:05:00
With an expense account,
I'll cover anything.
:05:02
You'll get an expense account.
:05:03
- Okay, what's the story?
- Europe.
:05:06
I'm afraid I'm not exactly equipped,
but I could read up.
:05:08
No reading up. I like you just as you are.
:05:11
What Europe needs
is a fresh, unused mind.
:05:14
- Foreign correspondent?
- No. Reporter.
:05:18
I don't want correspondence. I want news.
:05:23
- Can you dig up some news in Europe?
- I'll be happy to try, sir.
:05:26
This is what I mean:
:05:27
Mr. Van Meer, when questioned
by our oracle, Mr. Stebbins...
:05:30
refused to open his mouth.
:05:32
A 1,200-word cable told...
:05:34
to the fact that
the great Van Meer had nothing to say.
:05:37
Know what that's doing? It's driving
our readers crazy with frustration.
:05:41
- Who's Van Meer?
- Keynote to the European situation today.
:05:45
If Van Meer stays
at the helm of his country's affairs...
:05:48
for the next three months,
it may mean peace in Europe.
:05:51
If we knew what he was thinking
we'd know where Europe stands.
:05:54
- German?
- No. Holland's strongman.
:05:57
One of the two signers
of the Dutch treaty with Belgium.
:05:59
Now, this is your first assignment.
I want you to talk with him...
:06:03
find out what's in that treaty,
and what he thinks will happen. Facts.
:06:06
- Van Meer?
- Right.
:06:08
- Anybody else?
- No.
:06:09
How about Hitler?
Don't you think we should pump him?
:06:12
He must have something on his mind.
:06:17
- Yes?
- Mr. Stephen Fisher to see you.
:06:20
Tell him to come in.
:06:22
Ever hear of Stephen Fisher?
:06:24
- I'm afraid he's not on my beat.
- He is from now on.
:06:26
He's head of the Universal Peace Party
and very close to Van Meer.
:06:29
They're both working
to prevent Europe going up in flames.
:06:34
How do you do, Mr. Fisher?
Nice of you to come over.
:06:37
- Sit down.
- Thank you.
:06:39
Mr. Fisher, Mr. Jones,
our new foreign correspondent.
:06:41
I want you to know each other.
:06:43
How do you do, Mr. Jones.
:06:44
Jones. I don't like that name.
It's going to handicap you, young man.
:06:49
Now, wait a minute.
I've got some sort of a name here.
:06:54
Yes. Haverstock. Huntley Haverstock.
:06:57
Sounds more important,
doesn't it, Mr. Fisher?
:06:59
Yes, very dashing.