‘heavily dependent on Philby’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 353.
‘enigmatic wraith’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 57.
‘haunted the streets’: ibid., p. 59.
‘You would sit on a sofa’: David C. Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors: Intrigue, Deception, and the Secrets that Destroyed Two of the Cold War’s Most Important Agents (Guilford, CT, 2003), p. 18.
‘perhaps the ablest’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 105.
‘Was it freedom’: ibid., p. 108.
‘Not one of them’: ibid.
‘Stanley was a bit agitated’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 238.
‘I tried to calm him down’: ibid.
‘prank’: Gordon Brook-Shepherd, The Storm Birds: Soviet Post-War Defectors (London, 1988), p. 41.
‘deplorably nervous state’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 119.
‘less than rock steady’: ibid.
‘obviously been preparing’: ibid., p. 120.
‘I consider this sum’: Jeffery, MI6, p. 525.
‘I know, for instance’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 344; Wright, Spycatcher, p. 281.
‘No one’s going to turn’: Knightley, The Master Spy, pp. 135–6.
‘copies of the material provided’: Edward Harrison, The Young Kim Philby: Soviet Spy and British Intelligence Officer (Exeter, 2012), p. 177.
‘something of the greatest importance’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 121.
‘That evening I worked late’: ibid.
‘Don’t worry, old man’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 178.
‘Someone fully briefed’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 121.
‘meeting Volkov’: ibid., p. 120.
‘work the night before’: ibid., p. 122.
‘Don’t you read my contract’: Alistair Horne, But What do you Actually Do? A Literary Vagabondage (London, 2011), p. 186.
‘with obvious relief’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 122.
‘diplomatic couriers’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 344.
‘this might be the last memorable’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 118.
‘Sorry, old man’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 138.
‘inexplicable delays and evasions’: Harrison, The Young Kim Philby, p. 178.
‘I thought he was just irresponsible’: ibid.
‘It wasn’t Volkov’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 126.
‘She said he was out’: ibid.
‘I asked for Volkov’: ibid., p. 127.
‘It’s no bloody good’: ibid.
‘The case was dead’: ibid.
‘on stretchers and heavily sedated’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 344.
‘brutal interrogation’: ibid., p. 345.
‘a very narrow squeak’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 118.
‘nasty piece of work’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 138.
‘deserved what he got’: ibid.
‘extremely unlikely’: Jeffery, MI6, p. 525.
‘indiscretion in the British Embassy’: ibid.
‘test the waters’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 365.
‘expressed sympathy’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 107.
‘the effect his work’: Trento, The Secret History of the CIA, p. 38.
‘felt guilty about it’: ibid.
‘He helped me to think’: ibid.
‘worse for wear’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 365.
‘warned the Centre’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 346.
‘without reserve’: ibid.
‘Stanley informed me’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 242.
‘Stanley is an exceptionally valuable’: ibid., p. 244.
‘conscientious work for over’: ibid., p. 249.
‘I looked around’: Trevor-Roper, The Philby Affair, p. 42.
Chapter 8: Rising Stars
‘I believed we were’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 3.
‘The continuation of a civilization’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 101.
‘I’m in it for the belly-laughs’: interview with David Cornwell, 12 April 2012.
‘a form of defence mechanism’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 180.
‘Verbal abuse is not’: ibid., p. 61.
‘the British tradition’: ibid., p. 111.
‘One of the joys of living’: ibid., p. 150.
‘oldest and closest friends’: ibid., p.151.
‘British skiing aristocracy’: Peter Lunn obituary, Daily Telegraph, 12 June 2011.
‘the ideal person’: Stephen Dorril, MI6: Fifty Years of Special Operations (London, 2001), p. 418.
‘attempting to piece together’: ibid.
‘superficial existence’: ibid., p. 408.
‘unique opportunity’: ibid.
‘blueprint for communist’: ibid., p. 419.
‘lifelong communist activists’: ibid.
‘not so much an ideology’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 69.
‘like a British actor’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 21.
‘the cadaver’: Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors, p. 17.
‘The guy was just’: ibid.
‘Secret Documents of Vatican Diplomacy’: Catholic Herald, ‘Author of “Secret Documents” Sentenced’, 30 July 1948.
‘how vulnerable even’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 50.
‘the Byzantine possibilities’: ibid.
‘crawling around on his hands’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 21.
‘His real love was unravelling’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 81.
‘We were … damned good friends’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 71.
‘Stanley reported that’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 241.
‘What a very nice chap’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 367.
‘happy ending’: Solomon and Litvinoff, Baku to Baker Street, p. 210.
‘Kim, a happy and devoted father’: ibid.
‘seemed to belong to the misty, juvenile past’: ibid., p. 172.
‘Awkward of her gestures’: ibid., p. 169.
‘incapable of disloyalty’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 208.
‘all round experience’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 142.
‘profoundly sorry’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/468.
‘main southern base’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 130.
‘Kim gave a large farewell party’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/468.
‘given permission to play’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 382.
‘a white Russian’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 133.
‘a fairly free hand’: ibid.
‘start weaving a spy network’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 251.
‘energetic enthusiast’: Dorril, MI6, p. 210.
‘We knew in advance’: ibid., p. 212.
‘the very mechanism through’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 91.
‘He was totally consumed’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 23.
‘We rediscovered each other’: ibid.
‘I’ve got sitting in my Jeep’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 384.
‘He was both efficient and safe’: ibid., p. 380.
‘willing to back them’: Dorril, MI6, p. 211.
‘energetic lads’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 252.
‘tip-and-run’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 140.
‘alert and intelligent’: ibid., p. 143.
‘notably subdued’: ibid.
‘It was essential’: ibid.
‘striding through a sparse wood’: ibid.
‘The boys weren’t bad’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 252.
‘in chains’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 185.
‘dying of some mysterious ailment’: ibid., p. 185.
‘charming woman and loving wife’: ibid.
‘It was an intense affront’: ibid.
‘the marriage steadily deteriorated’: ibid.
‘It was James Jesus Angleton’: Cave Brown, Treason in the
Blood, p. 386.
‘At one stroke’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 145.
‘unlimited possibilities’: ibid.
‘Who am I supposed to work’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 257.
‘I was lunched at many’: My Silent War, p. 146.
‘One side is open’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 261.
‘chain reaction that would’: Nicholas Bethell, The Great Betrayal: The Untold Story of Kim Philby’s Greatest Coup (London, 1978), p. 41.
‘formal British and American’: ibid., p. 57.
Chapter 9: Stormy Seas
‘There was no question’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 56.
‘all absolutely stark naked’: David de Crespigny Smiley, Interview No. 10340, Imperial War Museum, London, 1988.
‘We were looking only’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 56.
‘that the communists’: ibid., p. 83.
‘Brothers, you’re all going to be killed!’: ibid.
‘fascist terrorists’: ibid.
‘memorable send-off’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 148.
‘a private club afloat’: http://cruiselinehistory.com
‘disgustingly rich friend’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 148.
‘I began to feel that’: ibid.
‘one of the few glories’: ibid., p. 149.
‘admired him as a “professional”’: Gordon Corera, MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service (London, 2012), p. 64.
‘I was brought up in England’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 13.
‘Things have gone wrong’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 84.
‘Who are you?’: ibid., p. 87.
‘We said we were’: ibid., p. 141.
‘The sun has risen’: ibid., p. 142.
‘several Albanian civilians’: ibid., p. 110.
‘disappointing’: ibid., p. 96.
‘judged by wartime standards to be acceptable’: Dorril, MI6, p. 389.
‘it would be wrong to abandon’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 97.
‘was the one who made’: Dorril, MI6, p. 385.
‘Philby was a great charmer’: Corera, MI6, p. 64.
‘He had charm’: James McCargar, writing as Christopher Felix, ‘A Second Third Man’, New York Times Book Review, 26 May 1968.
‘undoubtedly devoted to his children’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 187.
‘by any objective standard, a dreadful man’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 162.
‘a former FBI man … sacked for drunkenness’: ibid., p. 152.
‘a cold, fishy eye’: ibid., p. 180.
‘bumbling’: ibid., p. 164.
‘puddingy’: ibid.
‘He entertained a lot of Americans’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 101.
‘They were long’: The Cost of Treachery, BBC TV, 30 October 1984.
‘suggestive of complicity’: James McCargar, writing as Christopher Felix, ‘A Second Third Man’.
‘suggest drifting out’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 155.
‘Intelligence officers talk trade’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 399.
‘please one party’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 150.
‘The sky was the limit’: Bruce Page, David Leitch and Phillip Knightley, Philby: The Spy Who Betrayed a Generation (London, 1968), p. 211.
‘the driving force’: ibid.
‘I got a few nibbles’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 132.
‘It was the belief’: ibid.
‘habit’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 151.
‘He demonstrated regularly’: ibid.
‘Our close association’: ibid.
‘used to pride himself’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 47.
‘Our discussions ranged’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 151.
‘Both CIA and SIS’: ibid., p. 152.
‘Many of Harvey’s lobsters’: ibid.
‘During those long, boozy lunches’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, pp. 46–7.
‘Everything was written up’: ibid., p. 44.
‘chaotic’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 420.
‘We’ll get it right next time’: Corera, MI6, p. 67.
‘We had agents parachuting in’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 47.
‘the timing and geographical’: Philby, My Silent War, p.159.
‘I do not know what happened’: ibid.
‘We knew that they would’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 137.
‘The boys in London imagined’: ibid., p. 146.
‘tied to the back of a Jeep’: ibid., p. 150.
‘Our famous radio game’: Corera, MI6, p. 62.
‘It was obvious there was’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 104.
‘Our security was very’: Corera, MI6, p. 63.
‘well and truly blown’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 105.
‘Albania would fall from the Soviet’: Nicholas Bethell, ‘Profits and Losses of Treachery’, Independent, 6 September 1994.
‘There is little question’: Bethell, The Great Betrayal, p. 212.
‘He gave us vital information’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 123.
‘The agents we sent into Albania’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 128.
‘gave Philby over drinks’: Corera, MI6, p. 65.
Chapter 10: Homer’s Odyssey
‘Jim and Kim were very fond’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 43.
‘After a year of keeping up’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 151.
‘If you have a lot of money’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 264.
‘The more visitors I had’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 146.
‘valuable agent network’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 376.
‘particularly important’: ibid.
‘Philby was looking on’: ibid., p. 378.
‘genuine mental block’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 167.
‘before the net closed in’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 423.
‘He clearly feels’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/472.
‘give us more time’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 379.
‘parental pride in being’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 187.
‘I have a shock for you’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 126.
‘for a few days’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 416.
‘I know him only too well’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 165.
‘I do not think that’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 422.
‘was not the sort of person’: ibid.
‘eccentricities’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 166.
‘What does he mean worse’: ibid.
‘Knowing the trouble’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 186.
‘The inevitable drunken scenes’: ibid.
‘keep an eye’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 166.
‘secure line of communication to Moscow’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 423.
‘the most outstanding historian’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 419.
‘the cheapest bourbon’: Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors, p. 53.
‘a peculiar garb’: ibid.
‘for fantastic profits’: ibid.
‘a bloated alcoholic’: Holzman, James Jesus Angleton, p. 88.
‘What Freudian impulse’: ibid., p. 121.
‘beastily distorted’: ibid.
‘How could you?’: ibid.
‘a social disaster’: Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors, p. 53.
‘handsome’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 184.
‘Forget it’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 168.
‘Don’t you go too’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 171.
‘There’s serious trouble’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 200.
‘Donald’s now in such a state’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 424.
‘We agree to your organizing’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 201.
‘no predisposition to be a spy’: ibid., p. 22.
‘men who are too short’: Andrew, Defence of the Re
alm, p. 335.
‘at Victoria, MI5’s men’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 207.
‘Back on Monday!’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 430.
‘Don’t go with him’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 204.
‘The Centre had concluded’: ibid.
‘It just happened’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 109.
‘even in Strasbourg’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 156.
‘It seems a pity the Foreign Office’: ibid., p. 46.
‘at all costs and by all means’: Press Association, News Report, 7 July 1951, paimages.co.uk/preview/?urn=2.7587460
‘6’3’, normal build’: ibid.
‘decanter of poisoned Scotch’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 430.
‘Kim’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 172.
‘lack of discipline’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 426.
‘crude manners’: ibid.
‘a stiff drink’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 175.
‘My clear duty was to fight it out’: ibid.
‘There is no doubt’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘who would wish very much’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 176.
Chapter 11: Peach
‘rapier mind’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 113.
‘deeply subtle twists’: ibid.
‘How long will you be away’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 181.
‘a pleasant hour’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 181.
‘matters of mutual concern’: ibid.
‘major sensation’: TNA PREM 8/1524 (no. 1792).
‘highly professional, perceptive and accusatory’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 44.
‘Philby was a Soviet spy’: ibid.
a retrospective exercise in spite’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 185.
‘suffered severe concussion’: Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors, p. 53.
‘conviction’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 45.
‘without reference to Philby’: ibid.
‘the bottom line was’: Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors, p. 53.
‘he remained convinced’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 45.
‘held in high esteem’: ibid.
‘What is the rest’: Martin, Wilderness of Mirrors, p. 57.
‘apprehensive’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 182.
‘He did his best to put’: ibid.
‘might have views on the case’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘this horrible business’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 427.
‘There was no case against’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 438.
‘nondescript’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 127.
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