Mission to Moscow Page #3

trip for anything or anybody?

Yes, sir, but this fellow

sounded kind of important.

Nobody's

that important.

I don't care if it's the

president of the united states.

Go back and tell him

i'm busy!

But, mr. Davies,

it is the president.

I don't care if

it's the-huh?

Well, that's different.

You know, among her

other virtues, joe,

your mother had a

remarkable gift of prophecy.

Yes, that was in her welsh blood,

but what reminded you of it?

Well, a way back in

the good old days,

when you and i were

just a couple

of young lawyers

without clients,

she once said to me,

"franklin, if you ever

really stir yourself,

"you will be president

of the united states,

and joe's

going to help you."

Yes, i remember.

But she wasn't the only one

that read your future.

The man who gave us

our start, joe.

Someday the world

will catch up with him.

Well, boss, i know you didn't

pull me away from a fishing trip

just to talk about

old times.

You've got something else on your mind.

That's right. I've been

plotting against you.

Joe, i want you to go to

russia as our ambassador.

Ambassador?

But i'm not a diplomat.

This isn't a job

for a diplomat.

I want a sound

american businessman

who will get me the

hard-boiled facts

behind the most complicated

and dangerous situation

the world

has ever faced.

It's quite an order.

It is, joe.

You handled some pretty big

questions in your law practice,

but this is the biggest

question there is.

Are we going to be

able to keep the peace,

or is europe going to

force us into another war?

You think it's

as close as that, eh?

We're on the verge of the

worst disaster in history,

and i want to do everything

in my power to stop it.

Whether anything can be

done depends on just one man.

Hitler?

He seems bent

on conquest-

not only europe,

but the whole world.

He tells us that

all he wants

is freedom of the seas and

access to raw materials.

If he means it, i'll

move heaven and earth

to see that his people get their share.

But i think

he's bluffing, joe,

and i'm going

to call his hand.

How?

I want you to go

first to berlin

and ask hitler

one question.

If he does get what he says he wants,

will he disarm along

with the rest of us?

That ought to

smoke him out.

But what's all this

got to do with russia?

She is the big unknown

factor in this whole problem.

If trouble comes, whish

side is she going to be on-

ours or hitler's

and japan's?

We've got to know

the truth, joe.

How strong is

stalin's regime,

and how strong

is his army?

Well, we've had enough

experts' opinions about it.

The question is,

which to believe?

It's your job to get

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