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Colonel von Waldheim

Might it not be unwise to leave a billion gold reichsmarks in the Bank of France? Enough money to equip ten panzer divisions?

General Von Lubitz

Make your point, Colonel.

Colonel von Waldheim

Money is a weapon. The contents of that Train are as negotiable as gold and more valuable. I feel Berlin would prefer it in the hands of the Third Reich.

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