Ben Macintyre - A Spy Among Friends

‘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.

‘his personal adviser’: Seale and McConville, Philby , pp. 295–6.

‘He was a thin, spare man’: ibid., p. 295.

‘put Kim to work’: ibid., p. 296.

‘serving two masters’: interview with former Economist correspondent.

‘mainly political and personality’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood , p. 492.

‘reports about political developments’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 292.

‘They used to meet once or twice’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved , p. 3.

‘Oh boy’: ibid., p. 52.

‘greater participation in the British’: Seale and McConville, Philby , p. 298.

‘keep an eye on Philby’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 292.

‘Elliott’s overt and innocent friendship’: ibid.

‘I had begun to feel that Kim’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved , p. 3.

‘broker a deal with the director’: Dorril, MI6 , pp. 670–1.

‘In all he served us well’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood , p. 480.

‘He was one of the few adults’: interview with Mark Elliott, 17 October 2013.

‘ski in the mornings’: Elliott, Umbrella , p. 166.

‘promised to look after it’: Lycett, Ian Fleming , p. 376.

‘an Armenian’: ibid.

‘arranged to see a pornographic film’: ibid.

‘at parties for British diplomats’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 292.

‘Out of fun rather than malice’: Elliott, Umbrella , p. 184.

‘caused a chain reaction’: ibid.

‘It was at a cocktail party’: ibid.

‘He had no inhibitions’: ibid.

‘fierce martini’: ibid., p. 187.

‘recognised as the dominant’: Richard Helms, A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency (New York, 2003), p. 275.

‘and used those opportunities’: Trento, The Secret History of the CIA , p. 274. No documentary record of these contacts survives, which indicates that either they did not take place, or Angleton destroyed the evidence.

‘He travelled regularly’: Beeston , Looking for Trouble , p. 44.

‘whose brain was there’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood , p. 477.

‘all he had to do’: ibid., p. 478.

‘much too sophisticated’: ibid.

‘liked to talk to Philby’: Borovik, The Philby Files , p. 335.

‘Philby was friendly with all the Yanks’: George Young, quoted in Sunday Times , 15 May 1988.

‘The United States had to face’: Miles Copeland in George Lenczowski, American Presidents and the Middle East (Duke, 1990), p. 6.

‘known and liked’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood , p. 486.

‘better than anyone else’: Miles Copeland, Without Cloak or Dagger: The Truth About the New Espionage (New York, 1974), p. 146.

‘a humorous and highly intelligent’: Elliott, My Little Eye , p. 68.

‘Generous, outrageous, always fun’: Beeston, Looking for Trouble , p. 106.

‘one of the most indiscreet men’: Elliott, My Little Eye , p. 68.

‘I could trust him with any secret’: ibid.

‘keep an eye on Philby’: Copeland, Without Cloak or Dagger , p. 212.

‘report signs that he might’: ibid., p. 146.

‘still practising his old tradecraft’: ibid., p. 212.

‘entertaining and colourful invention’: Elliott, My Little Eye , p. 69.

‘a melodious voice’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved , p. 53.

‘lapping up’: ibid., p. 5.

‘She was affectionate’: ibid.

‘hopelessly endearing’: ibid.

‘happiest years’: ibid., p. 51.

Chapter 16: A Most Promising Officer

‘treated with the deference’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved , p. 46.

‘Elizabeth and I were among’: Elliott, Umbrella , p. 188.

‘drew the old man out’: ibid.

‘memorable occasion’: ibid.

‘left at tea time’: ibid.

‘God, I’m bored’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood , p. 495.

‘a mixture of love and hate’: Elliott, Umbrella , p. 188.

‘not completely well in the head’: Borovik, The Philby Files , p. 203.

‘If you feel strongly enough’: Elliott, Umbrella , p. 188.

‘thunderstruck, but by no means disapproving’: Philby, My Silent War , p. 132.

‘went out of circulation’: ibid.

‘He drank himself senseless’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved , p. 47.

‘Kim seemed overwhelmed’: Beeston , Looking for Trouble , p. 33.

‘a most promising officer’: Roger Hermiston, The Greatest Traitor: The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake (London, 2013), p. 221.

‘A good-looking fellow’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 501.

‘it was the relentless bombing’: Ian Irvine, ‘George Blake: I Spy a British Traitor’, Independent , 1 October 2006.

‘I felt I was on the wrong side’: ibid.

‘He doesn’t belong in the service’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 261.

‘man of no class’: Hermiston, The Greatest Traitor , p. 56.

‘He was in love with her’: ibid., p. 61.

‘ninety per cent sure’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 263.

‘to London immediately’: Hermiston, The Greatest Traitor , p. 221.

‘whether Blake would like’: ibid.

‘In the course of conversation’: ibid., p. 222.

‘Moscow saw no cause for concern’: ibid.

‘would be more convenient’: ibid., p. 223.

‘For a moment a shadow’: ibid.

‘a few matters had cropped up’: ibid., p. 226.

‘I was in deep trouble’: ibid., p. 227.

‘It wasn’t hostile’: ibid.

‘No, nobody tortured me!’: ibid., p. 229.

‘The game was up’: ibid.

‘the biggest hammer possible’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 268.

‘The following name is a traitor’: Hermiston, The Greatest Traitor , p. 236.

‘It can happen to anyone’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy , p. 269.

‘Your case is one of the worst’: Hermiston, The Greatest Traitor , p. 250.

‘I went round to his flat’: Beeston , Looking for Trouble , pp. 33–4.