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But I like you, Mike. For an

intelligence man, you are very nice.

Thank you. And thank you

very much for a beautiful dinner.

- Brandy?

- Yes. Thanks.

She wants you to quit.

- You thinking about it?

- No.

I understand

you have a Russian defector.

- What is his name?

- Boris Kusenov.

We have him at a safe house

outside Washington.

I did know what I was getting into

when I was asked to dinner.

Then why did you come?

To tell you

everything you want to know.

Provided I don't pass

the information back on to Paris?

Mm-hm. McKittreck says

I'm taking a big chance. Am I?

Mike, you and I have done things

for each other

that no other agents in this town

would do.

And I'd like to keep it that way.

Colonel Kusenov, we'd like to know

all you can tell us about Cuba.

Cuba?

The technicians.

The Russian technicians in Cuba.

- How many are there?

- I estimate 4,500.

By now, possibly five thousand.

- Military?

- Military, civilian.

Construction crew.

Mostly, technical and electronic

experts of the highest order.

What are they doing there?

They came bearing gifts

from Russia to Cuba.

What kind of gifts?

The KGB is carefully divided.

Cuba was never in my field.

I cannot give you facts.

Damn it.

Kusenov!

You made an agreement with me!

Yes, I know.

I made my bargain with the devil

for facts.

Yes, I will tell you

where you will find your facts.

There is a Cuban named Rico Parra.

You know him.

A leader of the Cuban government.

He was in the movement

from the beginning.

That's correct.

He was in Moscow recently

for conferences

and flew to New York as head of

the Cuban delegation to the UN.

I met him in Moscow.

- What were the conferences?

- To draw up an agreement.

Or call it a trade pact.

Or call it an aide-memoir.

An agreement

between the Soviet Union and Cuba.

Setting down exactly

what the Soviet Union

is now supplying

and will supply to Cuba.

Offensive weapons?

Have the Russians brought

offensive weapons into Cuba?

I told you, I cannot give you facts.

But Rico Parra has the trade pact.

He has the aide-memoir.

It's all there for you to read...

if you can obtain it.

Who else might handle

these papers, besides Rico Parra?

You have become smart.

Yes. There is another man.

Luis Uribe. Rico Parra's secretary.

He is a security risk.

How do you know?

I have used him.

The Cubans don't know.

He can be bought,

but he is of no use to you.

Why?

He hates Americans.

Does he hate American money?

He would never take it

from an American.

You can believe me.

So now I have given you

my information...

What will you do with it?

- Michle!

- Andr!

- Mother!

- Franois!

- Hello, Franois.

- Hello, Father.

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