The House on 92nd Street Page #2

Hey, look out!

Christopher, Christopher.

Might as well take it easy, Joe.

He's through.

Somewhere in the

dark web of war was Christopher...

...the dead man's companion...

...the man who had retrieved

his friend's briefcase and vanished.

Who was he?

He's got a Spanish

passport. Francisco Ruiez.

Hey, doc, look at this.

It's all in German.

Stuff about ships, I think.

Yes.

That means, uh...

That means incendiary bullet.

"Weight 148 grains. Load 46 grains.

Dupont 11-27 powder. "

Can you read Spanish too?

Something funny about this.

We better get his fingerprints

and turn them over to the FBl.

Fingerprint him.

To the desk of

FBI Inspector George A. Briggs...

...came the report

on the death of Francisco Ruiez.

In the FBI Identification Division...

...are nearly 100 million sets

of fingerprints...

...so organized that it takes

less than five minutes...

...to identify a set of fingerprints

with those on file.

No fingerprints were listed

under the name of Francisco Ruiez.

But regardless of name,

once his print was classified...

...a search for the individual's identity

was a simple matter.

There's something coming now.

Yeah, it's in cipher.

This stuff is fugitive.

We better get a shot of it

before it dissolves.

Set.

Okay.

- Send a copy to Cryptanalysis.

- Yes, sir.

- Is this what you're looking for?

- I'll see.

It certainly is. Thanks a lot, Quinn.

Here it is, Mr. Briggs.

Oh, thank you.

That translates, "Mr. Christopher

will concentrate on Process 97. "

- What's that?

- Well, Herr Christof...

...Mr. Christopher will concentrate

on Process 97.

- That's all?

- That's all.

Thanks. Thank you.

Inspector Briggs knew...

...that the most important American

military secret in history was Process 97.

Set up a conference with Military

and Naval intelligence immediately.

That's all.

In several remote places

under strict military protection...

...American scientists

were developing Process 97...

...the secret ingredient

of the atomic bomb.

An explosive derived from the metal

uranium so powerful and devastating...

...that one relatively small bomb

gave promise...

...of having the destructive power

of 20,000 tons of TNT.

A presidential directive gave the FBI

the responsibility of coordinating...

...all counterespionage investigations.

At a series of conference with Army

and Naval Intelligence officers...

...the FBI reviewed the case

of Francisco Ruiez...

...from whose effects had come

the startling information...

...that foreign agents

had learned about Process 97...

...and were actually attempting

to steal the secret.

Plans were formulated to erect

an impenetrable and absolute barrier.

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