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Paper Clip
SCENE 4
THE LONE GUNMEN'S OFFICE; WASHINGTON, D.C.
(Langly, Scully, Byers and Mulder are all looking at the consotorium photograph under a magnifying glass. From left to right, the
men lined up are the Cigarette-Smoking Man, William Mulder, Victor Klemper, the 1st Elder, Deep Throat, the 3rd Elder, the
2nd Elder and the Well-Manicured Man.)
MULDER: That's my father on the left there.
BYERS: This was taken when?
MULDER: About 1973.
BYERS: Amazing. Langly, take a look.
(Byers walks around Mulder as Langly walks over to the magnifying glass.)
SCULLY: Do you recognize any of these men?
BYERS: Are you familiar with a post-World War II project known as Operation Paper Clip?
MULDER: Our deal with the devil. The U.S. government provided safe haven for certain Nazi war criminals in exchange for
their scientific knowledge.
(Langly points out Klemper.)
LANGLY: I know who this man is. Victor Klemper.
(Mulder looks through the magnifying glass.)
BYERS: The man standing next to your father is one of those criminals, though not the most famous of the bunch. Wernher von
Braun, designer of the V-2 rockets that leveled London, may be the most notorious, but Victor Klemper certainly takes the
prize for the most... evil Nazi to escape the Nuremburg trials.
SCULLY: What did he do?
LANGLY: He experimented on the Jews... drowned them, suffocated them, put them in pressure chambers. All in the name of
science.
BYERS: Together with Von Braun, Klemper helped us win the space race. Using his scientific data on the effects of
high-altitude flying, we were able to put astronauts on the moon before the Soviets.
LANGLY: One giant step for mankind.
SCULLY: What would he be doing in a photo with your father?
MULDER: I don't know. Do you recognize anybody else in the photograph?
(Langly shakes his head.)
BYERS: No. Operation Paper Clip was supposed to have been scrapped in the 1950s but if this is 1973...
SCULLY: Whatever happened to Klemper?
LANGLY: He's still here, living very well at the expense of the American taxpayer.
(The door opens and they turn to see Frohike, who stands in the doorway and looks at Mulder.)
FROHIKE: Unbelieveable! We thought you were history.
(They hug.)
MULDER: You're going to have to wait a little longer for my video collection, Frohike.
LANGLY: Where were you? We were looking all over.
FROHIKE: Down at D.C. general, I was scanning the police frequency when I heard the report of a shooting.
(He takes off his hat and looks at Scully.)
Agent Scully...
SCULLY: What, what is it?
FROHIKE: Your sister's in critical condition.
(She looks at Mulder then walks out.)
MULDER: Scully...
(He follows her down the stairs.)
Scully, wait. Scully! Scully, wait! Scully!
(He grabs her shoulder and turns her around.)
SCULLY: I have to go there, Mulder.
MULDER: You can't go.
SCULLY: That bullet was meant for me.
MULDER: If they're trying to kill you, that's the first place they're going to look.
SCULLY: Those bastards...
MULDER: We're going to call someone I think can help. It's the only thing you can do for her right now is try to crucify them.
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