The National Broadcasting Company presents Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston, the man called

X. Wherever there is mystery, intrigue, romance, in all the strange and dangerous places of

the world, there you will find the man called X. The message was received by the State

Department in Washington shortly before midnight. Within an hour after decoding, there was a

feverish burst of activity in the officers of the Atomic Energy Commission, counterintelligence,

end of the Bureau in New York City. So Professor Choney has disappeared? That's right, Ken.

It apparently happened three weeks ago. Where chief? At Los Alamos? No, much worse.

At Lint, Sostria. On the border of the American Russian zone, what was Choney doing there?

His family disappeared there during the war. A month ago he took a leap of absence from his

nuclear fishing work at Los Alamos. One last stab at finding him. That's so chief. Ken, I don't

have to tell you that Professor Choney is one of the greatest living experts on nuclear

fishing. Yeah, no. Why is mine contained secrets that would be worth almost anything to certain

interested nations? That's right. Repeat, say, Ken, what's the matter with you? Don't you realize

what this might mean? Choney disappears only 25 miles from Czechoslovakia. What if he's

being killed somewhere behind the Iron Curtain? Being questioned there. Well, if this

with the Bureau can hardly go into Czechoslovakia on the strength of a guest, I know we can. That's

why I wanted to talk to you. Don't you have any suggestions? The chief. What do you know

about music boxes? Music boxes, yeah. Like the one I got here. Came to my apartment,

air expressed this morning. Well, you phoned me. I thought I'd bring it along. Now, wait a minute,

Ken. What are you driving at? It was an interesting little gadget. Chief, listen. You like it?

Ken, sorry. By the way, did you know Professor Choney made a hobby of collecting these things?

He did. Yeah. But he was very fond of played Brahms, a lot of by. Who did you say

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