HGR dear,
Very probably, you and De Vries are completely mistaken about Mr. Berry Bruins.
He doesn't fit you mild profiling. For Example: De Vries explained to me that he is the first tax apparachik in a decent suit he ever saw.
Well, the fact that he invested in a suit, whereas the other collaborators slander around in polyester rags, produces a more probable case for a conscious believer! It might be a wild guess, but probably he is a hard-core apparachik instead!
And don't forget; he is the one who started expelling De Vries from their offices, not Mr. H.C. de Jong.
Salute,
IV
P.S. Any further on the Common Purpose case? They are in, I'm sure!