5:50:01
For my next miracle, l...
5:50:17
lt'll be a miracle if he can explain
where he's been all day.
5:50:21
But l've never even heard
of a Tatiana Romanova.
5:50:24
- Ridiculous, isn't it?
- lt's absolutely crazy.
5:50:27
Of course, girls do fall in love
with pictures of film stars.
5:50:31
But not a Russian cipher clerk
with a file photo of a British agent!
5:50:35
Unless she's mental.
5:50:38
No, it's some sort of trap.
5:50:40
Well, obviously. And the bait
is a cipher machine. A brand new Lektor.
5:50:45
A Lektor, no less.
5:50:47
The ClA's been after one for years.
5:50:49
Yes, so have we.
5:50:51
When she contacted Kerim Bey,
head of Station T, Turkey,
5:50:55
and told him she wanted to defect,
she said she'd turn it over to us.
5:51:00
On one condition.
5:51:02
That you went out to lstanbul and brought
her and the machine back to England.
5:51:07
Here's a snapshot
Kerim managed to get of her.
5:51:10
Well, l don't know too much
about cryptography, sir,
5:51:13
but, a Lektor could decode
their top secret signals.
5:51:17
The whole thing's so fantastic
it just could be... true.
5:51:20
That had occurred to me.
5:51:23
Besides, the Russians haven't
been up to any tricks recently.
5:51:27
Well, really, l'm not
too busy at the moment, sir.
5:51:31
You're booked on the 8.30 plane
in the morning.
5:51:33
lf there's any chance of getting a Lektor,
we must look into it.
5:51:37
Suppose when she meets me in the flesh
l don't come up to expectations?
5:51:41
Just see that you do.
5:51:45
Miss Moneypenny, ask
the equipment officer to come in, please.
5:51:49
Q Branch has put together
a smart-looking piece of luggage.
5:51:52
We're issuing this
to all double-0 personnel.
5:51:57
An ordinary black leather case
5:51:59
with 20 rounds of ammunition,
here and here.