Party fast track
Various tours of duty in KGB
American postings
He's an expert on us
And that is all we got on Papa Spy
How do you become the KGB top spy
in the United States?
Gotta know someone
You gotta know someone
So politics is politics
Walter, get me Kruschev's files
Pass me that
I wanna see their career
chronologies side by side
We know they're not related, right?
Right
They're not from the same hometown
They went to different schools
Right
So if they were gonna meet
they should have met here
I think they could've met
They could not
He was an engineer
stationed outside of Moscow
at the end of '41
That's it
They know each other
They're war buddies
That's pretty thin, Kenny
Real life usually is, Walter
They know each other, Jack
Kruschev and Fomin were war buddies
You sure?
Don't take it to court, but we've
got good circumstantial evidenct
What's your instinct?
I gotta move on this
My gut's telling me that
Kruschev's tuming to a trusted
old friend to carry his message
Okay. We're going
I've been instructed to tell you
that the American government
would respond favorably
to an offer along the lines
that you have discussed
If such a solution were raised
at the U. N. by Ambassador Zorin
he would find a favorable reply
from Ambassador Stevenson
So I understand you correctly
if the missiles in Cuba
were dismantled
returned to the Soviet Union
and a guarantee was made
not to reintroduce them
the United States
would be prepared to guarantee
that it would never invade Cuba
That is correct
And this is from
the Highest Authority?
Yes. The Highest Authority
There are two conditions
The U. N. must be allowed to
inspect the removal of the missiles
Of course the U. N.
must also be allowed to observe
the re-deployment of forces
from the American Southeast
I can't speak to that
What's the second condition?
Time is of the essence
How much time?
48 hours
In 48 hours, there can be no deals
I'll see what I can do
I think it's very difficult
to make a decision from this document
It looks to me like
Fomin's overture was genuine
It's a big "if", Bobby
It's ten pages of sentimental fluff
but he's saying it right here
He'll remove the missiles
in return for a no-invasion pledge
Mr. President, our early analysis
says this probably...
was written by Kruschev himself
It's a first draft
It shows no signs of being polished
by the foreign ministry
It probably wasn't
even approved by the Politburo
as they wouldn't
let the emotionalism go by
The analysts say it was written
by someone under considerable stress
Glad to know we're not alone
It never was my intention
to invade Cuba anyway
till they put the missiles in there
Gentlemen, I think we should
seriously consider this deal
Hi
Hi
You look old, O'Donnell
You don't
It's 2:30 in the morning
You flirting with me?
We got a back-channel communication
form Kruschev this evening
feeling us out about a deal
He confirmed it
just a little while ago in a letter
Thank God
Jack kicked us out of his house
for the night
Darn it
For a second there
I thought you'd been fired
No such luck
Driving home
there was something
I wanted to tell you
Finish that thought
Yes?
Kenny, It's Bob
We're getting another letter
over the teletype from Kruschev
I have a bad feeling
I'll be right there
You're beautiful
It looks like
Fomin was a ploy after all
and they were just stalling for time
It gets worse
Gentlemen
my specialists are in agreement
This morning's letter is not Kruschev
Last night's letter was
The evidence supports
only one conclusion
There's been a coup
and Kruschev was replaced overnight
Dean?
It does suggest he's been co-opted
by hard-line elements
Which at the end of the day
amounts to the same thing
A puppet Kruschev
and a hard-line Soviet government
pulling the strings
No deal. And the missiles
are almost operational
What if the Soviets have no intention
of