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The Journey from Which No One Returns
Rico Parra
He was persuaded to tell me what I wanted to know - before he went on his journey.
Juanita de Cordoba
Journey?
Rico Parra
The journey from which no traveller ever returns.
Meaning of "Topaz" in Conversation
State Department Official
Colonel Kusenov, does the word "topaz" mean anything to you?
Boris Kusenov
In what context?
State Department Official
Just the word "topaz".
Boris Kusenov
It's a gem, still used in jewellery.
Michael Nordstrom
In intelligence matters?
Boris Kusenov
Where have you seen this word?
Diplomatic Expectations and Personal Realities
André Devereaux
Diplomats wives should not talk.
Nicole Devereaux
All wives talk.
The Illusion of Neutrality in Conflict
Nicole Devereaux
Andre, you are French, and not supposed to be mixed up in this Cold War between the Americans and the Russians. You are neutral.
André Devereaux
No one is neutral.
Commitment to Country and Heritage
Juanita de Cordoba
I'll never leave here. I am Cuban. I love my country. No matter what, I have to see it through.
Secrets of the Cuban Underground Revealed
André Devereaux
I don't want that name used, mentioned, ever.
Nicole Devereaux
Why? What is she to you?
André Devereaux
She is in the Cuban underground. She sometimes works for me.
Nicole Devereaux
Ah. What else does she do for you?
André Devereaux
Nicole! She is the head of the network in Cuba. I shouldn't tell you these things! It is dangerous to talk of her! Even to hear that know that...
Nicole Devereaux
But I do know, that's the trouble. I wish I didn't. I know that you go to Cuba four or five times a year. And that - she is beautiful.
Confronting False Beliefs and Threats
Juanita de Cordoba
You are being a damn fool. You have made up a story because it's what you want to believe, because of me! I don't believe he had any contact with your man Uribe. I don't think anyone else will! If you are doing him any harm, I will raise such hell. And you know I can.
Choosing the Right Publication for Reporting
Philippe Dubois
I think I'll be a reporter. I'm loaded with press cards. Who do you think I ought to work for tonight? Ebony? Playboy? The Jersey City Post-Ledger?
André Devereaux
Ebony.
Philippe Dubois
I think Playboy is more my style.
André Devereaux
Ebony.
[shakes head]
Philippe Dubois
Man, you're square!
Betrayal and Consequences in a Dangerous Game
Rico Parra
You shouldn't have done this. To fool me. To work against me.
Juanita de Cordoba
You are part of it.
Rico Parra
Now we will have to do to you what we did to the Mendozas. To find out the names of all the others. All the things that you have done. And we will find out. And the things that will be done to your body. This body.
Secrets and Deceptions in Washington
Nicole Devereaux
Okay, I'm going. And you two secret agents can settle down and be secret agents.
André Devereaux
I wish you wouldn't use such words, my love.
Nicole Devereaux
Why? Who do you think you are fooling, my master spy? Everybody in Washington knows that you are not a Commercial Attaché. Everybody in Washington knows that the Chief of Russian Intelligence is the chauffeur who drives a car for...
André Devereaux
Everybody in Washington does not know these things. And I would thank you not to repeat them. Go to bed.
Michael Nordstrom
Nicole, where did you hear that about the Chief of Russian Intelligence?
Nicole Devereaux
From my butcher.
A Cautionary Exchange Between Friends
André Devereaux
Watch yourself, Philippe.
Philippe Dubois
It's the best thing I do.
The Burden of Secrecy and Risk
André Devereaux
I am supposed to keep my mouth shut and uncover Topaz? At the risk of my own skin? That's quite a job, my friends.
Affection for the Cuban People
Michèle Picard
Oh, the Cubans. I love the Cubans. They are so wild!
Misinterpretation of Information in Espionage
André Devereaux
You are putting two and two together and getting eight.
Rico Parra
The things you learned from those papers about Russia and Cuba - is the reason why are you suddenly here.
André Devereaux
And that makes nine.
Conflict of Loyalty and Concern
Nicole Devereaux
André, I don't want you to go. I am afraid for you, for your career, for your life!
André Devereaux
I've got to. I promised. I started all this and I am going to finish it.
Nicole Devereaux
Let the Americans do their own dirty work.
Cuba's Freedom and Unity Among Men
Rico Parra
There are no color bars in Cuba. We're a free and democratic nation. All men are comrades.