The Scavengers Page #4
- Year:
- 1959
- 79 min
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you my little story.
Have you ever heard of
a Chinese Nationalist
General named Wu Tra Lin?
- Wasn't he in command
of the Hunan Army
in the last days of
government on the mainland?
- You have a good memory.
(whining baby)
As you can imagine,
the atmosphere
prevailing at the time
was one of utter
confusion and panic.
All hopes of victory
were abandoned.
The only remaining hope was
to get out of the province,
out of the country all together.
Hong Kong.
Macao.
Singapore.
Taipei.
Manila.
The government of course
was moving to Formosa.
General Wu was given the task
of supervising the evacuation
of government and personnel
and property in his area.
And this matter, acquitted
himself brilliantly,
which is more than can be said
of his military activities.
Fortunately, several
months later in Formosa,
when the government auditors
had had sufficient time
to take stock of things,
it was discovered
that somewhere along the line,
General Wu or some
members of his staff
had mislaid some
highly negotiable
foreign government bonds
and treasury certificates
worth about three
million U.S. dollars.
Of course an
investigation was made,
several members of General
Wu's staff were imprisoned,
some were shot.
But the bonds were never found.
resign from his commission.
- What's all this got
to do with Marion?
- After he resigned,
he went and lived in Japan.
He met Mrs. Allison there
about two years ago.
They have been very
close friends ever since.
- That hardly proves
she had anything to do
with stealing the bonds
or getting 'em out
of the mainland.
- No one claims that.
As a matter of fact, it has
been satisfactorily established
that the bonds never
left the mainland.
- So?
- I have reason to
believe that the bonds
the mainland very recently.
I have reason to believe
that Mrs. Allison
came here to pick the things up.
The General has disappeared
from his residence in Kobe.
And Mrs. Allison, a
woman known to be without
has to Hong Kong and Macao
with no apparent
purpose than to purchase
some very expensive
articles of oriental art.
An old hobby of
hers, Mr. Allison?
- I never noticed particularly.
You seem to be pretty well
posted on this business.
- Not as well as I
would like it to be.
There are some very
puzzling questions.
Why did General Wu
wait for eight years
to get the bonds
out of the mainland?
It is now a much riskier affair
when the People's
Government Secret Police
was not so well organized.
Another puzzle.
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