memory chain

no relation to the daisy chain is it i'm afraid not good i'd have a pretty hard time passing myself off as queen of the may as seriously steve this is the toughest proposition we've ever been up against It's a skillfully organized pipeline through which vital information is leaking out of this country to Eastern Europe.

I see. There are no documents involved. It's all done by a system of runners. Each runner memorizes the information and passes it on to the next one by word of mouth. And right now a vital chemical equation is somewhere along that pipeline.

Uh-huh. Any idea how far along the chain it is by now? Yes. So we caught up with the first runner in Lisbon for two days too late. He'd already passed the message on. We then traced runner number two to Paris.

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