One Way to Macassar

Transcribe. The National Broadcasting Company presents Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, the man called X. Wherever there is mystery, intrigue, romance, in all the strange and dangerous places of the world, there you will find the man called X.

Far south in the vast reaches of the Great Pacific Ocean, at the very back door of Asia light tiny hidden islands of mystery called the islands of spice. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Ballet. Nearby across the treacherous soil of the Jabba Sea moves a vessel whose cargo is death.

But of course, Pagan's El Shmit knows nothing of these things when he answers the phone in his room in New York. Mr. Pagan's El Shmit speaking? Listen carefully, El Shmit, what I'm going to tell you.

Huh? Who are you? Sure. The fish peddler arrives in Batavia by boat in a week. So who cares? Mr. X might care. Why should he? Mr. Who? I don't know anybody with a name like that.

If you know what's good for you, you'll get this information that Ken Thurston right away. But if you wanted him to know, how come you didn't call him yourself? Because he'd have figured some way to trace this call. You're not that smart.

Hey, hey, wait a minute. Hello? Hello? Hang up on me, will you? I'll tell you a couple of things or two. Three things you want, really? It was very nice of you to give me a hundred dollars, Mr. Thurston.

But of course, I didn't really expect anything you understand just for delivering your massive... Oh sure, Pig, I'm going to force it on you. Well, I... Can't... This could be the break we've needed for two and a half years.