The Church Without A Cross by Top Secret

Summary

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Relic Radio Thrillers – "The Church Without a Cross" (Top Secret)

Original Airdate: August 20, 1950
Podcast Release: November 7, 2025
Notable Cast: Ilona Massey (Baroness Karen Gaza)
Summary by Relic Radio

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Episode Overview

This thrilling episode from the Top Secret radio series plunges listeners into wartime espionage, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Belgium. The courageous Baroness Karen Gaza, working for the Allies, embarks on a dangerous mission to locate "Location Rx," a secret V2 rocket launch site threatening London. With London on the brink of devastation and previous operatives vanished without a trace, the fate of the city—and many lives—hangs in the balance.

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Key Themes & Purpose

• Espionage and courage under pressure
• The human cost of war—civilians and operatives alike
• The tension of trust and betrayal within resistance networks
• The race against time to avert disaster

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Detailed Breakdown & Major Plot Points

The Mission Begins: Stakes and Sacrifice

[01:46]
Baroness Karen Gaza recounts her assignment:

"Assignment 11 was a fight against death. Death that came silently, without warning. I had to find a place, a pinpoint on the coast of Europe... known as Location Rx." (C, 01:46)

• London is under threat from V2 rockets.
• Gaza requests dangerous infiltration by parachute into Belgium.
• Sir Eric Hamilton is initially reluctant, citing deadly risks (twelve previous agents have disappeared).

Quote:

"Twelve other operatives have searched for location Rx and vanished. You are the 13th." (B, 04:36)

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Into Enemy Territory: First Contacts and Isolation

[06:16 – 10:05]

• After an evocative, unsettling descent into a wartime cityscape, Baroness Gaza finds Pierre Lebrun, her French contact, identified by a 1920 English penny.
• Lebrun, traumatized by preceding losses, offers little hope and warns of the deadly odds:

Quote:

"They come. They vanish. They die. But still they come again." (B, 07:20)

• The only clue: Colonel Hans von Karsch, master of "Location Rx," operates from the Hall of Liberty, Brussels.
• Lebrun describes von Karsch as:

"Half the chemist, half the soldier, all the Nazi." (B, 08:19)

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Dangerous Isolation and Building Cover

[11:05 – 14:33]

• Feeling abandoned, Gaza goes underground, working persistently to get close to von Karsch.
• Over weeks, she infiltrates his inner circle, eventually securing a role as his secretary.

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Espionage Web: Allied Contacts in Disguise

[15:07 – 16:10]

• An elevator operator covertly reveals himself as an Allied agent—another in the line of "penny" operatives.

Quote:

"12 agents have come over, mademoiselle. I was the seventh." (B, 15:27)

• Both understand the grave danger—most contacts end up dead or missing.

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The Critical Break: Overhearing the Target

[16:14 – 18:33]

• Gaza types up a pass for Leopold Schalk after overhearing key intelligence: the launch site is near ostend, at a church eight miles away.
• The Nazi plan:

"The first rocket with the aiming device will be fired at midnight. If possible, we wish to hit Buckingham Palace. The death of the King and the Queen would be a tremendous blow..." (B, 17:17)

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Last Preparations and Final Alliances

[19:04 – 23:36]

• Determined to leave a trail for the next agent, Gaza returns to Lebrun's house, finding Lebrun imprisoned by his son, Jacques, who suspects his father's collaboration with Nazis.
• Tense confrontation; Gaza proves her Allied loyalty.

Quote:

"For weeks now I've suspected my father of collaboration. It is very important that you tell me the truth. Are you a British agent from Sir Eric Hamilton?" (B/Jacques, 22:07)

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The Operation: Approaching the Church Without a Cross

[24:18 – 27:44]

• With Jacques and Roger (the Dublin agent), Gaza drives to Ostend. They approach the white church—a "church without a cross"—concealed V2 launch site.
• Passing Nazi guards with forged documents, the team confirms the site’s location. Jacques is caught in an electrified trap but urges others to flee and report.

Quote:

"My leg is artificial. Otherwise I'd be burned to a crisp. Now go." (B/Jacques, 26:25)

• Roger and Gaza, guilt-ridden, escape and radio London as bombers strike the launch site at dawn.

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Memorable Final Moments

• After the strike, as the church is destroyed, Roger solemnly dedicates the attack:

Quote:

"One for London, one for France." (B, 27:44)
"And our Father, which art in heaven. One for Jacques Lebron." (C, 27:53)

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• "12 other operatives have searched for location Rx and vanished. You are the 13th." (B, 04:36)
• "They come. They vanish. They die. But still they come again." (B, 07:20)
• "Half the chemist, half the soldier, all the Nazi." (B, 08:19)
• "12 agents have come over, mademoiselle. I was the seventh." (B, 15:27)
• "The first rocket with the aiming device will be fired at midnight. If possible, we wish to hit Buckingham Palace..." (B, 17:17)
• "My leg is artificial. Otherwise I'd be burned to a crisp. Now go." (B, 26:25)
• "One for London, one for France." (B, 27:44)
• "And our Father, which art in heaven. One for Jacques Lebron." (C, 27:53)

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Baroness requests mission, stakes set: [01:46–04:54]
• First meeting with Lebrun (penny exchange): [07:08–09:43]
• Gaza's infiltration and establishing cover: [11:05–14:33]
• Elevator operator revealed as Allied agent: [15:07–16:10]
• Key intelligence overheard (church location): [16:14–18:33]
• Showdown at Lebrun’s house: [20:30–23:36]
• Approaching and identifying the church launch site: [24:18–27:44]
• Aftermath and tribute: [27:44–28:16]

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Tone & Style

The episode exudes classic wartime suspense, with powder-dry dialogue, stoic resolve, and emotional undercurrents. There is a persistent undertone of loss and the costs of heroism—underscored in the tense father-son confrontation, and the ultimate sacrifice by Jacques.

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Conclusion

"The Church Without a Cross" is a taut, emotionally resonant story about sacrifice, cunning, and persistence in the face of almost certain doom. Through nuanced performances and period-appropriate atmosphere, it distills the uncertainty and courage of wartime espionage—a hallmark of the Top Secret series.

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Transcript

[A]

Relicradio.com presents stories of mystery and intrigue, espionage and suspense. Hear tales of ticking time bombs, mysterious crime scenes and cloak and dagger action. This is Relic Radio Thrillers. This week on Relic Radio Thrillers, we'll hear from Top Secret and NBC series of 17 episodes that originally aired from June to October of 1950. Our story today is the Church without a Cross. This one aired August 20, 1950.

[B]

Next Sunday at this time, the American Album of Familiar Music returns to the air, bringing you the finest in light classical music. It's tops for refreshing Sunday evening entertainment. Your favorite soloists return with the orchestra on the American Album of Familiar Music Sunday, August 27, over most of these NBC stations beginning September 1, Top Secret will be heard Friday evenings. Top Secret. Starring gorgeous Ilona Massey as the Baroness Karen Gaza in transcribed stories of a woman who pitted beauty, brains and courage against the forces of evil. Tonight, as Assignment 11, the church without a cross.

[C]

Assignment 11 was a fight against death. Death that came silently, without warning. I had to find a place, a pinpoint on the coast of Europe. It was in Belgium, north of Brussels, and was known as Location Rx. Many men had looked for it, suffered for it, died for it. An old friend had warned me, told me what to expect.

[B]

Baroness, you are young, beautiful, full of life. I am old and I know to find Location Rx is to die.

[C]

But Location Rx had to be found and found quickly. Otherwise London would perish. Accordingly, I asked permission to enter Belgium by parachute. I made my request to Sir Eric Hamilton, head of London's Department of Civilian Defence.

[B]

My dear Baroness, what you ask is impossible, quite impossible.

[C]

Please, Sir Eric, let me try.

[B]

No, please. It's too dangerous.

[C]

Baroness, I am used to danger. And besides, if I should die, there is no one who would shoot.

[B]

Listen. Windows rattling. One of them's hit.

[C]

I don't see.

[B]

No one ever does. Oh, there it is. That cloud of dust. Get away from the window, Baroness. Get away from the window.

[C]

Oh. Oh, you're hurt.

[B]

No, no. Bit of glass. It's all right.

[C]

Your cheek is bleeding.

[B]

No, no, I'm all right, really.

[C]

Baroness, please let me find us where they are coming from. If they ever learn to aim them accurately, London is finished.

[B]

Yes, I know.

[C]

Then, please, sir. Radish, please.

[B]

All right, Baroness, you win. That's the third V2 in 24 hours this week. 400 dead, over 2,000 injured. If it goes on much longer, the city will panic. Nerves are like watch springs, coiled, ready to snap at any moment. We'll send you into Belgium by parachute tonight.

[C]

Thank You, Sir. Eric.

[B]

We think they're coming from a location called rx, somewhere east of Ostend. We know that the key man is a Colonel von Karsch with an office in the hall of Liberty in Brussels. Your contact in Brussels is a Frenchman. If he's still in for 10 days.

[C]

What is his name and how shall I know him?

[B]

His name is Lebrun. Pierre Lebrun. His Last address was 145 Rue des Petit Cloche.

[C]

Street of the Little Belle.

[B]

145. You'll know him by coin. An old penny minted in 1920. This is the last one I have. 12 others have gone before you, Baroness, and vanished.

[C]

You mean that.

[B]

Yes, Baroness. 12 other operatives have searched for location Rx and vanished. You are the 13th.

[C]

As I left his office, I passed the place where the V2 had fallen. There had been no warning, no sound. Only a sudden vibration and then the explosion. Crumbling a block of houses, rubble. In the ruins I saw a doll. A tiny doll with golden hair clutched in the hand of a child. At the end of the hand, an arm. At the end of the arm. Nothing. I hur. Sick and horrified, I reported to the airfield. It was dark when I took off in a small single engine plane. As we headed out over the Channel, the dim gray shape of London disappeared. A few minutes later, we were over Belgium. I checked my parachute, my compass, then my position with the pilot. With 30 seconds to go, I open the hatch.

[B]

26, 27, 28, 29.

[C]

The wind was soft to my face and warm. The earth came up to meet me in slow motion. My search for location RX had begun. When I landed, I threw my parachute down an old well and made my way to Brussels on foot. The city was quiet. There was no traffic, no people and seemingly no life. There were shadows in every doorway and the whole thing seemed unreal, as if. As if I were walking in a dream. I found the Rue de Petit Cloche. And in an alley beside a cafe, I found the Frenchman's house.

[B]

Who is it?

[C]

A friend. With a penny. An old English penny. A penny? Yes, an English penny made in 1920. Come in, come in.

[B]

Show it to me.

[C]

Suddenly they come.

[B]

They vanish. They die. But still they come again. Here, Mamzel. Here is mine. I am Pierre Lebron.

[C]

Thank you.

[B]

You have papers? Yes, of course.

[C]

I am Baroness Karen Gaza, formerly of Vienna, now of London.

[B]

From Sir Eric Hamilton you obtain the penny.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

I will tell you what I know. Yes. The V2 is a rocket bomb.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

As yet, the control will sit inferior. They do not aim with accuracy. And Brussels? Two or three times have gone wrong and fallen. The people call them la mort Silence.

[C]

The silent death that comes from hell.

[B]

Where they are manufactured? I do not know. From a place known as Location Rx they are launched. Exactly. This part is unknown, except that it.

[C]

Is by the sea.

[B]

In charge is a man of the devil, Frulein. A Colonel Hans von Karsch.

[C]

Von Karsch?

[B]

We half the chemist, half the soldier, all the Nazi. He is in charge of location Erics.

[C]

Where can I find him?

[B]

He has an office in the hall of Liberty, here in Brussels. I will write down the address. Voila.

[C]

Mercy. And now can you suggest any way in which I might be able to find?

[B]

I can suggest nothing, Fraulein. For me these Suggestions are bad. 12 men have come. 12 men of honor and courage. I suggest and they vanish. I have now the fear. Soon I will also have the blame.

[C]

Oh, Sir Eric knows it isn't your fault. Yes, it he knows it can be helped.

[B]

You are sure?

[C]

Yes. Bon, bon.

[B]

I am glad just the same. Frulein, it is important that you go. If we meet, do not speak. If you must come to this house, come at night alone.

[C]

But I thought I would stay here.

[B]

No, sit down. For sibe you can obtain a room in Bosnia. I am small.

[C]

I could sleep on that couch.

[B]

That, Frulein, is the bed of my son.

[C]

Your your son? Is he one of us?

[B]

No, no. Go for, please. He, my friend, is dangerous.

[C]

Do you think working alone is the best way?

[B]

Working alone is the only way. Bon chance.

[C]

Thank you and good luck.

[B]

The 13th penny mon.

[C]

Will they never stop? Colonel Van Ka?

[B]

Yes, who is it? Your friend, Colonel, with something to sell. Ah, another penny. The thirteenth. How much? Colonel? I am old and tired. How much? They are now over here at the Colonel.

[C]

This one will be expensive.

[B]

What does he look like? It is not the man Colonel Rankhouse.

[C]

But it is not the man who will be easily got.

[B]

Has it occurred to you, Monsieur Lebron, that my Gestapo could get information out of you in and have me tell the secret of Location Rx? No, Colonel, I think not. The price is 5,000American dollars.

[C]

Think it over.

[B]

Good night.

[C]

As I left, the old man's house with spears wept over me. I could expect no help from a gentle old Frenchman who felt responsible for the death of 12 men and was now without courage. To go on to connect with one cash seemed impossible. And yet with one Karsh was the secret of Location rx. I walked on the car crooked, deserted little street. It was dark There was no sound except my footsteps on the stones. I went past doorways where shadows lurked. I was tired. I had no place to sleep. I was a spy without contact, alone in the midst of the enemy.

[B]

That was it. Wait, please do not be alarmed. Did you come just now from the house of Pierre Lebrois?

[C]

Who are you?

[B]

Mademoiselle, I beg you to tell me. Let go of my 145 rude etiquette clash. Were you there? Let me go or I'll scream and ring the police. Perhaps not, mademoiselle. They would arrest you.

[C]

Arrest me?

[B]

As an Allied spy?

[C]

Let me go.

[B]

Please, mademoiselle. I am lame. I cannot run. Please come back. Come back.

[C]

Out of the Brussels night, a stranger who knew someone, knew who I was and where I had been. I ran until I could go no further. That night I slept in the streets. The next day I got a room and began working on Colonel Van Ka. At the end of four weeks I got an interview with him. At the end of four more, I got a job as one of his three secretaries. It deprived money and a lot of it. But at last I had established a contact that was fairly close and reasonably safe. His headquarters occupied an entire floor in the hall of Liberty in Brussels.

[B]

Have you been to lunch, Fraulenkeller?

[C]

No, sir.

[B]

Then go now. When you come back, make six copies of that letter and put the one for location RX in my basket. I'm going up tonight.

[C]

Oh, Colonel Von Cash. You look so tired. And it's. It's such a long drive.

[B]

Who said it is a long drive?

[C]

Well, no, no one, sir. Just that. That you look.

[B]

Are you trying to find out where it is?

[C]

No, why, of course not. I only thought that you said you.

[B]

Are not here to think. You are here to work. You do not ask questions, you obey. Go to lunch. When I want an opinion on my health, I will. On Cash. No. He asked me for 5,000American dollars and disappeared. You have been looking for him for two months. I want some action. There is an Allied spy somewhere in Brussels who must be caught. I want results and I want them fast. Rollin Keller. I told you to go to lunch. Go.

[C]

I went to lunch. It was late, nearly 1:30. When I returned, it was a quarter to three, quite without design. I got into the elevator third from the end. There were four people in it, including the operator. I had noticed him before. There was a flavour in his accent that reminded me of Dublin. The other passengers got out on the second floor, leaving the operator and me alone. Between the third and the fourth floors? He stopped the car.

[B]

Speak to you?

[C]

Why are you stopping? What does this mean?

[B]

I would like to speak to you about a penny.

[C]

A. A penny?

[B]

Yes. An old 20. This one.

[C]

Who are you?

[B]

Perhaps you have one to match it?

[C]

Yes, I have in my purse. Here.

[B]

At last someone else.

[C]

Who are you?

[B]

12 agents have come over, mademoiselle. I was the seventh.

[C]

I am the 13th.

[B]

Who was your contact?

[C]

And Monsieur Lebrun? He has disappeared.

[B]

Mine was the son, Jack. He too has disappeared.

[C]

Are you off the location rx? Yes.

[B]

Are you? Yes.

[C]

Why haven't you gotten a message through to London?

[B]

Because 11 other men have died. I have to go.

[C]

I am working for one Karsh. I'll get to you if I learn anything.

[B]

Thank God I found you. I just had a feeling. A feeling that you were different.

[C]

Can you get an automobile?

[B]

I think so. With some notice.

[C]

We may need it too.

[B]

Here we are. In here please. At once. Coming. And bring your book.

[C]

Yes, sir.

[B]

I am telephoning Leopold Schalk of the Schalk Steel Mills. He's a very important man. You will listen on the extension and take down every word of our conversation.

[C]

Is that clear? Yes, sir.

[B]

Well, we have had great news, Flying Keller. Really great news. By Sunday the aiming device will be ready. We will be able to aim the.

[C]

Rocket with the accuracy of a rifle.

[B]

Pinpoint actual buildings. Quick, lift the extension. This is his private line. Write down everything he says.

[C]

Everything.

[B]

Herr Schalk. Herr Schalk, this is Colonel von Karsch. I have great news. We have perfected the aiming device. Congratulations. Halberst. I would like you to come to location RX on Sunday. Sunday?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

I will drive you up myself. I wish to know how many rockets your plants in Belgium can produce in the next six weeks. I do not have to go to location Rx to tell you that. Oh, but Sunday night is important, Herschel. The first rocket with the aiming device will be fired at midnight. If possible, we wish to hit Buckingham Palace. The death of the King and the Queen would be a tremendous blow to civilian morale in London, I think. Say. Well, I will come. Good. I will have your passmate out and drive you up myself. I will be in Ostend anyway on Sunday at my country place. It's only an eight mile drive to the peninsula. Please do not mention the location. You're not alone. Yes, but so am I. No one can hear us. Send me the pass in the mail. I'll drive over to the church myself. I'll hit that hang up Fraulein. Hello?

[C]

Yes, Colonel von Gosh.

[B]

Make out a pass for her shout. I will sign it and seal it. You will deliver it personally into his hands. Sent it through the mail. The man is a fool. And Frulein.

[C]

Yes, Colonel von Gosh.

[B]

By accident. You have learned something. I have decided to trust you. But you will forget what you heard about Location Rx.

[C]

At last, a clue to Location rx. I made out the pass. He signed it and stamped it with his special seal. He closed the envelope with sealing bags and addressed it himself. I was to deliver it by hand that very moment. I was trembling with excitement as I rang for the elevator. The special elevator. Third from the left. Thank you.

[B]

Mitage.

[C]

I'm back. I caught it. Can you stop the elevator?

[B]

Yes, it's quiet now.

[C]

I've got a pass to get into Location rx. It's nearer to a Leopold Shark. I know that. The rockets are launched from the place eight miles from Ostend, on peninsula near the church.

[B]

How do you know all this?

[C]

Never mind. You and I are driving to Ostend tonight. Can you get a car?

[B]

Yes, in a couple of hours.

[C]

Make it one.

[B]

All right, one hour. Anything else?

[C]

We should each have a gun.

[B]

I'll see to that too.

[C]

Pick me up in front of the opera house in an hour.

[B]

Right. But how can you know all this? How can you be sure?

[C]

I'll explain it later. First I have a call to make. I'm going back once more to the Rue du Petit Cloche.

[B]

Monsieur Lebrun?

[C]

Yes, but he isn't there.

[B]

You've been back?

[C]

I want to try again.

[B]

Why?

[C]

If something happened to us, left with someone we can trust, then perhaps the next person can start where we left off.

[B]

If the old man isn't there, you can trust the son. You can't mistake him. He limps and he has no hair.

[C]

No hair?

[B]

He was a pilot in the French Air Force. He crashed and was terribly injured. His head was badly burned.

[C]

His name is Jacques. All right, now take me down.

[B]

I'll be in front of the opera house in an hour.

[C]

Good. But first time I see Monsieur Lebron. Even though he's afraid, he's at least on our side. Jacques.

[B]

Jacques. Please, in the name of heaven, will you stop it? I do not know anything. Then go back to the cellar. Father. But I tell you I do not know. I swear I do not know. I cannot stay down there forever. For three months now. As if. You will stay until you tell. Three months. Three years I have died. I am sick. Jacques. It is cold. There Are rats. Please. Please, Father. If I had not proof, I would kill you. Jacques, please. 12 men have come to this house fighting for the same things I fought. Their identification was a penny. They left the mia. They left them. They would never leave them. Never. Where did you get them? One of the pennies was your identification. Where did you get the others?

[C]

Where?

[B]

And the girl? Where has she gone? Where did you send her? There was not a girl. There was never a girl. You made a mistake that night, Jacques. She departed from another house. Not this one. I have the rest of my life to make you talk downstairs. Father. No, no, no. I will come free and then I will throw you down. One. Jacques, please. Please. Two. The door, Jacques. There was someone at the door. Don't move. I will answer it. I am ugly, frulein, but I am not dangerous. What do you want?

[C]

Oh, forgive me. I did not mean to. I wish to see Monsieur Lebron.

[B]

You. You are the girl who. Yes, come in.

[C]

What are you doing to him?

[B]

She knows your father by name. She lies. I never saw her before in my life. She lies, I tell you, Jean. There is nothing left for you father but silence. Mademoiselle, I am Jacques Levoin. I am a French pilot. I'm with a Croix de Guerre. For weeks now I've suspected my father of collaboration. It is very important that you tell me the truth. Are you a British agent from Sir Eric Hamilton?

[C]

Yes. I came to Belgium by parachute from London. I had as identification a penny. An English Penny, dated 1920. I talked to your father the night I landed.

[B]

Two months. Is a lie. She is lying. I swear she is lying. Jacques, do not listen to her. I am your father. Your father. Jacques, this girl is a. Go on.

[C]

Mademoiselle, your father was my contact.

[B]

What? Your proof of this? Why?

[C]

No, no. I have.

[B]

You see, Jacques, you see.

[C]

Wait, wait. Yes, yes, I have in my purse. I think he gave me the address of Colonel Von Karsh. He wrote it down this. If you are his son, you will recognize his writing here.

[B]

No, no. Thank you, Mademoiselle. No, no, please. In the name of heaven, no. I am your father. Please.

[C]

Please.

[B]

Mademoiselle. My father was a Nazi. Should we go now?

[C]

I know location. Rx. I have a car. Perhaps you may be able to help us tonight.

[B]

Mademoiselle, I could do anything. Let me speak to Colonel Van Kaersch, quickly.

[C]

The car was waiting at the opera house. I drove. In the back seat was a British agent from Dublin named Roger. Beside me, a French pilot from Paris named Jacques. We had maps. And we searched. 8 miles from Ostend on a peninsula. A white church. Suddenly we were challenged by a German guard.

[B]

Your paper, please.

[C]

Your pass. When he asked for a pass, we knew we were on the right track. Roger hid on the floor behind the front seat, with a motor rug over him. Jacques posed as Herr Shark. The drop of the pass in the darkness. We got through. Five minutes later, we saw it. On a tiny point of land jutting out into the North Sea, A white country church was a steeple. We parked a car off the road, in the shadows. We had to be sure we were right. So we made our way through the woods on foot.

[B]

Karen. Roger, wait. There, behind the church. The launching ramp.

[C]

We have found it.

[B]

Then let's get out.

[C]

If only it was light.

[B]

Very quiet. We'll go a little closer.

[C]

Why isn't it more heavily guarded?

[B]

The guards around a country church would be suspicious.

[C]

Something's wrong, Jacques. I can feel it.

[B]

Shh. Very. I'm caught. I shock. What is it? A trap. I'm caught. That's why they're altered. Guards. Get out, both of you. Please, we'll help you. Don't touch it. It's wired. Don't touch it. The trap is electrified. If you touch it, you'll get a shock. Then why don't we? You go, both of you. Get this back to London, please. At the hotel in Ostend, the underground has a radio transmitter. Roger, make her call. We'll get you. You fools. Leave me. Roger, don't touch that trap. You'll be electrocuted.

[C]

Take one end. Roger, we can free him.

[B]

You'll be killed. Don't you understand? My leg is artificial. Otherwise I'd be burned to a crisp. Now go.

[C]

We stood there in an agony of indecision. Searchlight began to poke curious white fingers into the woods. And we realized we had to leave him. We hurried back to the car, and in 20 minutes we were safe in our stand. In an hour, underground headquarters and the exact details of location RX had been radioed to London. Roger and I waited the rest of that night, our hearts heavy with the memory of the strange, fiery Frenchman with the magnificent face and the ugly, scarred head. Then, in the gray first light of the dawn, they came, the medium bombers with their swift fighter escort like angry swallows. Then the bombs began to fall on the white country church, on the steeple without a cross.

[B]

One for London, one for France.

[C]

And all Father, which art in heaven. One for Jacques Lebron.

[B]

You have just heard. Top Secret brought to you Transcribed by NBC and starring gorgeous Elora Massey, who comes to you now with a special message.

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Next Sunday evening, that wonderful program, the Album of Familiar Music will be heard in place of Top Secret over most of these NBC stations. On Friday, September 1st, we will all be back with a new series of top secret programs which we think you will find especially fascinating. Remember the date a week from next Friday, September 1st, over most of these NBC stations. And good night everybody.

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Top Secret is directed and produced by Harry W. Junkins. Tonight's script was by Charles Lee Hutchings. Members of the cast included Guy Repp as the Brun, Theo Gertz as von Kos, David McKay as Jacques, Roy Irving as Roger, and Louis Van Ruton as Sir Eric Hamilton. The music was composed and conducted by Dr. Roy Shield. This is Fred Collins speaking. This program came to you from Radio City, New York. Listen for the American Album of Familiar Music next week on NBC.

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