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i'm kim Philby major that is Colonel
Philby KGB retired I think you'll find I
have an appointment with general Gabor
Shin the chairman of the KGB general
Givaudan left three hours ago it's
impossible I was summoned for an
important conference with him I regret
the comrade general charge me to make an
alternative arrangement and what prey
might that be
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major Valery Alexeevich Petrovsky that
is you're a fortunate man major
Petrovsky you've been chosen for a
mission of the utmost importance if you
are successful you will return to honors
and promotions beyond your dreams the
chairman of the KGB I am giving you a
direct order you will accept my
authority and my authority alone you
will consult neither your camp
commandant nor the head of the illegals
Directorate no will you reveal details
of this mission to anyone a major Pavlov
a will be in charge of your briefing if
you have any questions you will direct
them to him
they tell me you are the star of the
illegals Directorate
you'll need to be
back here in London it's 60 minutes to
midnight and here in Trafalgar Square
huge crowds are already gathering to
welcome in the new year everyone's in
good spirits crowd is cheerful but
orderly and the police what flap do you
want sir I've got the reinforcements for
Nigel yes but what flap number sir
don't worry I'll follow the noise
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[Applause]
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happy new year
[Applause]
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thing down
ah Kristen come on sit down
Tristan I have told the committee that I
did not authorize your action last night
I've also told them that you needlessly
alerted Berenson to our investigations
by recklessly blowing up his safe
presumably you have some explanation for
this decision Tristan well we've got
Berenson what we need now is the name of
his controller if Berenson believes it
was only a burglary he won't be afraid
to contact him
that still doesn't explain why you
didn't ask for my authorization
you would not given it and that'll be
all president Barron listens away I take
it he said their house party in
Yorkshire with his wife yes but tomorrow
is Saturday Sir Anthony we don't expect
him back until Monday we'll pick him up
then but do you go along with that
Preston he has a girlfriend
I'm sorry what's that got to do with it
quiet
I wouldn't be surprised if he found an
excuse to leave the wife in Yorkshire
come back early and start the new year
with the band I see what do you want
president round-the-clock surveillance
three teams of washers phone tech male
intercept everything immediately 24 men
around the clock for an indefinite
period that have been wrecking at least
three of our current operations Ron I'm
sure you'll agree this Berenson business
is of overriding importance yes well of
course sir Antony all right Preston
you've got it
gentlemen I suggest we reconvene after
lunch
just what hell do you think you're
playing at first you have the
unmitigated gall to proceed without my
permission
then you deliberately try to embarrass
the service in front of that [ __ ] early
of course I'm well aware that you
somehow consider yourself as outside the
normal chain of command but let me
remind you that this is a service not a
free-for-all and when you finish showing
off you come back to work for me and I
as director general of the Security
Service Acting Director General Bernhard
Hemmings isn't dead yet
look Preston let's get this straight
if or rather when I am confirmed as head
of this department you are just going to
disappear without trace I will bear that
in mind
meantime I want another report complete
in every detail on my desk before you go
home would that include this meeting sir
yes
general Guevara asked me to give you
this your final instructions okay could
you put these in the car for me
ah
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how are you terrible but I'd rather you
didn't mention it to her codesys me or
has that little [ __ ] already got me dead
and buried
not quite but it does seem pretty
confident to be your successor has he
got rid of all my people no there are
still a few flies in his wine hunt John
Preston in particular it's good man John
what you been up to well that's what I
wanted to talk to you about Kristin's
caught that pricked berenson leaking
NATO papers and I'd appreciate a little
chat about what we might do with him
Julia
how's the
how about tonight then 7:00
I know it's the bloody office so am i
I'll call you tomorrow all right bye
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chummy has gone to grab it's a real I'm
filling my walk it's a long way to go
for a pizza I think we'll join
do you think Jimmy's overdoing it a
little Gloria I'm saying to be objective
well done charlie there we go
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don't you like your pizza mr. Berenson
no we don't got it's a drop so why we do
that there is better give him the first
team [ __ ]
take away Peters in boxes William go
over the pizzas
manager again will get special service
he does I'll take this one
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hello Angela
Nigel oh I'm sorry yes of course
Oh silly of me where we expecting you
not exactly you mind if we come in no
please do is George in yes of course
darling hello George
Nigel how nice I wonder if we might have
a quiet word yes of course
do sit down
quiet New Year's holiday I'm not missing
something are you what do you want
Nashville I thought you might be missing
something like this these are yours I
believe
for these beyond a doubt never well I
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don't suppose as much I can say is that
I don't know try me
alright well for years now I have taken
the attitude that there was only one
struggle on this planet worth a damn the
fight against world communism
and it has long seemed to me ridiculous
that the most committed anti-communists
in the southern hemisphere the South
Africans should be excluded from NATO
planning because of some unfashionable
domestic attitudes so was this your idea
or did someone approach you I met
someone at a party or did he meet you
Young Marais it seems our Secret
Service's up to scratch just what
exactly have you been passing him it
would be awfully helpful to know I gave
him any relevant documents to NATO that
crossed my desk NATO
well I hope they didn't pay you in cash
Berenson the rounds taken a bit of a
dive lately I didn't do it for money I
did it because I believed it was right a
man of principle to the last you can
bloody well snare Evan
perhaps are more of a picture when you
are you may be interested in this
it's an extract from the debriefing of a
recent severe defector which pinpoints a
Soviet agent in the South African
Foreign Service and this is a summation
of the South African internal
investigation which identifies the man
as one young male you've betrayed your
country you've passed untold numbers of
Secrets to Moscow and endanger the lives
of British men and women and I'd say
you've weakened NATO perhaps
irretrievably just you and your
schoolboy politics and your idiotic ly
conceited faith in your own importance
now some of our more muscular colleagues
favored taking you to a cell and going
to work on you with a carving knife and
a pair of pliers the rest would like to
feed you to the newspapers and throw
what's left into prison for 20 years
it's a tricky choice isn't it however
this is what you will do you will resume
your special relationship with Moscow
only this time I should be supplying the
papers I understand
then later I'll be finished we can
decide what to do with you I'm very
grateful natural
good operation tamko de turning a
Berenson no the false flag recruitment
the way he was run very clever
I've been thinking it reminds me of
someone
generally of Guinea so cabbage chopped
off deputy head KGB sort of your
opposite number then you could say that
yeah I should enjoy feeding him a few
wrong turns for sure
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we also have with us Colonel Kay who
quit Moscow to come to the West last
year colonel who's now the leader of the
minority hardline group in the Politburo
certainly it will be a KGB chief
cowashing how secure would you say he is
you know the version is in delicate
situation unless come some change in
world power balance to justify his his
hardline policy you talk about a
hard-line I KGB chief the worship how
secure would you say here's the version
is in delicate situation unless come
some change in world power balanced
general caca general Boris off on line
one general Boras off well that's always
how I serious where are you alright I'll
Drive out this afternoon
Natasha I won't be back after lunch
no I'll Drive myself
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that's all of you you've gave me mr.
Garrett
how long will be known each other get to
the point puzzle Petrovich
why are you stripping my department
why man what stripping meet clean every
day something new is taken from me first
the very best agent we have specializing
in Britain major Valerie Petrovsky and
dim affords life story meticulously
maintained over the years a legend that
fits Valerie Petoskey like a glove where
do you owe me this top couriers their
documentation radiomen and then the
coating crystals for sleeper transmitter
you yourself planted when you're head of
the KGB in London what the hell are you
mounting over there whose authority has
been on all these transfers des bortion
but comrade general chairman devotion
knows nothing about Western Europe
that's why I was sure that you knew of
this puppet drove his old friend I give
you my word I'm not the one who's
wrecking your department what the hell
is going on I gave it I'm sorry I
thought that no no in your position I
would have thought the same so who is
advising devotion on England
apart from ourselves you think he's
trying to embarrass you maybe remove you
not as far as I know
he and I have not had any fireside chats
lately something's wrong here you have
Gainey
take care hmm take care
I'll look into it stay well old friend
and stay silent by the way what's the
name hmm
what's the name the legend name of the
legend Ross
James Edward Ross
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mr. Ross yes I'm so sorry I'm late
I'm Jill that's me absolutely bloody
mate and not there I'm sorry
it's a traffic quite rightful I got
behind from
you're single man mr. Ross my wife will
be joining me as soon as we sell our
house I'm Phyllis that's nice
this is the Attic upstairs thank you
then that's a bath truth and this is the
second bedroom
one does hear the occasional psalm from
the bay waters american air base but i
hope it doesn't bother you at all
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tell the first courier to proceed yes
sir
hey you must be our new neighbor I
suppose I must be Jim Ross Tomic weird
anytime you feel I drop around huh how
do that thank you
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you're a problem Preston you see while
you've been away young MELAS has been
heading up your section and he's got an
excellent job very thorough
so of course it would be grossly unfair
to push him back to a second slot now
but as luck would have it a vacancy has
suddenly appeared in c5c five let's say
a foursome force isn't it
dunno I do believe it is but I think you
could look on it as a real career move
well you can't keep a good man down
can you mr. Smith well I expect your
talents will be equally appreciated in
airports and ports John where are you
working
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hey me my bass
gold fillings lily-white hands soft pans
so what we've got is a deckhand from a
Russian trawler it looks like he's never
handled anything harder than a bar of
soap coming out of Glasgow docks at 2:00
a.m. in the morning
no forged papers nothing unusual at all
I think we'd better have another look at
these effects
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it's polonium what polonium combined
with lithium the two together form
initiator that's that's a detonator for
a bomb bomb
an atomic bomb full over Praetorian yes
sir
I understand you've been driving comrade
Colonel Phil Billy
yes comrade Chile to Christmas where you
been driving regarding of you know who I
am
so tell me where did you drive I'm gonna
generalize
Gregorio you have a wife and two
children you think they will like you
driving an open jeep in Afghanistan
where did you drive colonel filthy
comrade professor creel ah yes
my name is general Karpov may I have a
word come in
professor kamila in the interests of the
state I want you to tell me the plan
that you and Phil Bay have been
discussing with Devore ssin what
authority you got from this my authority
is my rank and my service if you have no
signed authority from the comrade
general chairman you have no authority
at all in fact I might draw his
attention to your line of questioning
that might not be a very good idea did
you know that Phil B has already gone
missing what do you mean gone missing
disappeared
the rumor is that he is dead shot on
Gabor shion's orders well that is not my
concern
the man is reckless and weak no doubt he
has overstepped the mark that mark is
easily overstepped you have a son for
instance
but
this can't be
you know we do not tolerate these golden
boys five years in the labor camp not
everyone survives that the dirt the
beatings sodomy
I regard the support as alarmist
irresponsible and supported by
insufficient evidence evidence can't you
read that metal disk can only be used as
part of a trigger for an acid bomb that
remains to be seen don't think I don't
know what's going on Preston you're
trying to worm your way back in the
favor by dreaming up some far-fetched
drama of which you yourself naturally
are the hero yeah and you're kicking out
anybody who doesn't make themselves
available it gives your ass but if you
were to look at this thing straight just
for a moment you might see that there is
something going on out there it is my
prerogative as head of this country's
Security Service acting hate sunshine
and if you ask me you're acting like a
complete [ __ ] no further action and
you are suspended for insubordination
indefinitely
and take your coffee [ __ ] bus mates
with you what's your problem
Tomek you cheery like hi
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hello John
hello I'm staying in tonight you can
take the evening off if you want winning
I am and police reports indicated that
rioting continued today and the black
townships outside Johannesburg Pretoria
and Cape Town come on Tiger scuffles
broke out today between demonstrators
and police as a further squadron of
American f-111 strike bomber has arrived
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Hey
you're looking for someone no not not
really
you got a room here
no but I've got my car
that's good
and very soon Alison
[Applause]
daddy said now whether he likes it or
not
his real name is Nikhil Oh
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hey Jimmy and Eileen I've been figuring
you could use a little entertainment
well actually I'm rather busy at the
moment
well hell I ain't too busy to be
watching TV well it's kind of a base for
a few beers yes all right thank you that
would be lovely
um just give me a couple of minutes okay
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later they tear down just a move
you ever done did bowling Jimmy
good look at the fun something I can
beat you at
oh don't tell me you reached your limit
to me boy
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any vodka martini it was too large
Moscow needles Toronto we people that'll
kick a hole in that famous British
reserve
bazarov you that's rusty for up yours
it's hot
Oh
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given all you British are real cool you
most of these boys are just all hat and
no cattle sounds painful
and I would be getting back Islands
yeah
yeah you get real bored around here
these people treat us like such dough's
tell the truth I sometimes wonder what
we're doing here at all yes I can
understand that do you get bored you
Jimmy bored Stan
I ought to be getting back
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[Applause]
I'm the flight Kyson
get it it's an interesting report John
yeah I'm pretty sure about this I take
it somewhere out there there's a Soviet
agent assembling an atomic bomb yes
and I suppose you heard a sleeper
transmitter has just gone active in East
Anglia sent two messages first two weeks
ago but the second after your glass
coincidence
so he's already asked for a replacement
disk and if you were still on the case
how would you track him down well we
know he's at least one component short I
would start by working on the recent
immigration records of all Soviet bloc
citizens try to pick out the courier all
right I can get to those records I'll
have them brought around here flat okay
just keep Harcourt Smith off my back
oh he's much too busy working on his
night Timmy first of all there'll be a
call of green probably round about five
inches in diameter now there'll be a
2-inch diameter hole right through the
center oh yeah we have a 2-inch diameter
rod also uranium-235 now when the rod is
round into the heart of the fissionable
called the mass of the two together
rice is beyond the little threshold and
that's when things start to get exciting
the fishable core would explode only if
at the moment of criticality it's
bombarded by a blizzard of neutrons and
the blizzard is created by the initiator
and the polonium what is it this sense
the plug down the tube into the mess any
old plastic explosive I believe you know
about that so what we're looking for is
some plastic explosive detonator to
small disks a cube a round metal case
and a rod of uranium I'm the uranium
ball I think I went uranium it's heavy
twice as heavy has led a ball alone
would take a strong man to lift
two-handed but in size it's about as big
as a small football yeah a child's
football
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if an atomic bomb explodes on an
American base they'll be blamed for a
nuclear accident and the British will
kick them out that will destroy NATO but
if Petrovsky is caught with those
components Russia will be blamed for
breaking the fourth protocol devotion
will have forced us back into the Cold
War denounce him to the president what
evidence
hello what about this a professor Sheila
Sheila Villa krilov will change the
story in five minutes if you live that
long and then Guevara would simply
destroy me you destroy us all devotion
need not last forever I want to die my
pick no I can't so
or will you do watch wait
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[Applause]
have a look at you ticket please
thank you
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thank you sir okay
hi tiger having fun yet not yet can I
have a go press one of those there
charlie is from East Germany do cos
d'sky which is from and from Poland and
they all came into Heathrow in February
and March and nobody could pronounce
their names
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mrs. Bartman how was your journey from
Finland very comfortable Thank You mr.
Ross let me take your bags
yuria now Vasilyevna the Soviet Army
artillery research Directorate
specializing in the design and
construction of atomic shells I know
Valery but rusty how do you do it how do
you do unfortunately we have a problem
though we're still missing one component
we got you a message
yeah Barry what is it yeah I'll be ready
where are you sleeping we're husband and
wife remember I think not Conrad major
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so what are we gonna foster Ian name of
Winkler
we had a tough visa so immigration
checked out passport it's forged all
right and Winkler was the name of US by
the FBI busted three years ago in
California we ran it through the
computer found out his real name was
Ivan
Timoshenko KGB agent specializing in
radio equipment the transmitter in East
Anglia yes and we've just heard his book
to the 6:30 to Colchester tonight
minutes
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where will I be working upstairs so how
about a drink
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don't keep that away from the ball
how big is this palm gonna be why don't
I have kilotons should devastate about
two square miles that's a lot of damage
I imagine it will kill somewhere between
two and five thousand people
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hand me that buttery tighten those
struts for you armed and primed know you
love two hours to detonate turn the key
90 degrees clockwise press the button
then the timer's running is that clear
okay let's move this good when do I get
the go signal the Radio Moscow English
newscast at 9:00 when you hear the words
Colonel Gaddafi in the third item
wait no I have to give you this
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it's everything all right yes just
confirming your instructions I'd send
the key clockwise press the button then
I have two hours before detonation yes
two hours I suppose I ought to tell
Moscow already
but before I go
I thought you'd get to that
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though the keys
your friends arrived mr. Hardcastle oh
thanks hi Barry let you find out place
is owned by two Greek Cypriots into the
country in 76 must have been in deep
cover ever since the KGB is really
pulling out a family silver on this one
does Irving think that transmitters
based here yeah how about Winkler he's
still in there who'd you bring with you
George he's parked in a company transit
down the road oh well you boys have
everything covered so I think I'll go
and get some sleep
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John what is he witless leaving let him
go
but it could be out of the country by
tomorrow so he'll tell Moscow that the
modern transmitter is secure and
recently serviced Winkler's only small
fry
I think the jackpots in that cafe and I
feel lucky
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anti-nuclear protesters have continued
the stream into Suffolk in preparation
for tomorrow's demonstration of bay
waters the American strike bomber base
the organizers of the rally claimed that
by tomorrow attendance would top 50,000
in protest of the tactical nuclear
weapons carried by the f-111 they said
the demonstration would what's he
carrying
it's a motorcycle helmet get over to the
chalet George's time Vodafone right
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yeah fix it believe her and come back
here yes
a message from the transmitter in
Britain general devotion everything in
place awaiting signal very well sir
George tell Evan hit the Greeks now you
guide them in
[Applause]
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I take the next left
and then right
this guy's really moving
where are we now we're in to suffer
command heading towards Ipswich
is stopped in town
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and everybody get in the next one you
still there that's over four minutes
this must be
[Applause]
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what's happening be the big accident the
main roads blocked
I'm Barry
[Applause]
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blew it sorry
whose side for this fame Judas
RAF Bay waters is the American nuclear
base that's where he's heading
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we stand up to the right
looks like a dead end keep dying touch
two people who are believed to have been
responsible for the attack we're later
shot dead by soldiers we'll have our
next news at eleven o'clock good morning
madam I've come to read the meter my
identification
Jim Ross two months yesterday I think
it's his wife so what's all this about
I wonder what you know he murdered his
wife and three children
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our friend is in Cherry Hayes close
northwest of the airbase I'm in the
house opposite number 14 it's the solar
house at the end of the row come in over
the waste ground at the rear the back
door is open out
so Nigel Irvin please
I'm in here Barry upstairs front bedroom
number 12 I think there's someone in the
attic as well hello chief yes he's in
the house next to the American Air Base
at Bay waters yeah I think we should
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captain Linda's assault team commander
is Preston here through that I'm Julian
dentist John Preston they told you
anything just that he's a terrorist so
he's more than just a terrorist he is a
top Soviet agent brother is he alone
maybe there's a woman in there he's
armed with a bomb how big a bomb atomic
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the time is 9 o'clock you are listening
to the English language service of Radio
Moscow and here is the news your reader
Paul Acosta in Afghanistan today
democratic government forces assisted by
their Soviet comrades in arms continue
their sweep against fascist CIA backed
rebels Terry Hays 15 seconds go ahead
Oh position as a civilian on the street
Ginger's come on down to their daddy
exposed out here trying to escape as
lies and to a cheering crowd of farm
workers easy easy
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in Libya today progressive Arab leaders
invited by the Libyan leader Colonel
Gaddafi met to discuss further errors in
the continuing struggle against American
and Zionist imperialism
ow
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we needed to talk to him
Cerebus orders
I'll be a couple of minutes we are
gathered here today to give to the life
of our friend we are grateful for the
privilege of having known him for all of
us I believe have had our lives
throughout his distinguished career with
unfailing cheerfulness with generosity
of spirit and with charity in
commemorating him today I does not think
it is to make to say that his passing
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Preston
what do you want
I've been trying to speak to you for two
weeks I want to know why the Russian was
killed I believe he was crawling towards
an atomic bomb at the time no it wasn't
he was executed on your orders or was it
on yours general why did you send
Winkler your man with the obviously
forged passport to lead us to Petrovsky
you deliberately wasted the whole
operation why did you do that general
you and Alvin set it up didn't you you
gave us Petrovsky in return for the
evidence that you will use to destroy
Cavour ssin you could well become the
next chairman of the KGB Preston you're
out of your depth
it's all a game to you isn't it you
don't give a [ __ ] about anything except
your lousy careers nose rope you it's
about time they put you in a [ __ ]
museum
do you think he'll talk
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sweaty guys