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aid workers to get the hell back to

the airport as fast as their legs

can carry them. Well we offer our

own charity operation don’t we

Jasper.

JASPER:

Yes sir.

He smiles.

8 I/E. JEEP. REMOTE TURKISH MOUNTAIN ROAD. DAY. 8

The jeeps continue up the increasingly winding roads. We are

in remote mountainous terrain now, no towns, barely any sign

of life.

9 I/E. JEEP. REFUGEE CAMP. DAY 9

Finally the jeeps turn and drive down a track. At the end a

small camp for refugees. They stop.

ROPER:

Here it is. Our little

contribution. A safe haven for the

wretched of the earth.

A small aid camp. Fifty miserable tents, a muddle of

refugees.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Justifies us being here. No one

asks any questions about our other

activities.

10 I/E. JEEP. HILL FORT. DAY. 10

They drive on. And now in front of them stretches a huge

encampment.

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Dogs are barking, barbed wire fences, a military compound,

soldiers at the checkpoint, ROPER’s own army training base in

the middle of the Turkish mountains.

JASPER double hits his horn, SOLDIERS see ROPER is inside and

let them through the barrier. The jeeps stop inside and

ROPER, PINE, JASPER and LANGBOURNE, FRISKY and TABBY all get

out.

ROPER:

Tabby take everyone’s phone, no

comms, no calls in or out. Get Mr

Birch some suitable gear. (to

JASPER) You clear the site all

right? For the big show?

JASPER:

Happening as we speak sir.

ROPER turns to PINE.

ROPER:

(to Pine) Firework display tonight.

You’re master of ceremonies. Make

sure you know what you’re selling.

He hands PINE a file. And ROPER heads out across the camp.

PINE watches him walk across the dust like Kurtz in his

jungle.

11 INT. LONDON. NEW IEA OFFICES. DAY. 11

BURR is at a table. Three or four other IEA OFFICERS there.

Including GRACE. MAYHEW stands watching.

GRACE:

The private jet left Istanbul at

8.20 am. We have no satellite

information available after that.

BURR:

Why not?

GRACE:

The Turks say they need a higher-

level request for all flight intel.

BURR:

So get me one.

GRACE:

I tried ma’am. They said no.

BURR:

I have lost my boy. I need to know

where he is.

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GRACE:

I’ll try again.

BURR gets up, turns to MAYHEW who has been watching. They

walk aside, alone.

BURR:

OK this is what we know. A British

ship -the Leila Jane made port in

Istanbul two days ago. It shouldn’t

be anywhere near Istanbul, it

should be in the Azores and it

should be full of crop sprayers.

Now it’s gone again. Its cargo was

taken off at Istanbul, and its

cargo was this:

He shows MAYHEW the PALFREY-leaked arms deals. DRE holdings,

Gardener-Fisher, Lessing, RM Aviation, Severance Technology,

Oregon Systems, and Pureweather.

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