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Dangerous Assignment: A Trap in Freedom House (London)

Dangerous Assignment · April 22, 1953 · 24 min · 3,965 words

The transcript of “A Trap in Freedom House (London)”, an episode of Dangerous Assignment first broadcast April 22, 1953. 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, transcribed starring Brian Dunlady as Steve Mitchell. Yeah, dangerous my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing, they'll trouble. But when I walk into the Commissioner's office, I don't realize this assignment's going to prove that you can sometimes hit a home run with a swing of a rusty gate.

Morning Commissioner, you said for me? Steve, I'm sending you to London to check on the arrival of a political refugee named Nikolai Diborov, Actus's bodyguard. I gather this Mr. Diborov is a very important gentleman.

important gently is a big nothing like he doesn't even exist now wait a minute you're sending me to bodyguard a guy who doesn't exist what's this all about Steve you've heard of the freedom house and she yeah an international organization financed through contributions made by private citizens here in in Europe they maintain what are called friendship centers on the continent feed clothes and

how is refugees from behind the iron curtain right they've been doing a splendid job Steve the short time ago things started going haywire to refugees disappeared. Men we were very much interested in. We'd hope to bring them to America.

I see. Someone in the organization put the finger on them, you think? I'm certain of it. Someone along the route in one of the French centers or in the London headquarters. And that's where I start at the top, huh?

Get over there, Steve. Give the non-existent nickel-eye-dever-off the big builder and show considerable concern over the fact that he hasn't arrived. Bet the trap and wait for the mouse or in this case the rat to make his move, huh?

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