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All That Glitters
The Man Called X · October 9, 1947 · 27 min · 3,794 words
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You're twice as sure with two great names. Frigidaire and General Motors. Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as the man called X. Whatever there is mystery, intrigue, romance, with all the strange and dangerous places of the world, there you will find the man called X.
Now, Frigidaire presents Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, the man called X. An early morning mist, Shroggsman, Guyungolf, and the Philippines As two men mowed a heavy chest into a ship's dory, drawn up onto the shore, suddenly from the nearby jungle of Ouseo.
Here? See? See, Amigo? We will identify ourselves like this. You've changed the government agent. What else could I do? Anything but that. You've forgotten who arrived in Manila last night. But there can be no connection between him and these.
Anything is possible, you idiot, with a man called X. Leave me, Senor Thurston. The Philippine Ministry of Finance shall do everything possible to help you. Thanks, Senor Yone. That's liable to be a pretty big order.
I know. The territory of Makao is Portuguese. 500 miles across the South China Sea near Hong Kong. We have no jurisdiction over it. No, as the United States. But the sun has got to be done to stop the international black market in gold that's operating there.
Mm, see, Senor. It is a constant threat to the efforts of your country to maintain a... ...world-wide economic stability. What's more important, it means starvation for a lot of the people in this world. Now, the Bureau believes that the bulk of that black market has been supplied by Philippine gold.
Gold that normally would be earmarked for the United States. Senor Thurston, we have reached the same conclusion. And something occurred this morning which may have a bearing on it. What was that? One of my men was killed at Lingayangov.
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