Kuryakin, who has photographed Thrush codes needed by UNCLE, is captured by the criminal organization. He parachutes, with a stewardess, from a chartered aircraft over the North African desert. They end up at a Foreign Legion post, still manned by Basil Calhoun, who doesn't know the legion has been disbanded. Both Solo and Thrush are trying to get to Kuryakin.—Bill Koenig