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- Person on Tape: [voice on tape] Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps. The man you're looking at is Norvan Kruger, an agent who knows the details of his country's plan for an active aggression so cataclysmic it will affect the entire world. We know nothing about the plan except that it triggers in two days at 4:00. Two weeks ago, Kruger was captured by a country unfriendly to us and has been under interrogation by this man, Friedrich Spindler, who has not succeeded in breaking Kruger. Even if he does, we are certain his government will not inform us. Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to find out exactly what Kruger's country intends to do. As usual, should you or any 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.