Mission: Impossible (TV Series)

The Seal (1967)

Bob Johnson: Person on Tape

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  Person on Tape : [voice on tape]  Good morning, Mr. Phelps. For the past 25 years, this country has depended on the friendship of Kuala Rokat, a small but strategic nation on the China-India border. This is the Imperial Seal of Kuala Rokat, a priceless 2,000-year-old jade figure on a golden rope. Two weeks ago, it turned up in the art collection of the famous American industrial, J. Richard Taggart. Yesterday, our government, on behalf of Kuala Rokat, requested that Taggart return the stolen jade to its rightful owners who regard the seal as sacred. Taggart has refused. And there appears to be no legal way he can be compelled to do so, despite the fact that his refusal will undo years of diplomacy and drive Kuala Rokat into the Communist camp. Your mission, Jim, should you decided to accept it, is to get the imperial seal so that it may be returned to Kuala Rokat. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Please destroy this tape in the usual manner. Good luck, Jim.