Defense Against The Spy (1968)

we got the word on that 307 tonight captain Oh that's the mugging on 35th yes sir only now it's the homicide well what's the story we got a pretty good make on two probables oh that's a break good descriptions for a change right down to the color of their eyes what's with the case here just coming to that looks like the thing started like a routine mugging bruises on the victim's neck and all like that wallet missing what went wrong the case was chained to the victim's wrist you know the way jewelry salesman do yeah what the lab and photo put together is they tried to shoot the chain off and the Ricochet drill set victim right through the head anything interesting in here nothing but business papers victim was in the import export business nothing but business papers until we checked the lining then this uhoh looks like we got a federal case here [Music] man attention of the police and federal agencies called into the case shift tech company source of the photocopied memorandum you're absolutely positive Bob no carbon okay I'll keep you posted good luck at the meeting right bye Ray I'm really stumped it's utterly fantastic you check my uh file safe yourself yes sir it hasn't been tabed with in anyway and the original memo still there and you and I are the only two people in the plant with a combination that's right sir then how the devil did someone get a chance to take a photograph of the original that's what I'm trying to figure out Mr San Ray I'll tell you precisely what happened the day Bob wrote me that memo he wrote it with his own hand now you heard him on the phone no copies he came up here handed it to me with a wink and left I read it jumped for Joy then put it in the file safe myself and it's been there ever since but somewhere along the line a copy Was Made by Me by Bob to what purpose why make a copy of something that only he and I were aware of just doesn't make sense I sound like a broken record but the fact remains a photoc copy was made and this thing's beginning to smell of Espionage but that's incredible absolutely unbelievable incredible absolutely unbelievable why then the frequent headlines announcing the exposure of this or that spy sometimes native born sometimes a foreigner what is really incredible is that the public media magazines newspapers broadcasting reveal 85% of what an enemy might want to know if the Hostile power wants to dig out the information and the Hostile power does along with a firm determination to get that last 15% too that part of our defense story not handed out on a silver platter here is where there enters the picture that melodramatic figure the Spy or Espionage agent and the tools of his profession simple lock picks portable x-ray machines an almost Limitless variety of microphones recorders transmitters and receivers complex yet tiny the development of the transistor and micro miniaturization have worked wonders a newly developed shotgun mic was to figure importantly in the gyot tech case want to Eaves drop on somebody attach a small hidden device and the telephone caller will have an audience he never suspected or take the area of photograph phot graphy Motion Pictures still camera infrared and micr photography all available and some small enough to lose inside a pack of cigarettes you can buy a telescope today that will let you count the freckles on someone's neck a mile or so away Freckle counting is not the name of the game called Espionage however our purpose here in this case illustration a composite of several actual security violations is to make you aware of the improbable unbelievable devices that can be used against your company and you that's incredible absolutely unbelievable first step when the unauthorized photocopy was discovered comparison with the original gyot memorandum the handwriting on the copy was strangely elongated as though the picture had been taken at an angle using an instrument known as the autofocus rectifier government technicians can in effect flatten out the photoc copy the difference allows the expert to calculate the angle of the original line of sight investigators were now able to establish the vantage point from which the photograph was made a newly established import export office across the street from gyot the suble office was now vacated the Federal Security investigators made an inch byin analysis of the premises tests were conducted using a telescopic lens known as the Questar at this distance in position from the gyot plant it was as though much of what went on inside gyot was exposed to view a close-up view with the camera attachment agents could photograph even the smallest details in a blueprint or document right through the window of the president's office [Music] with this to go on federal investigators now narrowed their search to the previous Renters of the office space the trail led to the uncovering of a spy ring financed by a foreign power Boyd Johnson American Born a recently hired electrician employed by gyot and male tazik ostensibly a refugee from Hungary actually of Albanian origin in the months prior to the discovery of the Spy ring they had not only used telescopic photography but had managed to compromise the secrets of the gyro company in a number of other ways by using a shotgun microphone across a heavily trafficked bulvard they were able to aim and pick out individual voices even in a crowded area out in the open conversations of Gyro's top scientists and Engineers were monitored and recorded the gyote company had a number of basic research contracts with the State University consequently activities on the campus were of interest to the pair of Espionage agents particularly what went on inside the physics building one day there was a visit from a telephone repair man or more accurately a man who represented himself as a telephone repair man it had been an easy matter to interfere with the telephone drop line outside the building to create a genuine disturbance it was an easy matter to gain entry to where he wanted to go too a busy secretary was in no mood to check his credentials she was delighted to be rid of him so she could get on with her work male tazik must have felt the same way as he proceeded to quote rep unquote the professor's line it was a matter of a few minutes and the job was done satisfying himself that the secretary was not the Curious type terzic quickly turned to his next task wiring the professor's chair for [Music] sound the tiny transmitter running on power cells would have an active life of several months and could transmit over a range of a half a mile or more only another year to your doctorate Carson yes sir and now that Dr pe's retired you'd like to work with me very much so sir lasers your specialty in electron injector lasers sir what were you and peab Buddy using chiefly sometimes uh Indian mantenna mostly Gallum oron and what was your biggest problem the cryogenic factor if only uh suppose I told you I found a way to lick the problem no more sub subzero temperatures we've worked out a method and so the good professor continued to talk of many things of shoes and ships and ceiling wax of cabbages and kings and sometimes of MERS and lasers too transmitted to a receiver and voice activated recorder in the possession of Johnson and tozik uh as we go along early one morning at gyote where Johnson was employed as the building electrician on this particular day a carefully worked out plan took [Music] shape who better to call about the lighting failure than the building electrician the foreman assigned the job to Johnson it was a restricted area where secret work was performed Johnson having only accompan confidential clearance was escorted to prevent his access to secret information so far everything according to the book [Music] the escort was close at hand nearby drafting tables were covered so there would be no violation of security but for some reason or another the job did not go as fast as was expected for every bug or wrinkle uncovered by Johnson another cropped up [Music] the job would take a couple of days and so it went when he entered the second time then the third Johnson was an accepted figure in the drafting room the escort and Personnel in the area were a lot more casual now why not break away for a smoke now and then no longer were the drafting tables covered in the area where Johnson worked because he was there everybody assumed he was supposed to be there and didn't give Johnson's presence a second thought under Hobbies on his job application form Johnson had listed only one word fishing which was quite honest of Mr Johnson unfortunately no one had sought to find out if Mr Johnson was also a highly trained photographer what appeared to be an ordinary screwdriver contained a small camera within seconds he had a photographic record of plans and specifications that had taken months even years to develop all reduced to Tiny microfilm dots which would be mailed to a drop point in Central Europe Europe as a journeyman electrician Johnson was able to accomplish several other jobs such as using a spike mic and miniature transmitter to record conversations in the adjacent management conference room one day a photocopier broke down due to electrical failure Johnson was summoned he had the chance to install an automatic miniature camera now it would be one copy for the company one for Johnson's foreign employers the final assault of Johnson and tasic one night by bypassing the alarm system and picking a lock they were able to gain access into the plant periodically the guard made his rounds through the premises they came well equipped for the job the basic instrument an x-ray [Music] device the files of the engineering project supervisor had been properly secured Johnson held the negative x-ray plate against the locking mechanism while tasic went around to the rear of the file with the radioactive element radioactive impulses transmitted through the cabinet and the Locking device would serve to identify the location of the discs within the locking mechanism it was a quick matter to develop the x-rays and an expert like terzic now knew the combination no noise nothing for a guard to become curious about [Music] [Music] [Music] the classified files of the engineering project supervisor carefully replaced by the two men would make interesting reading for the intelligence agency of a foreign power and the next morning the supervisor would not have a clue that his classified file had been [Music] [Music] rifled a conscientious guard but he should have checked the area in which the secret material was [Music] stored the gyot case history represents a comp composite picture of security violations within a single plant but each one of these illustrations is based on fact the trained professional agents like Johnson and terzic have many sophisticated tools against which there is one overriding answer vigilance such as using the latest GSA approved security containers which protect against the X-ray technique used by Johnson and terzic open your mind to this basic truth half measures are worse than nothing security must be all the way half measures allowed Johnson to doctor the photocopying machine all the way means allowing access only to fully authorized servicemen half measures allowed the illicit photographing of the work of many key draftsmen all the way would have meant an escort all the time in the restricted area and classified material covered terzic style of telephone repair would have been frustrated if more than a quick look had been taken at his company identification card just being aware of the sensitivity of long-distance microphones even out of doors will cut the chances of eavesdroppers greatly when you are vulnerable to eavesdropping that's the time for small talk not shop talk a High powerered telephone photo lens can pry into your Private Affairs but it often can be stopped by vigilance and Common Sense a drawn blind for example would have ended this case history before it began if you are working in a defense related area your plant must be a strong island of vigilance amid the potential security threats on every side so smile or not but remember someday somewhere you two may be on a kind of candid camera on the spot in our nation's defense against the Spy [Music]