Leonid llyich.
Does he suit you?
Well, completely.
Okay.
lfyou all do that, l agree.
We thought a lot yesterday
and we decided
that it's you who should
call Khrushchev
and ask him to come to the CC CPSU
presidium, Mikhail Andreevich.
Why me and not you?
You are his old companion-in-arms.
He won't suspect you in anything.
Besides we rely
on your political experience.
Experience matters of course,
but in this case authority
is more important.
Mikhail Andreevich,
you certainly don't need authority.
Maybe.
But you have more authority
than any of us.
That's right.
lt's maybe even better.
No, anyone can call, but not me.
But why, Leonid llyich?
No, no, no.
My voice can give myself completely.
You underestimate yourself,
Leonid llyich.
You are quite an artist.
Then you, Alexander, call.
You're made of iron.
This is not serious, Leonid llyich.
What if Khrushchev asks
why it's him, but not Suslov or Brezhnev?
What are you afraid of?
Everything's perfect.
The army, KGB.
And also no one
is as hospitable as you, Leonid llyich.
l said no!
lf anything happens
l'll be the one whom they ask.
Yes, Mikhail Andreevich,
it's Lebedev.
Yes, he's in the swimming pool.
Nikita Sergeevich, it's Suslov.
He asks you if he should
call you back oryou can talk to him now.
-What does he need?
- l don't know.
Okay. l'll talk.
Here it is, Nikita Sergeevich.
l'm listening, comrade Suslov.
Why is it so urgently?
l'm on holiday.
There's always work.
Why don't we discuss it
on the plenary session?
What do you mean you gathered?
l don't know.
Okay, ifyou can't do that without me,
l'll tryto come tomorrow.
- Did you hearthat?
-What is it?
They decided to hold
a plenary session.
Why?
Maybe they have
something to discuss?
Nonsense.
They have nothing to discuss.
Nothing.
Why do you think so?
Because.
l think he was right.
l'm sorry, Nikita Sergeevich,
you're an emotional man.
You exaggerate much.
And what is that?
ls that an exaggeration again?
Did you call to the frontier post?
-Yes, Nikita Sergeevich.
-And?
They said that Semichastny
decreed the boats to come.
What can you say now?
Semichastny decreed.
What shall we do about the plane?
Shall we prepare it?
Yes.
Approximatelyforthe morning.
What?
l must warn you.
We can meet on the wayto Pitsunda
different surprises.
l knewthat.
l can't tell you everything now.
Marina...
The most important state secret is here.
Because ofthis package
l'm being hunted.
l put it here. Come here, look.
You see?
Marina, just in case,
if something happens to me...
Happens?
You must deliverthis package
to the state residence,
to the chief of guard,
colonel Litovchenko.
You got it?
Yes.
Didn't you change
your mind to go with me?
No.
And you know,
l love you even more when you do this.
Calm down.
Everything's gonna be fine.
This place is kind of ours,
and we forgot about our sign.
Let's leave two coins for luck.
Let's swim after all.
- l have put on make-up.
- Oh, women. Okay.
Take it.
Then l'll dig our coins by myself.
Volodya, there's oxygen
onlyforten minutes.
That's enough for me.
The First to the Fifth.
lntercept a grey ''Moskvich.'' 2602 LlS.
Copythat. 2602 LlS. Over.
Lady, put me through
with the Minister of Defence Malinovskiy.
Call him home then.
Hello, l'm listening.
- Rodion, is that you?
-Yes, it's me, Nikita Sergeevich.
Why are they collecting presidium?
l don't know, Nikita Sergeevich. Why?
- They didn't tell you?
- Not yet.
l hope you didn't forget
that l saved you from Stalin in 1942.
- How could you think so?
-Anything can happen, Rodion.
Why did you rememberthat?
- Can l rely on you?
- Of course, but what do you mean?
Just that ljust said.
l might need yourforces.
l can do anything you say, but after
it's verified at the plenary session.
What do you mean?
But if it's without the session?
l can't do it without.
lt's not supposed to be that way.
Who said that?
l'm a