A Spy Among Friends (65 page)

 
‘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.