- [first lines]
- Radio Announcer: A late word just in from the Sheriff's office regarding this morning's unexplained ocean disaster. Aerial and ocean survey teams, as yet, have found no survivors and no bodies from the mysterious explosion which ripped apart the pleasure boat Leonora at 8:05 this morning. Officials are speculating on the possibility that the Leonora was engaged in the heavy smuggling activity know to be...
- Man on Tape: [voice on tape] Good morning, Mr. Phelps. 48 hours from now, this man, George Berlinger, millionaire manufacturer and the country's largest dealer in stolen gems, is scheduled to transfer a huge shipment of diamonds to an underworld figure for 75 million dollars. At this moment, only one man in the world knows where those diamonds are, and he is Berlinger's former Lieutenant, Frederick Hoffman, who stole them hid them, and is now being tortured by Berlinger to reveal their whereabouts. Conventional law enforcement agencies are unable to guarantee the recover of the jewels. Your mission, Jim, if you decide to accept it, is to recover those diamonds, seize the 75 million in cash, and put Berlinger out of business for good. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.
- [last lines]
- James Phelps: [makes a phone call] Now.
- James Phelps: [hangs up the phone] Just be a moment, gentlemen.