The Day of the Jackal Page #6

Forget about that. Nobody comes

here unless they're invited by me.

One has to be very discreet,

you know, in my little sideline.

I asked for aluminium.

- I tried the aluminium...

...but it bent like tissue paper.

I had to use stainless steel.

But it's all right.

It looks the same.

Where can I practice?

- There's the Montemorro Forest.

You could be there and back in a day.

Excuse me.

- I won't need the case.

Silencer, please.

Strut.

And the sniper scope.

- Here.

Trigger.

Trigger, please.

Beautiful piece of work.

It's really excellent.

These are for practice.

I took out six of them...

...to convert to explosive tips.

Let me have one.

Good evening, gentlemen.

- Good evening.

Please sit down.

I trust that you've all read

Colonel Rolland's report?

I delivered a copy

to the president this afternoon.

Unhappily, in the interest

of the dignity of France...

...he feels obliged to impose

enormous limitations on us.

He refuses to alter in any way...

...the summer schedule

of his public appearances.

Good heavens.

- The search for this Jackal...

...will be conducted in absolute secrecy.

Needless to say, you are all

sworn to total silence...

...and won't discuss this matter

outside this room.

But, Minister--

- But it's impossible.

The president was absolutely adamant.

What extra security precautions

do we take, Minister?

None.

General Colbert.

Any success in Vienna?

Inquiries were made by our agents

at the Pension Kleist.

They showed photographs

of Rodin, Montclair and Casson...

...to the desk clerk.

Some money changed hands.

He stated that he recognized them.

They had arrived on June 14.

Were there any visitors?

One man the next afternoon.

He left half an hour later.

The only description the clerk could give...

...was the man was well-groomed...

...in his early thirties and had fair hair.

Surely a better description can be found.

From whom?

Rodin, for instance.

I hardly think he'd accept an invitation....

...from any of our departments,

Colonel.

Commissioner Berthier,

any suggestions?

We're in trouble on this one.

Our agents inside the OAS

can't pin him down...

...since not even the OAS know who he is.

Action Service can't destroy him.

They don't know who to destroy.

Territorial surveillance can't

pick him up at the border...

...because they don't know

what he looks like.

The gendarmes, all 48,000 of them,

can't pursue him.

They don't know who to pursue.

The police can't arrest him.

We don't know who to arrest.

Without a name, all other

proposals are meaningless.

The first task then is to find it.

With a name,

we get a passport and a face.

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