:22:02
A mass escape of the very same people
who arrived on the Star of David...
:22:06
...is worth more than a million speeches.
:22:08
But this isn't the Red Sea, Ari.
It's the Mediterranean.
:22:11
Right. Smite these waters as you will,
they do not part.
:22:14
That's why you'll have to get us a ship.
:22:17
I want a legitimate freighter...
:22:19
...with legal registry and real cargo
we can unload here in Cyprus.
:22:22
A ship for six...
:22:26
That's a wonderful idea.
:22:30
Brilliant.
:22:33
But the expense will be brilliant also.
:22:36
Not too brilliant.
:22:37
You know, our treasury
is based on donations,
:22:39
and right now we're rather low.
:22:42
-Well, can you deliver or not?
-I'll do my best.
:22:47
We Cypriots are with you.
For the Jews, Mandria will do everything.
:22:52
The Jews have paid you well
for your efforts, Mr. Mandria.
:22:55
-Ari, you've got to understand-
-No, Reuben. I say it.
:23:01
Do you believe that l, Plato Mandria,
would do this for money?
:23:06
Do you think I'd risk
10 years in prison for money?
:23:09
I tell you, it has cost me over £5,000
since I work with the Haganah.
:23:14
You owe him an apology, Ari.
:23:18
I do apologize, Mr. Mandria.
It was a stupid remark.
:23:21
Not necessary.
:23:22
If I apologize each time I get stupid,
I'd spend a lifetime on my knees.
:23:27
-Also, we'll need 14 lorries.
-14, he says. Why not 1,400?
:23:31
The British have requisitioned every car,
truck and lorry on this island.
:23:34
Haganah makes mistakes
just like anybody else.
:23:36
This is one of them.
:23:38
David, I want to hear every objection,
:23:40
every criticism, every
suggestion, but only once.
:23:43
-Now the boat project is under way, right?
-Almost accomplished.
:23:47
I will send a telegram
to a shipbroker in Athens.
:23:49
-Don't the British monitor telegrams?
-Naturally.
:23:52
But some of the monitors are Cypriots.
:23:54
They'd like the Britons in Britain,
the Jews in Palestine...
:23:57
...and the Cypriots in Cyprus.
Not, mind you, that I'm anti-British.