I don’t think the Communists came out looking very good in this one. In fact, whatever potshots Wilder takes at the West it’s clear that our side is portrayed as the better one and the one you’d want to be a part of.
C.R. MacNamara: You’ve defected?
Peripetchikoff: Is old Russian proverb: “Go West young man.”
It was more of a matter of sneaking stuff in.