Mission: Impossible

Good evening, Mr. Phelps.

This man, Vicente Bravo, the dictator of Nueva Tierra,

intends to launch an invasion

against the neighboring democracy of San Cristobal.

Within 48 hours, final details of the invasion plan will arrive

in code from the UPR, the United People's Republic

which has sent this man, Nikkor Janos to Nueva Tierra.

Janos is to supervise the invasion

and the installation of Bravo as President

of a puppet regime in San Cristobal.

Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it,

is to break the code, get the details of the invasion plan

and shatter the alliance between Nueva Tierra

and the United People's Republic.

As always, should you or any of your I.M. Force

be caught or killed,

the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.

Good luck, Jim.

Great, Barney.

There'll be no transmission problems, Jim,

because the Presidential mansion

has its own television transmitter.

We'll simply piggyback onto the parabolic antenna

and get a strong signal.

Mm-hmm.

Now, their normal method of sending coded messages

is by transatlantic cable,

but for extra security precautions,

the invasion plans are being delivered by a courier

from the UPR.

He'll arrive at 3:00.

Will it just be in code form?

No, no. It will be treated the same as the other messages.

It's a unique process where the code is hidden

by a photographic overlay.

Some kind of chemical spray is placed between the code

and the photograph, allowing them to be joined together,

and another spray separates them

once the message has been transmitted.

Once the courier's photograph gets

into the communications room and is removed,

the code's only visible for a few seconds.

That'll be long enough.

Paris?

We've already tipped off Bravo's espionage agency

that Lynn's an American agent.

She'll be on the plane tomorrow, Paris.

This is our man in Nueva Tierra, Willy.

And this is El Lider.

Yeah.

He was captured two weeks ago.

It's a closely guarded secret.

There have been no photographs of El Lider

for seven years.

This is our edge, Jim.

Yes, this is important enough

for them to transmit immediately.

You should send it before 1:00.

That'll give you just two hours before the courier arrives.

Yes, and we have to break the code in that time,

or the invasion of San Cristobal will be successful.

Can it be done in that time?

Yeah, if everything goes according to plan.

At least we have one advantage.

Once they put our message into their code,

we know exactly what the wording is.

May I help you, sir?

Remain calm. Make no sound.

Now take me to the captain.

What is the significance of these pictures?

The woman is an American agent...

Pamela Roberts.

We believe that one of the doctors in this building

was her contact. We're checking on all of them.

And the woman?

She managed to escape my agents.

She boarded a plane

for the United States in San Cristobal.

Flight 904.

I have reprimanded those responsible.

Including yourself, I hope.

Yes?

One moment.

Captain Avila, Airport Security. Urgent.

Yes?

Are you positive?

El Lider has

hijacked a plane. He's forcing it to land here.

Yes. Yes, A car will be sent for him.

What flight is he on?

904.

When the plane lands, hold one of the passengers,

a Pamela Roberts.

Well, El Lider's unscheduled arrival could be

very helpful.

I wonder what he wants.

Hey, you want to buy a ticket to the lottery, huh?

Good deal. You can win all sorts of prizes.

Bunch of stuff. Ten centavos, huh?

How about it? You like that?

Capitan Avila.

Major Lacerda, El Lider.

This is an honor.

There is a car waiting to take you to Presidente Bravo.

We have cleared the plane except for Miss Roberts.

Good.

Hey, Man, you want to buy a ticket to the national lottery?

Only ten centavos.

And for you, five centavos, huh?

No?

Good prizes, you can win them all, man.

A chance only four centavos, huh?

Oh, yeah? Ha!

I demand to know why I'm being held.

You know very well why you are here.

Now, you can save us time

and save yourself much embarrassment

by giving us the information you received in San Cristobal.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Do you wish to be searched?

We can be... very thorough.

I suppose it wouldn't be possible

for me to speak to the American Consulate?

Captain Avila,

begin the search.

It's not in the clothes.

Or this.

Continue the search.

I do not think it will be necessary, Avila.

The name of one of the suspect doctors.

If you don't mind,

take out your contact lenses.

Why the delay?

Just a routine inspection, El Lider.

Excellent, Major Lacerda.

Excellent.

They found information on the girl.

Microdots.

Lacerda is having them enlarged right now.

El Lider has arrived, Presidente Bravo.

Send him directly to my office.

Yes, sir.

How well do you know him?

I hardly know him at all.

We met only once ten years ago,

during the revolution here.

We were in different units.

At the time, he had not yet begun

his, uh, colorful career.

I only know about him what I read in the papers.

That he is part fox,

part snake.

Well, Vincente.

This is certainly different from our other meeting,

huh?

We were huddled together in the sugar cane fields.

In the rain and the mud,

as I remember.

Oh, I am happy to see that one of us

has changed his way of living.

You are not the man I remember.

And you have changed, too.

But then ten years...

and all of the, uh,

the creature comforts, huh?

They do alter a man, huh, Vicente?

This is Mr. Janos.

Of the United People's Republic.

El Lider.

You know each other?

Indirectly.

His government tried to sell me some guns.

Unfortunately, you thought our price

was too high as I recall.

Correct.

I will come straight to the point of my visit.

I want to know where I fit.

In what?

Your invasion of San Cristobal.

What makes you think there is going to be an invasion?

Although my ground forces

have not been active for many months,

my intelligence network has been very occupied.

And they report with accuracy

the military buildup here in Nueva Tierra.

And that your best divisions

are stationed not more than three miles from the border,

in a state of maximum alert.

When will you invade?

Naturally, you will be informed

of the plan for the invasion...

as soon as it is properly approved.

And when will that be?

Soon.

"Soon." Hmm.

Nothing vague about that, huh?

Assuming I go along with this invasion,

what will be my reward?

One cannot divide a cake that