Dangerous Assignment: Memory Chain Equation (Munich) 11/18/1950
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
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8 chapters
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What is the main premise of the 'Memory Chain Equation' episode?
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Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Dunleavy as Steve Mitchell.
Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing, though. Trouble. But when I walk into the commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment's going to end up with me dangling from the wrong end of a rope.
Well, here he is, Commissioner.
Thanks, Ruth.
Steve, I suppose I pulled you right out of a big deal, as usual. No, no, it was all very innocent this time, Commissioner. Matter of fact, I was down at the rifle range improving my marksmanship. What? Honest. Alone? Well... From where I stood, it looked like he was closing in on a target for tonight.
That's what I thought.
I'll have your plane ticket at my desk when you're ready, Steve.
Okay, Ruth. Well... Where am I going this time, Commissioner? To Munich.
What assignment does Steve Mitchell receive in Munich?
Your plane leaves in one hour. You'll be looking for the memory chain.
Memory chain? No relation to the daisy chain, is it? I'm afraid not. Good. I'd have a pretty hard time passing myself off as Queen of the May.
Seriously, Steve, this is the toughest proposition we've ever been up against. It's a skillfully organized pipeline through which vital information is leaking out of this country to Eastern Europe. I see. There are no documents involved. It's all done by a system of runners. Each runner memorizes the information and passes it on to the next one by word of mouth. And right now, a vital chemical equation is somewhere along that pipeline. Any idea how far along the chain it is by now? Yes. We caught up with the first runner in Lisbon, but two days too late. He'd already passed the message on. We then traced runner number two to Paris, but we were six hours too late there. Sounds like we're running a poor second all along the line.
Yes, and I'm sending you over there to come in first for a change. We now have reason to believe that the next transfer point is Munich, and we have a tip that a woman named Eva Schaefer may be one of the runners. One of our agents is in Munich now, Kurt Allison. Now, Steve, get over there and work with him, and then go anywhere and do anything you have to to keep that equation from getting through. And that's it. You've got your assignment? Good luck.
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Sure, I've got my assignment. Just a simple matter of running over to Europe and trying to guess who's got a vital secret locked up in their head. This would be a great spot for a mind reader. Well, it's Thursday when my plane lands in Munich. I check around and learn that Allison is registered at the Caningsburg Hotel. I head for his room. I've been expecting you, Steve. Commissioner told me you were coming. Yeah, how about this Eva Schaefer, Kurt? Any idea where she is? Sure. Right next door. What? I spotted her at the depot when she arrived from Paris six hours ago. I heard her give a cab driver the name of this hotel, so I broke a few speed laws and got here ahead of her. You had the desk clerk give you this room right next to hers, huh?
Yeah. Then I had the clerk stall her down in the lobby long enough for me to slip a couple of microphones in her room. Brother, you work fast. I had to. Oh, here are the earphones. Take a listen. Okay. Anything going on? No. What's she been doing since she got here? Filing her nails, mostly. You know, that sound gets awfully annoying after a while. Hey, wait a minute. Sounds like somebody's knocking on her door.
Yeah?
The evening paper, Fraulein.
But I ordered no paper.
It is a service of a hotel.
Who was it, Steve? Bellboy. Brought her the paper.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main premise of the 'Memory Chain Equation' episode?
0:00–1:31
2
What assignment does Steve Mitchell receive in Munich?
1:31–4:47
3
How does the memory chain system operate?
4:47–6:33
4
Who is Eva Schaefer and what role does she play?
6:33–9:26
5
What challenges does Steve face while tracking the runners?
9:26–14:24
6
What happens during the climactic moment on the mountain?
14:24–23:40
7
How does Steve confront the last link in the memory chain?
23:40–26:58
8
What resolution is reached by the end of the episode?
26:58–29:18
Speakers
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