‘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.
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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.