dʒˈeɪkəb wˈɪtnəsᵻz hɪz mˈɜːdɚd dɹˈaɪvɚ, ɐ blˈækmˌɑːɹkɪtˈɪɹɪŋ ɐmˈɛɹɪkən sˈoʊldʒɚ nˈeɪmd tˈʌli, bˌiːɪŋ fˈɪʃt fɹʌm ɐ ɹˈɪvɚ, səspˈɪʃəsli ɐdʒˈeɪsənt tə ðə pˈɑːtsdəm kˈɑːnfɹəns ɡɹˈaʊndz.
Jacob witnesses his murdered driver, a black-marketeering American soldier named Tully, being fished from a river, suspiciously adjacent to the Potsdam conference grounds.