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- Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good morning, Mr. Phelps. For the past ten years, the all-white government of African East Victoria has held Dr. Frederick Koldah prisoner. Now Koldah, black leader of a movement for the establishment of a biracial democracy, a symbol of freedom for all Africa, is seriously ill. Koldah has been transferred to a hospital in the capitol where, according to our best information, he is receiving little or no treatment and is under intensive interrogation. Your mission, Jim, should you choose to accept it, is to go to Africa and rescue Koldah so that he can establish a government-in-exile around which his people can rally. As always, should you or any member of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
- Follet: Why are white men going to so much trouble of saving a black man ?
- Chief Inspector Banco: Because their are many whites who are not in sympathy with our system, Follet. They choose to turn their backs on the obvious, that mixing of the races can only breed disorder and violence, You see, to these people Koldah is a symbol. They'll organize a government-in-exile about him, and with it they'll pressures us or destroy us