‘pure trade’: ibid., p. 124.
‘establishment’: ibid.
‘very sketchy’: ibid.
‘an indiscreet, disorganised’: ibid., p. 125.
‘Kim is extremely worried’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘wholly convincing’: ibid.
‘I dined with Anthony Blunt’: ibid.
‘hard to believe’: ibid.
‘Fire Philby or we break off’: Burton Hersh, The Old Boys: The American Elite and the Origins of the CIA (New York, 1992), p. 321.
‘severely shaken’: TNA PREM 8/1524 (no. 1803).
‘clean house regardless’: ibid.
‘In the State Department’: ibid.
‘their wholehearted commitment’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 126.
‘While all the points’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘I’m in no particular hurry’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 126.
‘subsequently converted her’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘he himself had never’: ibid.
‘denied emphatically’: ibid.
‘nasty little question’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 183.
‘insatiable appetite for new’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 173.
‘guilty only of an unwise friendship’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 183.
‘the victim of unsubstantiated’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 127.
‘I’m no good to you now’: Seale and McConville, Philby, p. 217.
‘obvious distress’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 184.
‘not possibly be a traitor’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 439.
‘dedicated, loyal officer’: Chapman Pincher, Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-Ups: Six Decades of Espionage (London, 2012), p. 401.
‘great black cloud’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 184.
‘He said that he had been’: ibid.
‘Personally I would be delighted’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 176.
‘I suppose he is not doing’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘in jest’: ibid.
‘it was already too late’: ibid.
‘The case against Philby’: ibid.
‘sticky’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 185.
‘judicial inquiry’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 427.
‘Hello Buster’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 297.
‘How would I know?’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 186.
‘Who was that young’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 298.
‘How could I not help her?’: ibid.
‘So far, he has admitted’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘It all became a shouting match’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 133.
‘The interrogation of Philby’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘I find myself unable’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 427.
‘There’s no hope’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 133.
‘Philby’s attitude throughout’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘had all the cards in his hands’: ibid.
‘Nicholas Elliott again referred’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 427.
‘counter-attacking’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘foremost exponent in the country’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 336.
‘manner verging on the exquisite’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 187.
‘two little traps’: ibid.
‘Nothing could have been more’: ibid.
‘remained open’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘hanging’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 187.
‘I would have given’: ibid.
‘a much more favourable’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 427.
‘unproven’: ibid.
‘Investigation will continue’: PREM 11/4457.
‘We feel that the case’: ibid.
Chapter 12: The Robber Barons
‘To whom should a wife’s allegiance’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 311.
‘suspicious’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/474.
‘entirely innocent’: ibid.
‘Kim’s gone’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 311.
‘Thank God it’s you at last’: ibid.
‘insane’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 447.
‘disclosed very definitely’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/473.
‘loyal ex-colleague’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 186.
‘the poor man’s Surrey’: Philby, My Silent War, p. xx.
‘Philby was under constant watch’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 229.
‘Peach is apt to get blind drunk’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 433.
‘You must fight like hell’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 292.
‘The whole family went through’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 186.
‘whether he wished for’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/474.
‘C seemed to have reached’: ibid.
‘Philby would recover from’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 447.
‘the extent to which Peach’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 433.
‘of which he was governor’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 187.
‘the intense disagreement’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 430.
‘refused to let one of his chaps down’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 134.
‘In [Aileen’s] opinion’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 433.
‘was close enough to our house’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 186.
‘in the normal way’: Liddell, Diaries, TNA KV 4/474.
‘somewhat worried’: ibid.
‘worry that Petrov had brought’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 312.
‘had parted from his wife’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 430.
‘It will undermine Philby’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 152.
‘pursuing a vendetta against Philby’: ibid., p. 153.
desperately short of cash’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 228.
‘rendered us immense services’: ibid., p. 229.
‘a large sum of money’: ibid.
‘villainous Italian authorities’: ibid., p. 230.
‘vied with one another’: ibid., p. 231.
‘Excuse me’: ibid.
‘Tomorrow. 8pm. Angel.’: ibid.
‘a long stare’: ibid.
‘“Yes,” he said. “Yes. Yes.”’: ibid.
‘I was virtually certain’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 190.
‘the dark silhouette kept pace’: ibid., p. 232.
‘refreshed spirit’: ibid., p. 190.
‘Petrov knew nothing’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 430.
‘I was no longer alone’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 190.
‘It is the spy who has’: George Kennedy Young, circular written in 1950s, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kennedy_Young
‘Men’s minds are shaped’: ibid.
‘biased’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 430.
‘The Milmo Report’: PREM 11/4457.
‘victim of a miscarriage of justice’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 430.
‘Produce the evidence’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 156.
‘greatest defender’: Corera, MI6, p. 72.
‘We are going to have’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 154.
‘I know you are the Third Man’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 433.
‘welcomed the chance’: ibid. p. 430.
‘who knew him well’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 44.
‘To call it an interrogation’: ibid.
‘You may be pleased’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 315.
‘The trail had become’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 192.
‘livid’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 156.
‘belief that one of the questioners’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 430.
‘tipster’: TNA FO 953/2165.
‘The
house at Crowborough’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 186.
Chapter 13: The Third Man
‘If pop music is going to be’: cited in Richard Guins and Omayra Zaragoza Cruz, Popular Culture: A Reader (London, 2005), p. 368.
‘Has the Prime Minister’: House of Commons debate, 25 October 1955, Hansard, Volume 545, cc 28–9.
‘My name is in the newspapers’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 314.
‘might prejudice the case’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 192.
‘We’ve decided that you’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 314.
‘additional stress for Aileen’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 186.
‘absolutely convinced I had’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 322.
‘leaned heavily in favour’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 195.
‘Nothing would be worse’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 454.
‘Mr Philby had Communist’: Harold Macmillan, House of Commons debate, 7 November 1956, Hansard, Volume 545, cc 1483.
‘a man whose name has been smeared’: Richard Brooman-White, ibid.
‘He [Lipton] is in favour of acting’: ibid.
‘Whoever is covering up’: Frank Tomney, ibid.
‘I will not be gagged by anybody’: Marcus Lipton, ibid.
‘Even Mr Philby has not’: ibid.
‘Jesus Christ!’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 195.
‘Do come in’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 318.
‘The efficiency of our security services’: the press conference can be viewed at youtube.com/watch?v=N2A2g-qRIaU
‘I see you understand the habits’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 319.
‘breathtaking’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 234.
‘Kim played his cards with’: ibid.
‘deeply regretted’: ‘Colonel Lipton Withdraws’, The Times, 11 November 1955.
‘My evidence was insubstantial’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, pp. 457–8.
‘Colonel Lipton has done’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 197.
‘overjoyed’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 234.
‘seek his reemployment’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 158.
‘further service to the Soviet cause’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 198.
‘frogmen had popped up’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 24.
‘a matter of high intelligence priority’: ibid.
‘We wanted a closer look’: ibid.
‘undaunted devotion to duty’: ibid.
‘a most engaging man’: ibid.
‘kindly bantam cock’: Rob Hoole, ‘The Buster Crabb Enigma’, Warship World, January 2007.
‘to get m’ feet wet again’: Marshall Pugh, Commander Crabb (London, 1956), p. 156.
‘supplies of whisky’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 25.
‘heading for a heart attack’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 74.
‘Crabb was still the most experienced’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 25.
‘The dicey operations’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 159.
‘These ships are our guests’: Pincher, Treachery, p. 417.
‘We don’t have a chain’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 160.
‘I am sorry, but we cannot’: Don Hale, The Final Dive: The Life and Death of Buster Crabb (London, 2007), p. 172.
‘operation was mounted’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 24.
‘working holiday’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 460.
‘attached Foreign Office’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 160.
‘down to take a dekko’: see BBC, On This Day, news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/9/newsid_4741000/4741060.stm
‘an extra pound of weight’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 24.
‘A tip-off from a British spy’: Corera, MI6, p. 78.
‘There will be blood’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 74.
‘We’ll all be for the pavilion’: ibid., p. 75.
‘specially employed in connection’: Hale, The Final Dive, p. 176.
‘presumed drowned’: ibid.
‘I’m afraid it rather’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 74.
‘missing or lost property’: Hale, The Final Dive, p. 172.
‘in trouble’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 24.
‘he hoped he was all right’: ibid.
‘such an unusual occurrence’: Hale, The Final Dive, p. 183.
‘regret about this incident’: ibid., p. 188.
‘completely unauthorized’: ibid.
‘paid no attention’: ibid., p. 183.
‘it can only be assumed’: ibid.
‘It would not be’: ibid., p. 184.
‘a shameful operation’: ibid., p. 191.
‘misconceived and inept operation’: Pincher, Treachery, p. 421.
‘Ridiculous’: Francis Elliott, ‘Cold War Papers Reveal Lost Diver’s Last Minutes’, Independent on Sunday, 11 June 2006.
‘a typical piece of MI6 adventurism’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 73.
‘We’re still cloak and dagger’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 165.
‘one man Bay of Pigs’: ibid., p. 312.
‘A storm in a teacup’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 25.
‘Crabb was both brave and patriotic’: ibid.
‘He almost certainly died’: ibid.
‘come down to the firm’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 321.
‘Something unpleasant again’: ibid.
Chapter 14: Our Man in Beirut
‘In those days SIS kept in touch’: Andrew Lycett, Ian Fleming (London, 1996), p. 170.
‘Kemsley Press allowed’: ibid., p. 169.
‘doing secret service stuff’: ibid.
‘being re-engaged for reasons’: Seale and McConville, Philby, p. 284.
‘The country could ill afford’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 470.
‘I simply approved them’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 199.
‘no appetite for reopening old wounds’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 289.
‘irritated that Elliott’: ibid., p. 292.
‘no emotion’: ibid.
‘unaware’: ibid., p. 235.
‘horrified if he knew’: ibid.
‘It was Nicholas Elliott’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 206.
‘had an ersatz gaiety’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 157.
‘The climate of Vienna’: ibid.
‘Haunted by Kim’s life of treason’: Richard Beeston, Looking for Trouble: The Life and Times of a Foreign Correspondent (London, 2006), p. 29.
‘she maintained in the hope’: Solomon and Litvinoff, Baku to Baker Street, p. 211.
‘Lebanon was the only Arab country’: Beeston, Looking for Trouble, p. 28.
‘He was quintessentially English’: ibid., p. 29.
‘rangy, steady-drinking American’: ibid.
‘If I should meet Kim’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved (London, 1968), p. 28.
‘What touched me first’: ibid.
‘Kim was a delightful companion’: ibid., p. 30.
‘My soufflés were never’: ibid.
‘sound knowledge of’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 199.
‘telling the British government’: ibid.
‘as conscientiously as possible’: ibid.
‘Petukhov, Soviet Trade Mission’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 331.
‘I read your articles in the Observer’: ibid.
‘total commitment’: Philby, My Silent War, p. xxxi.
‘I stayed the course’: ibid.
‘influenced and modified’: ibid.
‘a hive of activity’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 234.
‘the intentions of the United States’: Philby, My Silent War, p. 199.
‘idleness’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 466.
‘No receipts, no money’: ibid.
‘helpful eye’: Solomon and Litvinoff, Baku to Baker Street, p. 210.
‘poor Aileen …’: ibid., p. 211.
‘might have been murdered’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 433.
‘considerable strength of character’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 182.
‘a charming woman’: ibid., p. 185.
‘grave mental problem’: ibid.
‘This, however, was not to be’: Solomon and Litvinoff, Baku to Baker Street, p. 211.
‘I want you to come and celebrate’: Beeston, Looking for Trouble, p. 29.
‘wonderful escape’: ibid.
‘a wonderful American girl’: ibid.
‘stunned’: ibid.
‘Clever wonderful you fly back’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 39.
‘I’ve come to tell you’: ibid.
‘That sounds like the best’: ibid.
‘Eleanor was in many ways’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 187.
‘We shall take a house’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 482.
‘ringside view’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 39.
‘He would sit in his terrace’: ibid.
‘leisurely daily circuit’: ibid., p. 52.
‘Kim treated the place like a club’: ibid., p. 51.
‘to see what the other journalists’: ibid.
‘connected with British intelligence’: ibid., p. 4.
‘He seemed to write’: ibid.
‘compelling a certain respect’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 491.
‘men whose ostensible jobs’: Seale and McConville, Philby, p. 294.
‘The information he supplied’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 234.
‘attracted much attention’: ibid.
‘There was criticism’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 480.
‘You could have read it all’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 292.
Chapter 15: The Fox who Came to Stay
‘but for his preference for operations’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 470.
‘I have no wish to be’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 162.
‘It was a most agreeable reunion’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 292.
‘excellent bouillabaisse’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 167.
‘Fill me in, old boy’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 3.
‘cool, high rooms’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 163.
‘perfect in every way’: ibid.
‘thought nostalgically of the gentle sound’: ibid.
‘two old friends in crown service’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 492.
‘European specialist and knew little’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 3.
‘Apart from all the political complexities’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 165.
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