A Spy Among Friends (48 page)

Two typically irreverent cartoons drawn by Guy Burgess in Moscow: Lenin with a chip on his shoulder and a ferocious Stalin declaring: ‘I’m very human!’

The ‘wanted’ poster issued for Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, after the two men fled from Britain in May 1951.

The
Evening Standard
headline identifying Philby as the Third Man.

Marcus Lipton MP, defender of parliamentary privilege, enemy of pop music and Philby’s primary accuser.

Philby’s second wife, Aileen, besieged by the press in October 1955 at the family home in Crowborough.

Aileen would die inside this house, after Philby’s departure for Beirut, alcoholic and alone.

She made no comment, despite knowing that Philby was guilty.

J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI director, was convinced of Philby’s treachery and enraged that he had not been prosecuted.

James Angleton would later claim that he had long suspected Philby was a spy. The evidence suggests otherwise.

Helenus ‘Buster’ Milmo, the MI5 barrister who subjected Philby to cross-examination and declared: ‘He’s as guilty as hell.’

Jim Skardon, former police detective, head of the surveillance section, and MI5’s chief interrogator. He set out to break Philby.

Dick White became Director General of MI5 in 1953 and chief of MI6 in 1956. He hunted Philby for over a decade.

Richard Brooman-White, MP. With Elliott’s help, the former MI6 officer drew up a brief for Macmillan, stoutly defending Philby.