Avalanche Express

The east-west express from Moscow now arrive,

platform 34.

The east-west express from Moscow now arriving,

platform 34.

Attention.

International Moscow express now departing track 2.

International Moscow express now departing track 2.

Pardon, madame.

You put something in the Moscow wagon.

Where?

Nothing.

Let's take him.

I've got no money.

I'm poor.

Move. Move!

That's enough, Neckerman. That's enough.

Neckerman, lose the car.

John, hang in here and see if anyone comes looking...

for these Kremlin hotshots.

Right, Leroy.

Airport, please.

Jawohl, madame.

You're seven minutes late, Harry.

Traffic.

Let me patch this in and get it decoded,

and then we'll talk.

Elsa.

Hello, Harry.

I thought you two might be happy to see each other.

You know, uh, kiss and make up.

Oh, we're working the same circuit again, huh?

So what's it going to be this time?

Friendship?

No, thanks.

Then what do you suggest?

Something like a more reasonable relationship?

That's what we have now, Harry.

I don't understand.

We have nothing at all.

Ready to hear playback.

This is Angelo, tape 15...

the last tape I'm sending you.

Our next contact will be of a more personal nature.

Friday next, Milan,

La scala opera house, midday tour.

That's only three days from now.

If you have been correctly analyzing recent intelligence,

then you must be aware...

of our little disagreements here in Moscow...

Sounds like the Angelo faction...

is losing ground to the hawks.

Yes, but how much ground?

Unfortunately, the militarist hard line is prevailing.

If unchecked, this could only lead to disaster.

Project "winter harvest" has been reactivated...

under the direction of colonel Nikolai Bunin.

Agents throughout Europe will be equipped with the weapons...

for possible activation in the event of crisis.

He's talking about biological warfare.

I thought "winter harvest" was buried.

Not if Bunin's involved.

Let's hear the rest of the tape.

My knowledge of the details of the plan is incomplete.

However, Bunin's is not,

and I'm coming out before it is too late.

The colonel is presently in Zurich.

If "winter harvest" is not stopped now,

we shall all pay the consequences.

See you at the opera.

Fascinating.

I fail to see where I fit into all of this.

Initially, we brought you into the operation...

to take over security for the Angelo connection.

I know that.

Now i've got to keep you aboard to protect Angelo.

And Elsa?

Elsa?

She's been Angelo's primary contact.

Now, look, Harry... Angelo is big,

and we don't want to lose him.

Now, you heard the tape.

I heard the tape.

Kind of short notice, isn't it?

See you at the opera.

And now let me show you my favorite composer.

He was born in a small village,

very poor,

but he had such musical talent.

That, uh...

It's late, man. There's no sign of anybody.

Yeah, and we don't even know who we're looking for.

But the family and the village recognized...

an exceptional musical talent.

That's why he was sent to milan to study in the conservatory.

See, Giuseppe Verdi.

He was able, with his music,

to capture the soul of the milanese...

and the italian people,

and that was before the independence.

Now let me show you the auditorium.

Here they are rehearsing "Nabucco,"

the opera by Verdi.

Angelo here.

This is crazy. Not you.

Yes, it is me.

Move.

Let's go.

Down!

Come on. Let's move!

Thank you.

Molinari's here. Let's move it.

Second chair.

There is a green mercedes following us...

with three men inside.

We'll try to take them out.

We're ready.

Better use the belts.

Alto!

Pleased to meet you, miss Lang.

Our snapshots and our film clips of her...

do not do her justice.

This is one of your safe houses

I didn't know about.

Well, if you had, it wouldn't be.

They'll know about it tonight.

You'll be gone by then.

Where to?

The promised land.

Too soon. I'm not ready to go yet.

General,

before we discuss your plans or our plans,

I think it's important that you provide us

With the names and locations of all secret agents...

and operations you have any knowledge of.

It's for your safety as well as ours.

Da? Wrong time, wrong place.

Thank you.

You see, Angelo has an agreement...

with Washington...

see cassette number two...

that i am not to be debriefed...

until i arrive safely in the United States.

Mr. Haller,

I want colonel Wargrave

in entire charge of these proceedings...

until further notice.

That's perfectly all right with me,

but i will have to check with Washington.

After all, general,

you are the third most powerful man...

in the Soviet Union.

Oh, no, sir.

I am the first most powerful man...

in the Soviet Union.

Now that i have left.

I could bury you in a missile site.

No good.

We have to give them a chance.

We have to let Bunin have a chance to kill me,

because you see, colonel, if we get Bunin,

we stop project "winter harvest."

How long?

Till I say enough.

There are two messages here, Rudi.

One... Milan failed.

I didn't know that there was anything going on in Milan.

Well, i did.

You see...general Marenkov has defected.

Save your surprise for another time, Rudi.

That's what you call a friend.

There's a second message...

I'm afraid you won't like, either.

This is your authorization from marshal Prachko...

to turn over to me...

the entire clandestine military intelligence setup...

under your control in Europe.

They're in deep reserve in case of war.

I know that.

It's been my chief concern, my sole responsibility.

It's taken years to set them up.

Listen, Marenkov knows too much.

We're no longer involved...

in an ordinary intelligence operation.

We're pretty close to a political crisis.

My orders are to eliminate Marenkov at any cost.

So, therefore, i need the best,

the most secret forces we have hidden in Europe.

They have been yours, and now they are mine.

So, locate Marenkov in Milan.

Alert all your first-strike units...

in Switzerland and Italy on a war basis.

would you like me to choose you a tie?

Yes, very much.

Gentlemen.

Well, Mr. Haller, how do you like me?

Ordinary enough for you?

General Marenkov, what is your plan?

My plan is to force Bunin to destroy himself...

by trying to destroy me.

How?