A Spy Among Friends (63 page)

 
‘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.        

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‘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