(at this point I'd like to point out a slight inconsistency. According to punctuation used earlier, Gob was in possession of the IBM and Dog, upon seeing Gob and Franklin together, proceeded to beg for said manual. So he would likely not ask for it from Gob, if in fact he had obtained it from a russian agent. or, the earlier punctuation may have been incorrect, leading to this confusion. I'll try my best to follow the earlier train of thought, which NSW seems to have returned to)