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03:48.360 --> 03:56.160 I'm sure he'll be here by the time you walk past us. 03:56.160 --> 03:57.160 I guess he liked his dinner. 03:57.160 --> 03:58.160 He looked quite satisfied. 03:58.160 --> 03:59.160 Maybe he's had good news. 03:59.160 --> 04:00.160 He's usually a poker face. 04:00.160 --> 04:15.160 Anyway, I hope he gets hot for him. 04:15.160 --> 04:16.160 Jamaica was the edge of it. 04:16.160 --> 04:20.960 My desk in the War Department back in Washington seemed a million miles away. 04:20.960 --> 04:23.960 It had taken two days to sift through the Cubans in Jamaica and come up with Dr. Rubio. 04:23.960 --> 04:28.960 When it got dark, I left my tourist hotel and I went to Perch Street. 04:28.960 --> 04:31.960 I hadn't had time to feel scared. 04:31.960 --> 04:46.960 I knew my orders weren't simple, but it began to catch up to me now. 04:46.960 --> 04:49.960 Yes? 04:49.960 --> 04:55.960 Dr. Jose Rubio? 04:55.960 --> 04:57.640 Yes? 04:57.640 --> 04:59.640 My name is Rowan, sir. 04:59.640 --> 05:00.640 American? 05:00.640 --> 05:02.240 Yes, sir. 05:02.240 --> 05:05.960 May I speak to you privately? 05:05.960 --> 05:09.240 Won't you come in? 05:09.240 --> 05:13.000 I hope you will pardon this clutter of papers about the room. 05:13.000 --> 05:15.080 My work habits are not the tiniest. 05:15.080 --> 05:16.080 You're alone? 05:16.080 --> 05:18.040 Can we be over her? 05:18.040 --> 05:19.040 Over her? 05:19.040 --> 05:20.040 No. 05:20.040 --> 05:21.040 Good. 05:21.040 --> 05:22.040 These are my credentials. 05:22.040 --> 05:27.040 Andrew Rowan, Lieutenant, United States Infantry. 05:27.040 --> 05:30.040 I've been sent here to contact you. 05:30.040 --> 05:34.760 I have information that you work for the freedom of Cuba, that you maintain certain relations 05:34.760 --> 05:40.560 with the Cuban guerrilla forces fighting the Spanish, General Garcia's forces. 05:40.560 --> 05:44.600 Lieutenant Rowan, I am a doctor of philosophy. 05:44.600 --> 05:46.720 Jamaica is a British possession. 05:46.720 --> 05:48.440 The British frown on such activities. 05:48.440 --> 05:50.560 Yes, I understand, sir, but this is urgent. 05:50.560 --> 05:57.040 Is there a way a man could be sent to Cuba, to General Garcia? 05:57.040 --> 06:02.760 If such a thing were possible, why would it be so urgent? 06:02.760 --> 06:06.040 Well, I'll say it plainly, doctor. 06:06.040 --> 06:08.420 We've got to know the strength of the Spanish. 06:08.420 --> 06:13.640 What supplies General Garcia needs, and if you cooperate with an American army of invasion. 06:13.640 --> 06:14.640 Invasion? 06:14.640 --> 06:15.640 Yes, sir. 06:15.640 --> 06:19.280 The declaration of war between the United States and Spain is very close. 06:19.280 --> 06:20.280 When? 06:20.280 --> 06:21.980 A week, 10 days. 06:21.980 --> 06:32.240 The information General Garcia has will govern the whole strategy of our army and navy. 06:32.240 --> 06:36.960 You should have come a long time ago, Lieutenant, when the cause of Cuban independence first 06:36.960 --> 06:37.960 needed help. 06:37.960 --> 06:40.640 Maybe so, sir, but I don't make policy. 06:40.640 --> 06:45.560 I will tell you truthfully, I do not know of what assistance I can be. 06:45.560 --> 06:48.200 The Spanish have certainly become very strong. 06:48.200 --> 06:51.480 They used this new force to press General Garcia to remember him. 06:51.480 --> 06:53.640 Well, if you could get me to him, sir, I'm sure that- 06:53.640 --> 06:56.640 I want to get you to him, Lieutenant. 06:56.640 --> 07:00.080 I have received no word from Cuba in six weeks. 07:00.080 --> 07:02.560 I am not sure where General Garcia is. 07:02.560 --> 07:05.760 I'm not sure even that my communications are still secret. 07:05.760 --> 07:07.880 Is there any proof that they're not? 07:07.880 --> 07:12.160 No, unless silence is proof. 07:12.160 --> 07:19.000 I want to help you, Lieutenant, but you must know the risk to me, to you, to General Garcia. 07:19.000 --> 07:22.080 I'm ordered to get to the General, sir. 07:22.080 --> 07:28.000 If you're the only way- 07:28.000 --> 07:29.680 You like to fish, Lieutenant? 07:29.680 --> 07:31.680 How's that, sir? 07:31.680 --> 07:32.680 Fish. 07:32.680 --> 07:34.920 Out to sea and in boat. 07:34.920 --> 07:39.640 I have a friend who knows all the best fishing places between here and Cuba. 07:39.640 --> 07:41.880 Oh, yes, sir. 07:41.880 --> 07:44.280 I like to fish. 07:44.280 --> 07:45.280 When can you be ready? 07:45.280 --> 07:46.280 I'm ready now, sir. 07:46.280 --> 07:47.280 How about tonight? 07:47.280 --> 07:59.880 It takes 36 hours for a fishing boat to cross to Cuba. 07:59.880 --> 08:03.560 I burned my identification papers and we left the house. 08:03.560 --> 08:04.560 The night was warm. 08:04.560 --> 08:07.880 There was a moon and the streets were empty. 08:07.880 --> 08:11.200 We walked toward the waterfront and Dr. Rubio told me all he could. 08:11.200 --> 08:14.200 The place you will land is called Gran Rincon. 08:14.200 --> 08:16.320 Just into the jungle is a house. 08:16.320 --> 08:19.600 I make difficulties in my own mind, but since I have no word- 08:19.600 --> 08:21.720 The Spanish know this place? 08:21.720 --> 08:24.480 That is the reasonable assumption, I'm afraid. 08:24.480 --> 08:27.240 Back in Washington, they told me it wouldn't be easy. 08:27.240 --> 08:30.040 Six weeks ago, it would have been a simple matter. 08:30.040 --> 08:31.840 The insurrectors held this part of the coast. 08:31.840 --> 08:33.560 Garcia would have been easy to reach. 08:33.560 --> 08:34.560 Where are the lines now? 08:34.560 --> 08:38.360 The hills, the jungle, the east, is all I can tell you. 08:38.360 --> 08:40.240 At Gran Rincon. 08:40.240 --> 08:41.400 The people there will know- 08:41.400 --> 08:44.080 Yes, there is word from the Canary Islands. 08:44.080 --> 08:48.160 But one thing you can be sure of, where the guns are firing, 08:48.160 --> 08:51.000 that is where you will find Alisto Garcia. 08:51.000 --> 08:52.000 Where the guns are firing? 08:52.000 --> 08:55.000 We go this way now, across the plaza. 08:55.000 --> 08:56.000 Right. 08:56.000 --> 09:05.000 The third fishing boat, that is my friend. 09:05.000 --> 09:14.000 Even if you couldn't see it, you could smell it. 09:14.000 --> 09:15.000 I'm here. 09:15.000 --> 09:16.000 Where? 09:16.000 --> 09:17.000 In the woods. 09:17.000 --> 09:18.000 Can you send as long as there is wood? 09:18.000 --> 09:19.000 That man? 09:19.000 --> 09:20.000 To Gran Rincon. 09:20.000 --> 09:21.000 Rincon? 09:21.000 --> 09:22.000 I will take him then. 09:22.000 --> 09:23.000 What? 09:23.000 --> 09:24.000 I sure will. 09:24.000 --> 09:25.000 It is urgent. 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 It must be done. 09:26.000 --> 09:27.000 I will go. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 I'll go. 09:28.000 --> 09:29.000 I'll go. 09:29.000 --> 09:30.000 I'll go. 09:30.000 --> 09:31.000 I'll go. 09:31.000 --> 09:32.000 I'll go. 09:32.000 --> 09:33.000 I'll go. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.000 I'll go. 09:34.000 --> 09:35.000 I'll go. 09:35.000 --> 09:36.000 I'll go. 09:36.000 --> 09:37.000 I'll go. 09:37.000 --> 09:38.000 I'll go. 09:38.000 --> 09:39.000 I'll go. 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 I'll go. 09:40.000 --> 09:41.000 I'll go. 09:41.000 --> 09:42.000 I'll go. 09:42.000 --> 09:43.000 I'll go. 09:43.000 --> 09:44.000 I'll go. 09:44.000 --> 09:45.000 I'll go. 09:45.000 --> 09:46.000 I'll go. 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 It must be done. 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 He is American. 09:48.000 --> 09:48.760 This country sent them to Garcia for landmark. 09:48.760 --> 09:49.180 Americano, come aboard. 09:49.180 --> 09:49.720 Nice. 09:49.720 --> 09:51.340 Good bye, Lieutenant. 09:51.340 --> 09:52.360 And success. 09:52.360 --> 09:56.640 This is my first trip to Cuba, doctor. 09:56.640 --> 10:01.360 I'll have beginner's luck. 10:01.360 --> 10:03.680 First trip to Cuba, doctor. 10:03.680 --> 10:05.000 I'll have beginner's luck. 10:07.000 --> 10:12.000 The Vassio hoisted the big single sail. 10:15.760 --> 10:17.080 It caught the wind easily, 10:17.080 --> 10:19.360 an ordinary fisherman in an ordinary sea. 10:20.400 --> 10:22.040 But I remembered what Cotton said. 10:23.080 --> 10:25.640 Everyone knows Jamaica's been jumping off this. 10:26.880 --> 10:27.880 And there was a moon. 10:27.880 --> 10:32.360 The dark dropped behind us and Rubio's white suit faded into the dark. 10:32.360 --> 10:35.200 I felt the boat take the main swell of the ocean. 10:35.200 --> 10:37.280 And then something caught my eye. 10:37.280 --> 10:40.440 There's not much of comfort on this boat. 10:40.440 --> 10:42.560 What do you look at? 10:42.560 --> 10:44.480 That light at the edge of town, the way it blinks. 10:44.480 --> 10:45.280 Huh? 10:45.280 --> 10:47.080 Huh. 10:47.080 --> 10:48.840 The shimmer of the air. 10:48.840 --> 10:49.800 I watched it. 10:49.800 --> 10:55.880 Maybe it was my eye that the blink seemed more than just a shimmering and damp night air. 10:55.880 --> 10:57.720 Then it went out. 10:57.720 --> 10:59.720 And somewhere behind us. 11:02.720 --> 11:04.720 The Vassio, you hear it? 11:04.720 --> 11:06.720 I steam alone. 11:06.720 --> 11:08.720 Supply boat for one of the plantations. 11:08.720 --> 11:10.720 You sleep. 11:10.720 --> 11:11.720 I will sail. 11:11.720 --> 11:14.720 I stretched out on a pile of fish nets and I listened. 11:14.720 --> 11:17.720 The stow disappeared in the night. 11:17.720 --> 11:27.720 And we were alone on an empty sea. 11:27.720 --> 11:31.720 The morning of the second day Cuba began to grow on the horizon. 11:31.720 --> 11:34.720 By late afternoon we were close in shore sailing eastward. 11:34.720 --> 11:36.720 I watched the jungle. 11:36.720 --> 11:38.720 It looked cool and comfortable. 11:38.720 --> 11:40.720 There was no sign of war. 11:41.720 --> 11:42.720 Americano. 11:42.720 --> 11:44.720 What is it, Savasio? 11:44.720 --> 11:45.720 Watch this sail. 11:45.720 --> 11:47.720 I come about now. 11:53.720 --> 11:55.720 You're in Cuba, Americano. 11:55.720 --> 11:57.720 Thanks, Savasio. 11:59.720 --> 12:00.720 Ah, it feels good. 12:00.720 --> 12:02.720 There is a cloud that leads into the jungle. 12:02.720 --> 12:03.720 I see it. 12:03.720 --> 12:04.720 Then I leave you quickly. 12:04.720 --> 12:05.720 Spanish patrol boats hiding in the coast. 12:05.720 --> 12:06.720 Thanks. 12:06.720 --> 12:08.720 It is all for one, Americano. 12:08.720 --> 12:09.720 Cuba libre. 12:09.720 --> 12:16.720 Our eyes held for a moment and I pushed the boat away from the dock. 12:16.720 --> 12:19.720 She caught the wind and curved out. 12:19.720 --> 12:24.720 And then I felt the nakedness of standing there and I started toward the jungle. 12:24.720 --> 12:27.720 My imagination was very good. 12:27.720 --> 12:31.720 And I was sure that a thousand eyes were watching me. 12:31.720 --> 12:34.720 I looked for some movement, something, somewhere ahead. 12:34.720 --> 12:38.720 And then I reached the cool, balded overhang of the first trees. 12:38.720 --> 12:40.720 There was a house. 12:40.720 --> 12:42.720 I walked toward it. 12:49.720 --> 12:50.720 Hello. 12:50.720 --> 13:03.720 Hello. 13:03.720 --> 13:05.720 Anybody here? 13:09.720 --> 13:10.720 Hello. 13:10.720 --> 13:11.720 Is anybody here? 13:11.720 --> 13:12.720 Put up your hands. 13:12.720 --> 13:13.720 What? 13:13.720 --> 13:15.720 Put up your hands. 13:15.720 --> 13:17.720 Look, I'm not armed. 13:17.720 --> 13:18.720 You don't need that gun. 13:18.720 --> 13:20.720 For three years I carry a gun. 13:20.720 --> 13:22.720 I will decide if I need it. 13:22.720 --> 13:24.720 I was told the people at this house would help me. 13:24.720 --> 13:25.720 Help you how? 13:25.720 --> 13:27.720 Who told you this? 13:27.720 --> 13:29.720 Dr. Jose Rubio. 13:29.720 --> 13:30.720 Come in. 13:30.720 --> 13:34.720 Who is it, duration? 13:34.720 --> 13:36.720 He says Rubio sent him. 13:36.720 --> 13:38.720 Rubio? 13:38.720 --> 13:40.720 I watched you come from the boat. 13:40.720 --> 13:43.720 You were playing close but you walked like a soldier. 13:43.720 --> 13:45.720 How do I know you come from Rubio? 13:45.720 --> 13:48.720 If you let me put my hands down, maybe I could prove it. 13:48.720 --> 13:53.720 Do it slowly, soldier. 13:53.720 --> 13:55.720 Here, look. 13:55.720 --> 13:57.720 These coins. 13:57.720 --> 13:59.720 This one's British, Jamaica. 13:59.720 --> 14:00.720 And this one's American. 14:00.720 --> 14:02.720 You see, United States of America. 14:02.720 --> 14:05.720 And on this side, liberty. 14:05.720 --> 14:07.720 You are American, no? 14:07.720 --> 14:08.720 Yes. 14:08.720 --> 14:10.720 Why does Rubio send you? 14:10.720 --> 14:13.720 To see your general, Calixto Garcia. 14:13.720 --> 14:15.720 Garcia? 14:15.720 --> 14:18.720 Garcia was driven from this part of the country six weeks ago. 14:18.720 --> 14:20.720 Can you take me to him? 14:20.720 --> 14:21.720 Thank you. 14:21.720 --> 14:22.720 Yes. 14:22.720 --> 14:24.720 There are many Spanish between here and Garcia. 14:24.720 --> 14:26.720 Now, look, believe this or not, 14:26.720 --> 14:30.720 the United States will land an army to help Garcia if you can get me to him. 14:30.720 --> 14:32.720 You know nothing of this kind of war. 14:32.720 --> 14:34.720 Well, I'm here to learn, to help you. 14:34.720 --> 14:36.720 But I can't help unless I get to Garcia as quickly as possible. 14:36.720 --> 14:40.720 We wouldn't need horses. 14:40.720 --> 14:42.720 No, don't let me in. 14:42.720 --> 14:43.720 This man needs the help. 14:43.720 --> 14:44.720 Cuba needs the help. 14:44.720 --> 14:45.720 Good, good. 14:45.720 --> 14:46.720 Where do we get horses? 14:46.720 --> 14:48.720 The Spanish of the morgue. 14:48.720 --> 14:49.720 We take from the Spanish. 14:49.720 --> 14:50.720 I go with you. 14:50.720 --> 14:51.720 You? 14:51.720 --> 14:53.720 I do not stay here alone. 14:53.720 --> 14:54.720 Well, yes, but I can't... 14:54.720 --> 14:56.720 Well, what I mean is that we... 14:56.720 --> 14:59.720 Because I am a woman? 14:59.720 --> 15:09.720 You know nothing of this kind of war. 15:09.720 --> 15:11.720 The sun was almost down when we left in the jungle 15:11.720 --> 15:13.720 and filled with shadows. 15:13.720 --> 15:15.720 I walked between them, 15:15.720 --> 15:18.720 Domingo in front, Teresa behind. 15:18.720 --> 15:20.720 Domingo carried a machete. 15:20.720 --> 15:23.720 He hacked into the jungle in front of us expertly. 15:23.720 --> 15:27.720 If we were going in any definite direction, I couldn't tell. 15:27.720 --> 15:31.720 Americano, do you have a name? 15:31.720 --> 15:33.720 My name is Rowan. 15:33.720 --> 15:38.720 And like Garcia, you are the general of this army of yours? 15:38.720 --> 15:40.720 No, no, the general sent me. 15:40.720 --> 15:41.720 I'm a lieutenant. 15:41.720 --> 15:42.720 Ha, teniente. 15:42.720 --> 15:44.720 I was a capitán. 15:44.720 --> 15:48.720 Well, where do we find these horses? 15:48.720 --> 15:50.720 The jungle ends soon. 15:50.720 --> 15:51.720 There is a body. 15:51.720 --> 15:54.720 The Spanish have removed our cavalrymen. 15:54.720 --> 15:55.720 Wait. 15:55.720 --> 15:57.720 Look, this guy behind us. 15:57.720 --> 15:58.720 Fire. 15:58.720 --> 16:00.720 They're burning the house. 16:00.720 --> 16:01.720 Who is it? 16:01.720 --> 16:02.720 Spanish. 16:02.720 --> 16:04.720 You are not so secret, Americano. 16:04.720 --> 16:19.720 They know you are here. 16:19.720 --> 16:24.720 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Richard Widmark in A Message to Garcia, 16:24.720 --> 16:39.720 tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 16:39.720 --> 16:42.720 Well, Harlow, I guess everybody needs a vacation. 16:42.720 --> 16:44.720 Not the Auto Light's day full battery half. 16:44.720 --> 16:50.720 That energetic instigator gives quick dependable starts day in and day out in heat and cold, 16:50.720 --> 16:53.720 and needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 16:53.720 --> 16:57.720 The Auto Light's day full leaves a long life and a happy one, eh, Harlow? 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18:18.720 --> 18:20.720 Stop the arrest. 18:20.720 --> 18:21.720 Teresa? 18:21.720 --> 18:22.720 I'm all right. 18:22.720 --> 18:38.720 We tried here before. They won't find us. 18:38.720 --> 18:48.720 They think they're shooting at us out there. 18:48.720 --> 18:49.720 Rowan? 18:49.720 --> 18:50.720 Yeah? 18:50.720 --> 18:52.720 I'm sure you are not the general of your army. 18:52.720 --> 18:54.720 You seem to be very important to them. 18:54.720 --> 18:57.720 I don't understand. How could they have found out about this? 18:57.720 --> 18:59.720 How about you? 18:59.720 --> 19:02.720 The Spanish are more clever than you think. 19:02.720 --> 19:04.720 Yes. 19:04.720 --> 19:08.720 I'm very sorry about the house. 19:08.720 --> 19:17.720 In this war, a burning house is nothing. 19:17.720 --> 19:19.720 We waited there as the sun set. 19:19.720 --> 19:22.720 It was the first contact with Spanish war. 19:22.720 --> 19:26.720 They knew I was in Cuba. They were looking for me, and they were strong. 19:26.720 --> 19:29.720 What safety there was would be in the night. 19:29.720 --> 19:33.720 Finally, the shadows combined into a velvet black cream. 19:33.720 --> 19:37.720 Dominguin listened to the sounds in the jungle and said it was safe to go. 19:37.720 --> 19:41.720 We left the jungle in another mile and came out of the valley. 19:41.720 --> 19:45.720 Then we walked along a dirt road until Dominguin stopped. 19:45.720 --> 19:49.720 There was the smell of horses in the damp night air. 19:49.720 --> 19:52.720 I know that. It's just through those trees. 19:52.720 --> 19:54.720 Teresa, wait for us here. 19:54.720 --> 19:55.720 Give me the gun, Teresa. 19:55.720 --> 19:56.720 No, no gun. 19:56.720 --> 20:02.720 Row me a few cards. If it is necessary, I use them as shit. 20:02.720 --> 20:03.720 She'll be all right. 20:03.720 --> 20:10.720 Teresa? She can take care of herself. 20:10.720 --> 20:13.720 Four horses. Saddled and ready to go. 20:13.720 --> 20:16.720 The license is from the King of Spain. 20:16.720 --> 20:19.720 You take yours. I will lead the races. 20:19.720 --> 20:21.720 Oh, oh, oh, oh. 20:21.720 --> 20:22.720 Dominguin. 20:22.720 --> 20:23.720 What? 20:23.720 --> 20:38.720 A soldier. 20:38.720 --> 20:49.720 Here, let me drag him out of the way. 20:49.720 --> 20:51.720 Why do you wait? Get the horses. 20:51.720 --> 20:54.720 I, I... Yes. 20:54.720 --> 20:56.720 You learn about the war? 20:56.720 --> 20:59.720 Yes, I learn. 20:59.720 --> 21:09.720 Easy, easy. 21:09.720 --> 21:14.720 We rode for three nights through burned cane fields, jungle, and the tall Cuban grass. 21:14.720 --> 21:18.720 Garcia had done a lot of retreating in six weeks. 21:18.720 --> 21:24.720 Then on the fourth morning, just before daybreak, Dr. Rubio's words came back to me. 21:24.720 --> 21:29.720 The guns are firing. That's where you'll find Calixto Garcia. 21:29.720 --> 21:30.720 I cannot see where they are shooting. 21:30.720 --> 21:32.720 Just so long as it isn't in this direction. 21:32.720 --> 21:35.720 Go in there where I am. We are escorted to the... No more jungle to hide us. 21:35.720 --> 21:37.720 Is Garcia there in the town? 21:37.720 --> 21:38.720 I think so, yes. 21:38.720 --> 21:45.720 Then we've got to go. 21:45.720 --> 21:47.720 We bent low and raced for the town. 21:47.720 --> 21:49.720 And as soon as we rode into the open, the Spaniards saw us. 21:49.720 --> 21:52.720 Little puffs of dirt kicked up all around us. 21:52.720 --> 21:55.720 I felt as if the town would never get close. 21:55.720 --> 22:00.720 And then finally... 22:00.720 --> 22:02.720 We made it. Welcome to Vallamo. 22:02.720 --> 22:04.720 You, you people. 22:04.720 --> 22:06.720 Hello. 22:06.720 --> 22:10.720 You crazy? You never should have made it across that field. 22:10.720 --> 22:14.720 We didn't have much choice. I want to see General Garcia. 22:14.720 --> 22:16.720 You want to fight, I will give you gone. 22:16.720 --> 22:19.720 This man is Americano. He's seen by his enemies to see ours. 22:19.720 --> 22:22.720 Americano? 22:22.720 --> 22:24.720 All right, Americano. 22:24.720 --> 22:38.720 Come with me. 22:38.720 --> 22:40.720 Repair the situation while we wait for Mendulce. 22:40.720 --> 22:42.720 Send your men to the front position. 22:42.720 --> 22:46.720 Promise I want to report on the ammunition. 22:46.720 --> 22:50.720 Please tell me I should make time for you. You are American, you want to see me? 22:50.720 --> 22:51.720 Yes, sir. 22:51.720 --> 22:53.720 Lieutenant Rowan, United States Infantry. 22:53.720 --> 22:56.720 You have aroused the whole Spanish army. Did you have to bring them with you? 22:56.720 --> 22:58.720 My orders were to get to you, sir. 22:58.720 --> 23:02.720 I'm instructed to tell you that the United States is prepared to enter the war against Spain. 23:02.720 --> 23:05.720 The War Department requests your knowledge of the Spanish army, 23:05.720 --> 23:08.720 and wishes to know if you will cooperate with our forces. 23:08.720 --> 23:11.720 The destruction of your battleship, is that it? 23:11.720 --> 23:14.720 That, sir, and the Spanish treatment of your people. 23:14.720 --> 23:16.720 When will this war be declared? 23:16.720 --> 23:18.720 It might be already declared. 23:18.720 --> 23:21.720 When I left Washington, they told me the Spanish would declare on us, 23:21.720 --> 23:23.720 or we on them, in a week to ten days. 23:23.720 --> 23:26.720 And that is why the Spanish drive me so hard. 23:26.720 --> 23:30.720 To destroy the insurrectos quickly so you will have no base. 23:30.720 --> 23:32.720 I will need supplies before your army gets here. 23:32.720 --> 23:35.720 Guns, ammunition, food. I need them quickly. 23:35.720 --> 23:37.720 They'll be sent to you, sir. 23:37.720 --> 23:40.720 The guns, lieutenant. What kind will you send? 23:40.720 --> 23:42.720 Our standard guns, sir. 23:42.720 --> 23:45.720 Then I will show you something. 23:45.720 --> 23:49.720 Can they compare with this? 23:49.720 --> 23:52.720 Mousy. 23:52.720 --> 23:56.720 It's German, and it fires a clip, five shots by working the bolt. 23:56.720 --> 23:59.720 A man does not have to reload by hand. 23:59.720 --> 24:01.720 And our guns fire single shots. 24:01.720 --> 24:04.720 Each man who has one is made into two. 24:04.720 --> 24:06.720 The Spanish are armed with Mausers. 24:06.720 --> 24:08.720 But we don't have anything like it. 24:08.720 --> 24:13.720 Then send me your automatic guns, the Colt, the Gatling, and make many more. 24:13.720 --> 24:16.720 Tell your generals they come to no simple war. 24:16.720 --> 24:19.720 Yes, sir. I see. 24:19.720 --> 24:21.720 May I take this with me? 24:21.720 --> 24:24.720 Take it, and get to your generals quickly. 24:24.720 --> 24:31.720 General Sanchez, I want you to escort Lieutenant Rowan as quickly as possible to the north. 24:31.720 --> 24:33.720 See that he leaves the shores of Cuba safely. 24:33.720 --> 24:35.720 Yes, general. 24:35.720 --> 24:50.720 I trust you are the forefront of your army, lieutenant, for Cuba libre. 24:50.720 --> 24:55.720 General Sanchez took me to food, and again there was the waiting for the night. 24:55.720 --> 24:59.720 I watched the Mauser in action, and the Spanish knew how to use it. 24:59.720 --> 25:03.720 It was no simple war. 25:03.720 --> 25:06.720 As the shadows began to lengthen, the fighting died down. 25:06.720 --> 25:09.720 Sanchez picked three men, and we started north. 25:09.720 --> 25:13.720 There was luck, and we reached the ocean in two days. 25:13.720 --> 25:16.720 The boat is not much, but at least it does not leak. 25:16.720 --> 25:18.720 Thanks, Sanchez. 25:18.720 --> 25:22.720 With a good wind, you should make the British island of Inawa tomorrow. 25:22.720 --> 25:24.720 We will be waiting for your army. 25:24.720 --> 25:36.720 It will be here, Cuba libre. 25:36.720 --> 25:39.720 The winds were fair as he sailed all night. 25:39.720 --> 25:42.720 This he was friendly to the Cuban flight. 25:42.720 --> 25:47.720 He reached Inawa safe and sound, and for soon on another boat homeward bound. 25:47.720 --> 26:09.720 The general also told what he had to say, and it all brought the victory of Cuba libre. 26:09.720 --> 26:12.720 Suspense presented by Auto Light. 26:12.720 --> 26:16.720 Tonight's star, Richard Woodmark, will return in just a moment. 26:16.720 --> 26:22.720 This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light, the world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment. 26:22.720 --> 26:30.720 In 28 plants from coast to coast, Auto Light makes over 400 products for cars, trucks, tractors, planes, boats, and industry. 26:30.720 --> 26:38.720 These products include batteries, such as the famous Auto Light Stay Full, ignition engineered Auto Light Spark plugs, both standard and resistor types, 26:38.720 --> 26:49.720 Auto Light starting motors, generators, coils, distributors, voltage regulators, wire and battery cable, and Auto Light original service parts for all Auto Light electrical systems. 26:49.720 --> 26:53.720 Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry. 26:53.720 --> 27:05.720 So from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light. 27:05.720 --> 27:11.720 And now I'd like to present Richard Woodmark and our producer director, Elliot Lewis. 27:11.720 --> 27:12.720 Thank you, Harlow. 27:12.720 --> 27:22.720 Dick, I'm happy to inform you that for the second consecutive year, you've been voted Auto Light's Golden Mic Award for the best male performance of the year on Suspense. 27:22.720 --> 27:25.720 Congratulations, and here, this is for you. 27:25.720 --> 27:28.720 Thanks very much, Elliot. That's a very handsome trophy. 27:28.720 --> 27:38.720 And now, if I may, I'd like to tell your audience that next week, the First Lady of Suspense, Agnes Moorhead, will star in a very special show called The Empty Chair. 27:38.720 --> 27:43.720 It salutes the American Automobile Association and its wonderful traffic safety program. 27:43.720 --> 27:55.720 I highly recommend that all of you listen next week to Suspense. 27:55.720 --> 28:02.720 Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by René Garagank and conducted by Lud Gluskin. 28:02.720 --> 28:04.720 Portions of this program were transcribed. 28:04.720 --> 28:15.720 A message to Garcia was adapted for Suspense by Richard Chandley, featured in tonight's cast were Anthony Barrett, Joseph Kearns, Lillian Byatt, Jack Crouchon, Ted DeCourcier, and Edgar Barrier. 28:15.720 --> 28:18.720 Our singer was Ernest Newton. 28:18.720 --> 28:24.720 Richard Woodmark appeared through the courtesy of 20th Century Fox, producers of the Technicolor production The Robe in Cinemascope. 28:24.720 --> 28:26.720 No special glasses needed. 28:26.720 --> 28:31.720 World premiere in New York, September 16th in Los Angeles on the 24th. 28:31.720 --> 28:37.720 And remember next week, Miss Agnes Moorhead in The Empty Chair. 28:37.720 --> 28:54.720 This is the CBS Radio Network.