Rist also realizes that should these documents get into the hands of the press, they could cause considerable damage and seriously jeopardize the good relations of the countries concerned.

Since Captain Rist does not have the demanded amount of $6,000, he agrees to sign a promissory note for a ficticious gambling debt payable within 24 hours.

At this moment, police officers pursuing an unrelated matter make an entrance and arrest the blackmailer, who still manages to slip the filled-in promissory note to the bar owner, Silvia.

When the ambassador learns that there has been some unspecified financial irregularity, he pressures Raak to honor the check so that the embassy and its staff would not be put in a bad light.

Realizing that there must be a miscreant in his embassy's ranks, he assembles his entire staff and tells them that he expects the culprit to do the honorable thing.