p. 131 “familiar territory”—ibid. p. 145
p. 131 white-coated waiters—Holzman op. cit. p. 153 and n.
p. 131 “of stubborn loyalties”—Hoare op. cit. p. 51
p. 131 claustrophobia of the shelters—ibid. p. 51
p. 131 “reached ambassadorial level!”—Andrew and Gordievsky op. cit. p. 212
p. 132 “clumsy propaganda manoeuvre”—Bullock, Hitler and Stalin p. 786
p. 132 “attack . . . seemed improbable”—Maisky op. cit. p. 365
p. 132 “sense of relief”—A. Blunt, unpublished memoirs
p. 133 “incomprehensible risk”—KGB files, quoted Andrew op. cit. p. 273
p. 133 “coming to England”—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 157
p. 133 “Blue-Eyed Gretchen”—Bower, The Perfect English Spy p. 83
p. 134 “aristocrats” at that—quoted Haslam op. cit. p. 127
p. 134 “Britain been exposed”?—Tsarev and West op. cit. p. 161
p. 134 British Embassy in Moscow—ibid.
p. 135 one-time pad—Haynes and Klehr, Venona pp. 25–8
p. 136 thousands of pads—ibid. p. 29
p. 136 solving crossword puzzles—ibid. p. 30
p. 137 emphasis on cryptography—N. West, Venona pp. 3–4
p. 137 Berlin and Helsinki—Haynes and Klehr op. cit. p. 31
p. 137 “general characteristics”—ibid.
p. 137 Secretary of State Stettinius—Lamphere and Schachtman, The FBI–KGB War p. 84
p. 138 “tired and worn”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 67
p. 138 “drank too much”—Hoare op. cit. p. 51
p. 138 “reeking of whisky”—Boyle op. cit. p. 251
p. 138 “sweetness and understanding”—Connolly op. cit. p. 25
p. 138 “say what it is”—Boyle op. cit. p. 251
p. 138 “Within reason”—TNA FCO 158/186
p. 138 “a trifle immature”—TNA FCO 158/186
p. 139 “admirably clear assessments”—TNA FO 371/42556, quoted Kerr op. cit. p. 95
p. 139 “any British subject”—Winston Churchill, Blood, Sweat and Tears, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 66
Chapter 8: Homer
p. 141 George VI had eaten his—Roberts, “The Holy Fox” pp. 380–1
p. 141 “of British diplomacy”—ibid.
p. 141 his “visceral aversion”—Modin op. cit. p. 101
p. 142 “supercilious and ineffective”—Fisher op. cit. p. 82
p. 142 “bad, decayed teeth”—FBI interview with Hal Dunbar, FBI WFO 65–5648
p. 142 “passionate but unsatisfied”—Fisher op. cit. p. 83
p. 142 Park Avenue as hers—Newton op. cit. p. 82
p. 142 the “problem child”—TNA KV 6/144
p. 142 did not give her any—Hoare op. cit. p. 52
p. 143 “at the time”—TNA KV 6/143
p. 143 the Dunbar farm—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 143 602,000 in 2010—Washington Post 22.12.10
p. 144 Kalorama Road—TNA KV 6/143
p. 144 $250 (furnished) respectively—TNA FO 115/3610, quoted Holzman op. cit. p. 162
p. 144 to San Francisco—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 165
p. 145 “in case of need”—NSA files, quoted Holzman op. cit. p. 169
p. 145 “work was based”—A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 145 “unravel complex issues”—Andrew and Gordievsky op. cit. p. 260
p. 146 “all the sessions”—NSA files, quoted Holzman op. cit. p. 171
p. 146 “Boar with Captain”—Venona 1105–1110 2/3.8.44, quoted Haynes and Klehr op. cit. p. 54
p. 146 “with this plan”—ibid.
p. 147 “in European politics . . .”—ibid. p. 172
p. 147 “for bigger coins”—Djilas, Conversations with Stalin, quoted Bullock, op. cit. p. 942
p. 147 “change in the plans”—Haynes and Klehr op. cit. p. 54
p. 147 “The budding paragon”—Balfour, Not Too Correct an Aureole p. 260
p. 147 “particular ideological bias”—ibid.
p. 148 “showed through at times”—conversation with Boyle, quoted Boyle op. cit. p. 300
p. 148 taken of his family—Boyle op. cit. pp. 290–1
p. 148 “not of this century”—quoted Conant, The Irregulars p. 25
p. 148 “Could you invite some?”—Michael Ignatieff, Isaiah Berlin, quoted Holzman op. cit. p. 165
p. 149 “liberal young people”—ibid. p. 166
p. 149 “stupid and reactionary Alice”—Berlin to Boyle, quoted Boyle op. cit. p. 292
p. 149 “thick and thin”—Holzman op. cit. p. 165
p. 149 pulled off him—Berlin to Boyle, quoted Boyle op. cit. p. 292
p. 149 “and her family”—Berlin, Affirming p. 121
p. 149 “unreconstructed liberal reformer”—Kennedy, Freedom from Fear p. 457
p. 149 “unable to forgive him”—Holzman op. cit. p. 166
p. 150 “so impeccably organised”—R. West, The New Meaning of Treason p. 222
p. 150 “any of his colleagues”—R. West op. cit. p. 222
p. 150 “occupation of Germany”—Holzman op. cit. p. 175
p. 151 “plans of the British”—Venona 1271–4, 7.9.44, quoted Haynes and Klehr op. cit. p. 53
p. 151 influence in Greece—Bullock op. cit. p. 939
p. 151 Cunard’s shipping lines—FBI WFO 65–5648
p. 151 “to be unsatisfactory”—ibid.
p. 152 sort things out—Hoare op. cit. p. 54
p. 152 to be deported—Cecil, “Legends Spies Tell”
p. 152 by Marie Morvan—TNA KV 6/144
p. 152 bring fresh ones—interview Phyllis Parker 27.10.16
p. 152 “American social life”—FBI op. cit.
p. 152 “their instinctive vulgarity”—Boyle interview with Hoare, quoted Boyle op. cit. p. 292
p. 152 “with perfect manners”—FBI op. cit.
p. 152 “the coming man”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 73
p. 153 “a pre-lunch drink”—TNA FCO 158/186
p. 153 the Patriotic War—Holzman op. cit. p. 182
p. 153 “had been obtained”—Newton op. cit. pp. 67–8
p. 154 Chinese–British–American Committee—ibid.
p. 154 even suggested Melinda—KGB file 43173, quoted Weinstein and Vassiliev, The Haunted Wood p. 230
p. 154 “a timely way”—KGB file 35118, quoted ibid.
Chapter 9: Iron Curtain
p. 155 “a bad effect”—Montefiore, Stalin p. 424
p. 156 respective grand residences—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 173
p. 156 well with caviar—ibid.
p. 156 “growing in the hall”—Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy p. 303
p. 156 receive a knighthood—Andrew and Gordievsky op. cit. p. 274
p. 156 would raise them—Plokhy, Yalta p. 78
p. 157 “boozy, womanising”—Montefiore op. cit. p. 428
p. 157 “after our bodies”—ibid.
p. 157 “wrong about Stalin”—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 176
p. 157 “toilet is over there”—Andrew and Gordievsky op. cit. p. 277
p. 157 eight plenary sessions—Bullock op. cit. p. 956
p. 157 “the state of Europe”—USNA Leahy file, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 74
p. 158 “watchmaker’s mind”—R. West, op. cit. pp. 221–2
p. 158 “behalf of the Poles”—TNA FCO 850/185, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 75
p. 158 “differences of tactics”—Venona 1815 30.3.45, quoted Hamrick, Deceiving the Deceivers p. 75
p. 158 “his last word”—Venona 714 8.3.45, quoted N. West op. cit. p. 128
p. 158 “collision with the Russians”—Venona 1517 7.3.45, quoted ibid. p. 130
p. 158 “Molotov remain adamant”—ibid. p. 134
p. 159 “certain foreign targets”
—Hamrick op. cit. p. 35
p. 159 had been transcribed—David Stout, New York Times 18.8.02
p. 160 “of photographic memories”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 68
p. 160 “on sound ground”—TNA KV 4/196
p. 160 “sums of money”—Burgess KGB file, quoted N. West, Crown Jewels p. 171
p. 160 “sturdily built” car—Modin op. cit. p. 156
p. 161 “has to do it”—Cecil interview with Robin Denniston, quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 77
p. 161 Greek and Iranian regimes—Newton op. cit. p. 87
p. 161 “against socialist states”—A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 162 “lackadaisical in manner”—TNA FCO 158/186
p. 162 “Ambassador to Washington”—Newton interview with Alsop, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 68
p. 162 “comments grossly offensive”—ibid. p. 89
p. 163 “sent me Maclean”—Newton interview with Hickerson, quoted ibid.
p. 163 “confidence to Donald”—Gore-Booth, With Great Truth and Respect pp. 374–5
p. 163 “partner within it”—D. Maclean op. cit. p. 54
p. 163 “nations of the world”—quoted Holzman op. cit. p. 218
p. 164 “of personalities altogether”—quoted Hoare op. cit. p. 142
p. 164 “did so with hatred”—Hoare op. cit. p. 147
p. 164 “sensible walking-shoes”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 73
p. 164 “been twice divorced”—TNA KV 2/4141
p. 164 “and conscienceless talker”—undated post-1956 letter to Alan Maclean, A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 164 “painful and comic”—TNA FCO 158/186
p. 165 he might behave—Hoare op. cit. p. 54
Chapter 10: Distant Thunder
p. 167 “far from rock steady”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 119
p. 167 Pera Palace Hotel—Macintyre op. cit. p. 95
p. 167 “with Soviet activities”—TNA FCO 158/193
p. 167 in a few days—ibid.
p. 168 “the greatest importance”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 119
p. 168 not have to do so—Macintyre op. cit. p. 98
p. 168 two “diplomatic couriers”—Andrew op. cit. p. 344
p. 169 “not worth including”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 128
p. 169 “narrow squeak indeed”—Andrew op. cit. p. 113
p. 169 “arouse undue interest”—Gouzenko, This Was my Choice p. 306
p. 170 fn. material for blackmail—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 181
p. 171 of false passports—Lamphere op. cit. p. 83
p. 171 “most closely concerned”—Newton op. cit. p. 94
p. 171 “suburban bank clerk”—Moorehead, The Traitors p. 19
p. 171 “support of the left”—ibid. p. 21
p. 172 was highly “agitated”—Andrew op. cit. p. 344
p. 172 in Eastern Europe—ibid. p. 343
p. 173 “kept in the picture”—Liddell Diary, TNA KV 4/467
p. 173 “former fighting allies”—quoted Romerstein and Breindel, The Venona Secrets p. 13
p. 173 “somewhat squalid case”—Moorehead op. cit. p. 43.
p. 173 “an empty theatre”—ibid. p. 46
p. 173 “wickedness . . . and degradation”—quoted Newton op. cit. p. 125
p. 173 “safety of mankind”—Report of Royal Commission, Ottawa, quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 77
p. 173 of importance anyway—H. Montgomery Hyde, Atom Bomb Spies, quoted Andrew op. cit. p. 348
p. 173 “sense of shame”—Andrew op. cit. p. 203
p. 174 “have to counter”—TNA KV 4/158, quoted ibid. p. 351
p. 174 “give him a password”—TNA CAB 130/20, quoted Hennessy, The Secret State p. 90
p. 174 “spoken of with respect”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 167
p. 174 “svelte and striking blonde”—World-Telegram, quoted New Yorker 13.10.48
p. 174 “Nutmeg Mata Hari”—A. J. Liebling, ibid.
p. 174 on the Mayflower—Weinstein and Vassiliev op. cit. p. 88
p. 175 outlet in the US—Time 9.8.48
p. 175 “about each other”—Elizabeth Bentley, Out of Bondage, quoted Andrew and Gordievsky op. cit. p. 228–9
p. 175 her knitting bag—ibid. p. 283
p. 176 “than anything else”—Akhmerov to Moscow 25.6.44, Venona files, quoted Weinstein and Vassiliev op. cit. p. 98
p. 176 “her natural needs”—ibid. p. 100
p. 176 “not given Stephenson”—KGB file 75405, quoted Weinstein and Vassiliev op. cit. p. 104
p. 177 “a future meeting”—ibid.
p. 177 “safeguarded from failure”—Haynes, Klehr and Vassiliev, Spies p. 400
p. 177 “too well lately”—KGB file 75405, quoted Weinstein and Vassiliev op. cit. p. 108
p. 177 “Ambassador look into”—FBI Vaults
p. 178 “leak like sieves”—Hennessy and Townsend, “The Documentary Spoor of Burgess and Maclean”
p. 178 the merest outline—Newton op. cit. p. 123
p. 178 “my own colleagues”—ibid. p. 125
p. 179 1,000 million to one—N. West op. cit. p. 17
p. 180 peace with Berlin—Haynes and Klehr op. cit. p. 8
p. 180 each telegram decipherable—Wright, Spycatcher p. 180
p. 181 “language is ‘the’ ”—Daily Telegraph 20.8.02
p. 181 “they were doing”—David Stout, New York Times 18.8.02
p. 181 1.5 per cent was cracked—Romerstein and Breindel op. cit. pp. 10–11
p. 181 “Tsars before him”—Newton op. cit. p. 101
p. 182 “on excellent authority”—quoted ibid. p. 103
p. 182 “about this double-cross”—Modin op. cit. p. 120
p. 182 “consultations with the British”—Dept of State, Press Conferences, quoted Newton op. cit. pp. 103–4
p. 183 “would be taken”—FRUS 1945 vol. 8 quoted ibid. p. 104
p. 183 “anathema to the USSR”—Modin op. cit. p. 120
p. 184 “bitterness and hostility”—USNA 767.68119, quoted Newton op. cit. pp. 106–7
p. 184 “to the Turkish Government”—TNA FCO 371/48699, ibid. p. 107
p. 184 “Soviet naval base”—Modin op. cit. p. 120
p. 184 “thoughts with us”—TNA FCO 371/48699, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 107
p. 184 “tell him the result”—ibid.
Chapter 11: Access All Areas
p. 186 “against the Japanese”—Truman, Year of Decision, quoted Cecil op. cit. p. 71
p. 186 get a move on—Bohlen, Witness to History p. 237
p. 186 “of total destruction”—Truman, Years of Trial and Hope, quoted Boyle op. cit. p. 297
p. 186 fn. only in 1957—Herken, The Brotherhood of the Bomb p. 62
p. 187 “actual use basis”—Herken, op. cit. p. 103
p. 187 “to the War Cabinet”—Costello and Tsarev op. cit. p. 218
p. 187 “on that basis”—Herken op. cit. p. 106
p. 187 “dealt with atomic energy”—Makins, unpublished memoirs
p. 188 “in security matters”—ibid.
p. 188 Field Marshal Lord Wilson—Holzman op. cit. pp. 238–9
p. 188 “for the Americans”—Modin op. cit. p. 199
p. 189 “arrested as and when”—Newton op. cit. p. 134
p. 189 “areas to pursue”—TNA FCO 115/4313, quoted ibid. p. 180
p. 190 made in 1948—Hennessy, Never Again p. 353
p. 190 “through the building”—Strauss, Men and Decisions p. 256
p. 190 “in agreeable circumstances”—Newton op. cit. p. 149
p. 190 with “heavy responsibilities”—FBI WFO 65–5648
p. 190 met in the building—Holzman op. cit. p. 248
p. 191 most “comradely” occasion—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 84
p. 191 a year later—Holzman op. cit. p. 240
p. 191 t
he Cairo–Suez region—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 83
p. 191 “on Truman’s face”—Newton op. cit. p. 168
p. 191 “until about 1955–60”—TNA CAB 81/132, quoted Hennessy, The Secret State p. 33
p. 192 “to the Manhattan Project”—Newton op. cit. p. 134
p. 192 “I do for Roger Makins”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 192 two retired admirals—FBI WFO 65–5648
p. 192 “and sleep there”—ibid.
p. 193 “strongly he felt”—quoted Boyle op. cit. p. 301
p. 193 “became unstable”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 193 an “awful swine”—ibid.
p. 193 “attitude of hatred”—ibid.
p. 194 “all our troubles!”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 79
p. 194 “great deal indeed”—R. West op. cit. p. 227
p. 194 “akin to skittles”—Gillies, Radical Diplomat p. 188
p. 194 fn. their 1950 edition—Gillies op. cit. p. 183
p. 195 “new policy decisions”—Boyle op. cit. p. 302
p. 195 “a sweetie”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 79
p. 195 “to me by Stalin”—ibid.
p. 195 “including the Registry”—Boyle op. cit. p. 301
p. 195 “left the room”—Boyle op. cit. p. 80
p. 196 modest dresses instead—Hoare op. cit. pp. 48–9
p. 196 he became “dissipated”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 196 “the homosexual streak”—Cecil, “Legends Spies Tell”
p. 197 teenage girl’s discomfort—interview Phyllis Parker 27.10.16
p. 197 empty of families—ibid.
p. 198 “disappears in sweat”—Hoare op. cit. p. 59
p. 198 New York Consulate—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 78
p. 198 “tension was palpable”—ibid. pp. 78–9
p. 199 dead letter drops—KGB file 43173, quoted Weinstein and Vassiliev op. cit. pp. 290–1
p. 199 fn. “Marshall will do”—Isaacs and Downing, Cold War p. 45
p. 200 “to sinking men”—quoted ibid. p. 52
p. 200 “State Department with joy”—TNA FCO 115/4359
p. 201 “stop at exhortation”—TNA FCO 115/4348, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 195
p. 201 “held in Washington”—ibid. p. 196
p. 201 “was in Whitehall”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 85
p. 201 “any predatory animal”—TNA FCO 115/4348, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 196
p. 202 “of Soviet expansion”—quoted Martin op. cit. p. 51
p. 203 “to other members”—TNA FCO 158/186
p. 203 “his young family”—ibid.
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