Dangerous Assignment: Family Squabble (Belgian Congo)

Dangerous assignment. Starring Brian Donlavy as Steve Mitchell. Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing though, troubled. But when I walk into the Commissioner's office, I don't realize this assignment is going to prove that sometimes the best way to stop one fight is to start another one.

Morning Commissioner, you sent for me? Steve, I don't think you're going to like this assignment. Well, break it to me gently then. What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? Step in the middle of a fight between two women.

Oh, brother, anything but that commissioner. It's vitally important we patch up a family squabble, Steve, because of a lease our government has, or had, I should say, on a certain strategic mining property in the Belgian Congo.

What's the trouble? That lease expired a month ago. We've been trying to get the owners of the property together so we could negotiate another lease, but it seems the ladies aren't on speaking term. Oh, that sounds just peachy for me.

One is the widow of Aristide Beziero, the original owner. The other is Bergero's sister. These two women now own the mining property jointly. Oh, what are they beefing about, Commissioner? Who knows? Whatever it is, it's caused a serious breach between them.

We've been informed there's a lawsuit in the office. Oh, great. Nothing like a lawsuit to tie up in the state. Meanwhile, the mine remains idle, and we need those strategic minerals desperately, Steve. Get down to the Congo, to the Bergero's state and Leopoldville, and find out what this is all about.