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''During the 1950s, [[Radioman|Klaus]] works as a radio engineer for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi Stasi] in the DDR. He is sent to Poland to to set up a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station numbers station] to communicate with Polish agents stationed in the West. There, he devises a recognizable introduction theme by recording a music box. This introduction is repeated for several minutes for the user to tune. Along with him, he brings a numbers reading machine which he tweaks to increase the German female's voice pitch. The device ends up being used as is for the following decades by the Polish secret services. | ''During the 1950s, [[Radioman|Klaus]] works as a radio engineer for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi Stasi] in the DDR. He is sent to Poland to to set up a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station numbers station] to communicate with Polish agents stationed in the West. There, he devises a recognizable introduction theme by recording a music box. This introduction is repeated for several minutes for the user to tune. Along with him, he brings a numbers reading machine which he tweaks to increase the German female's voice pitch. The device ends up being used as is for the following decades by the Polish secret services. | ||
| − | ''During the early eighties, [[Ulla]] raises little [[Jouni]] in Rota. [[Florence]] seeks refuge but disappears. | + | ''During the early eighties, [[Ulla]] raises little [[Jouni]] in Naval Station Rota. [[Florence]] seeks refuge but disappears. |
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| + | ====Playa del Rompidillo, Rota, Spain==== | ||
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| + | The sun still shines brilliantly on this late October afternoon in Rota, Spain. [[Ulla]], the tall blond German woman better known by locals as Ursula for her resemblance to the Swiss actress, watches her 3 years old baby, [[Jouni]], as she digs a hole in the sand. On the portable radio which she brought along to the beach, the radio announcer introduces the next hit in Spanish: -Y ahora, '''Start Me Up''' de los Rolling Stones. After a few loud bars, Ulla, turns off the radio but mistakenly hits the band button and recognizes a familiar melody instead. She fine tunes the short waves band to get a better signal. Captivated by the sound of a music box on the radio, Jouni stares at the USS John F. Kennedy anchored in the Bay of Cadiz. When the music box tune switches to an automated little girls voice reciting numbers in German, Jouni turns to her mother. | ||
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| + | -Mommy, why is the little girl repeating numbers. Is she learning to count? | ||
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| + | Ulla is mesmerized by the broadcast and stares at her daughter, not answering. | ||
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| + | ====Wilson's family housing unit, Naval Station Rota, Spain==== | ||
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| + | Major [[Steve Wilson|Steve]] gets home after dinner. | ||
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| + | -Sorry honey... Got delayed . Guess you've seen it when you were at the beach. We're harboring the USS JFK for a few weeks. That's like 5000 new home boys in town. | ||
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| + | -Well the senoritas are going to be thrilled, answers Ulla as she wipes off tomato sauce from Jouni's face. | ||
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| + | -Hello my little princess, says Steve as he grabs his daughter to get a kiss. | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 17 November 2015
OUTLINE
During the 1950s, Klaus works as a radio engineer for the Stasi in the DDR. He is sent to Poland to to set up a numbers station to communicate with Polish agents stationed in the West. There, he devises a recognizable introduction theme by recording a music box. This introduction is repeated for several minutes for the user to tune. Along with him, he brings a numbers reading machine which he tweaks to increase the German female's voice pitch. The device ends up being used as is for the following decades by the Polish secret services.
During the early eighties, Ulla raises little Jouni in Naval Station Rota. Florence seeks refuge but disappears.
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Playa del Rompidillo, Rota, Spain
The sun still shines brilliantly on this late October afternoon in Rota, Spain. Ulla, the tall blond German woman better known by locals as Ursula for her resemblance to the Swiss actress, watches her 3 years old baby, Jouni, as she digs a hole in the sand. On the portable radio which she brought along to the beach, the radio announcer introduces the next hit in Spanish: -Y ahora, Start Me Up de los Rolling Stones. After a few loud bars, Ulla, turns off the radio but mistakenly hits the band button and recognizes a familiar melody instead. She fine tunes the short waves band to get a better signal. Captivated by the sound of a music box on the radio, Jouni stares at the USS John F. Kennedy anchored in the Bay of Cadiz. When the music box tune switches to an automated little girls voice reciting numbers in German, Jouni turns to her mother.
-Mommy, why is the little girl repeating numbers. Is she learning to count?
Ulla is mesmerized by the broadcast and stares at her daughter, not answering.
Major Steve gets home after dinner.
-Sorry honey... Got delayed . Guess you've seen it when you were at the beach. We're harboring the USS JFK for a few weeks. That's like 5000 new home boys in town.
-Well the senoritas are going to be thrilled, answers Ulla as she wipes off tomato sauce from Jouni's face.
-Hello my little princess, says Steve as he grabs his daughter to get a kiss.