When Gruber defected to the West

“So you see, Gruber, when you defected to the West your Block Chairman, Pflugel here, was held responsible...He defected, which was blamed on District Supervisor Kronk, so he defected, which was a black mark against Commissar Olinsky here, which got him to come over, and this made my position at headquarters so extremely awkward that...”

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“So you see, Gruber, when you defected to the West your Block Chairman, Pflugel here, was held responsible...He defected, which was blamed on District Supervisor Kronk, so he defected, which was a black mark against Commissar Olinsky here, which got him to come over, and this made my position at headquarters so extremely awkward that...”