"It secured my man a promotion. He became Chief of Intelligence. The man in charge of the entire place. Every single one of our men in the country was suddenly protected, promoted. But doubts were still circling, so when Leamas came back we set him to work a long sting. He faked a disgrace for us, alcoholism, a dramatic departure, under the promise that he'd be able to kill the man who rolled Berlin. My informant." Looking up at him, adding because he's in for a penny already, "Mundt."
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"It secured my man a promotion. He became Chief of Intelligence. The man in charge of the entire place. Every single one of our men in the country was suddenly protected, promoted. But doubts were still circling, so when Leamas came back we set him to work a long sting. He faked a disgrace for us, alcoholism, a dramatic departure, under the promise that he'd be able to kill the man who rolled Berlin. My informant." Looking up at him, adding because he's in for a penny already, "Mundt."