‘a proficient, clever and determined officer’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 505.
‘Elliott swore not to exceed his brief’: Andrew Boyle, The Climate of Treason: Five Who Spied For Russia (London, 1979), p. 436.
‘The few of us inside MI5’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 174.
‘We’d fully penetrated the KGB’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 296.
‘vertically intoxicated’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 7.
‘It was as if our flat’: ibid.
‘He only had to smell a drink’: ibid.
‘What is the matter’: ibid., p. 5.
‘very cold fish indeed’: ibid., p. 9.
‘He dragged us protesting’: ibid., p. 8.
‘already had a good deal’: ibid.
‘He was bleeding profusely’: ibid.
‘If we don’t get your husband’: ibid.
‘one more ounce of alcohol’: ibid., p. 9.
‘I was a bloody fool’: ibid.
‘prepared himself for a battle of wits’: Boyle, The Climate of Treason, p. 436.
‘I’ve got an awful task’: interview with Rozanne Colchester, 11 June 2013.
‘It was a terrible shock’: ibid.
‘he always laughed about things’: ibid.
‘Nicholas knew he had blood’: ibid.
‘in a casual voice’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 297.
‘a meeting between himself’: Pincher, Treachery, p. 474.
‘The minute that call’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 9.
‘I rather thought it would be you’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 297.
Chapter 18: Teatime
‘Perfectly tolerable …’: The dialogue between Kim Philby and Nicholas Elliott is constructed from the following sources: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, pp. 297–8; Borovik, The Philby Files, pp. 3, 5, 344; Boyle, The Climate of Treason, pp. 436–7; and interviews with individuals familiar with the transcript of that conversation.
‘in-house’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 174.
‘He never once asked’: ibid., p. 194.
‘Everything’s OK’: Corera, MI6, p. 87.
‘The next twenty-four hours’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 299.
‘Okay, here’s the scoop’: ibid.
‘seen the error of his ways’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 436.
‘Is Nedosekin your contact?’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 299.
‘I’ve got no bloody contact’: ibid.
‘very bland document’: Cave Brown, Treason in the Blood, p. 507.
‘limited confession’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 436.
‘just a little stalling’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 217.
‘Our promise of immunity’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 345.
‘trying his manful best’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 194.
‘By the end’: ibid.
‘finally broken’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 299.
‘obscure hotel’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 6.
‘he did not want too many’: ibid.
‘this furtiveness was’: ibid.
‘as if nothing had intervened’: Boyle, The Climate of Treason, p. 438.
‘His greatest passion’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 6.
‘several names which alarmed’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 215.
‘Blunt was in the clear’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 194.
‘claimed to know nothing’: ibid.
‘the debriefing would be a long affair’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 299.
‘knew about the KGB’: ibid.
‘It became clear to me’: Knightley, The Master Spy, p. 215.
‘might stand him in good stead’: ibid.
‘lifeline’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 298.
‘effusive in his gratitude’: ibid., p. 300.
‘He could have rejected’: ibid.
‘In our judgement’: Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p. 436.
‘What makes you think’: Pincher, Treachery, p. 476.
‘He might, I suppose’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 300.
‘Nobody wanted him in London’: interview with David Cornwell, 11 October 2012.
‘It just didn’t dawn on us’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 301.
‘unsympathetic’: ibid.
Chapter 19: The Fade
‘Philby does not think he can escape again’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 301.
‘Your time has come’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 346.
‘They won’t leave you alone’: ibid.
‘had planted doubts in me’: ibid., p. 352.
‘Arrangements will take some time’: ibid., p. 347.
‘If you see me carrying’: ibid.
‘the question that interests’: ibid.
‘proved a helpful and friendly’: Glencairn Balfour Paul, Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond (London, 2006), p. 187.
‘Daddy’s going to be late’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 2.
‘cosy gathering’: ibid., p. 3.
‘God, what a horrible night’: ibid.
‘Don’t be silly’: ibid.
‘had nothing to say’: Clare Hollingworth, Front Line (London, 1990), p. 191.
‘Everything is fine’: Borovik, The Philby Files, p. 349.
‘a hastily summoned meeting about Kim’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 4.
‘Would you like me to come’: ibid.
‘His advice was to do nothing’: ibid.
‘terrible fear’: ibid.
‘last link with England’: Modin, My Five Cambridge Friends, p. 237.
‘Philby had vanished’: Elliott, My Little Eye, p. 94.
‘Tell my colleagues’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 18.
‘There is no question’: Elliott, Umbrella, p. 189.
‘in circumstances calculated’: ibid.
‘You do realise that you’: Eleanor Philby, The Spy I Loved, p. 18.
‘choose a spot high up’: ibid., p. 19.
‘convinced that Kim had’: ibid., p. 12.
‘on no account to meet’: ibid., p. 21.
‘to test the system’: ibid.
‘Many people in the secret world’: Wright, Spycatcher, p. 174.
‘We should have sent a team’: ibid., p. 194.
‘But after lengthy interrogation’: ibid., p. 325.
‘He had been my boss’: Bristow, A Game of Moles, p. 229.
‘horror’: ibid.
‘I never thought he would accept’: Bower, The Perfect English Spy, p. 304.
‘What a shame we reopened’: ibid.
‘disappointed’: ibid.
‘I tried to repair the damage’: ibid., p. 305.
‘face the awful truth’: Mangold, Cold Warrior, p. 45.
‘I had them burned’: ibid., p. 46.
‘He was an unforgivable traitor’: Balfour Paul, Bagpipes in Babylon, p. 187.