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Dangerous Assignment: The Jade Knife
Dangerous Assignment · May 13, 1953 · 24 min · 4,085 words
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Dangerous assignment transcribed starring Brian Dunnelevier, Steve Mitchell. Danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing, they all trouble.
But when I walk into the commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment's going to teach me never to ask to see a knife in a shop window. You may get it in the back.
Morning Commissioner, you sent for me. Steve, it looks like we've been put on the hook again. There was an attempt made in Cairo last night on the life of a prominent Egyptian political figure. Oh, how do we fit into the picture?
Every assassin was described as an American. The word is being spread around that he was one of our agents. What now? There are another frame up, Steve. The third incident in as many weeks. And the reason?
We've been holding talks with the Egyptian and other Near East governments trying to set up a program of closer cooperation. Certain interests are definitely hostile to the idea. So someone is trying to sabotage those talks by stirring up public opinion against the US, huh?
Right. The target for the assassin's bullet was Ahmed Tali. He's been opposed to the talks the start. Now, with this attempt on his life, someone's made it look like we wanted to get him out of the way.
Look, Commissioner, do we have any lead on this so-called American agent? Yes, the shopkeeper in Cairo named Falud says he has certain information to give us if we're interested. You were rendigo with this Falud tomorrow afternoon at the Akmim marketplace in Cairo.
How will he know me? Do I wear a geranium behind my left ear? You were to go to the Bizarre of the Four Brothers. There will be a long curved dagger with a jade handle in the window. You will ask to see it. Get over there Steve.
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