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I agree.m ACT ONE FADE IN; 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. - STOCK - DAY 3 ESTABLISH 4 EXT. PENTAGON - STOCK - DAY ^ LAP DISSOLVE 5 INT. OFFICE - DAY 5 Absolutely functionally furnished, everything in t.his office must look as if it had been contracted for in lots of one thousand or more: desk, chairs, cabinets. Perhaps the only note of protest is a couple of 8x10?╟╓s of Paul Landon's wife and family. PAUL LANDON is an exec, minor league, in the Department: fifty-ish, no jacket, tie a little too broad, shirt unbuttoned at the top. Right now he is furious: a fury out of a sadness for an event which need not have happened. It is difficult for Paul to stand or sit s.till; mostly, he moves around. Kelly and Scott a bit taken aback and embarrassed by Paul?╟╓s initial reaction. PAUL He was stupidl Let me tell you, that?╟╓s the only word for him: stup-pid. KELLY How do you figure? PAUL What kind of way is that for a valuable man to die: with a knife in his back in a ... KELLY (interrupts, miffed) So, he died?╟╓ That?╟╓s what he signed up for. That?╟╓s What we all sign up for: me, you"... (gestures Scott) ... him. Why else do we fill out "next of kin" on the application blank and get a Government furnished life insurance policy? (CONTINUED)