Book Read Free

A Spy Named Orphan

Page 47

by Roland Philipps


  p. 204 “good old jokes”—quoted Newton op. cit. p. 22

  p. 204 “was contemplating suicide”—FBI WFO 65–5648

  Chapter 12: Chaos on the Nile

  p. 205 “Kennedy’s favourite diplomat”—quoted Newton op. cit. p. 159

  p. 205 “calibre and attainment”—ibid. p. 218

  p. 206 “life in general”—ibid..

  p. 206 “able to acquire!”—TNA FCO 158/85

  p. 206 “a shocking state”—TNA KV 4/470

  p. 207 and British embassies—Newton op. cit. p. 225

  p. 208 “a harmonious couple”—Hoare op. cit. p. 55

  p. 208 “not an expert”—Connolly op. cit. p. 27

  p. 209 “rather pretty, well off”—Holzman op. cit. p. 273

  p. 209 “diplomats as amateurs”—Newton op. cit. p. 226

  p. 209 at his own elbow—ibid.

  p. 210 “champion of the underdog”—Hamilton, Keepers of the Flame p. 127

  p. 210 “sympathy with the Nationalist cause”—W. S. Blunt, My Diaries p. 12

  p. 210 with ivory pieces—Fisher op. cit. p. 87

  p. 210 “to their parents”—interview Colin Campbell 8.9.15

  p. 211 the night before—Fisher op. cit. p. 88

  p. 211 “Middle East cosmopolitans”—ibid.

  p. 211 her “American housekeeping”—FBI summary report, quoted Newton op. cit. p. 237

  p. 211 “with gold trim”—N. Maclean op. cit.

  p. 211 “shyness and diffidence”—Hoare op. cit. p. 58

  p. 212 “young people’s evening”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 95

  p. 212 “and simpler people”—quoted Newton op. cit. p. 229

  p. 212 “of Cairo parties”—Hoare op. cit. p. 57

  p. 212 “rather intense efficiency”—ibid. p. 58

  p. 212 “independent minds”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 171

  p. 212 “covenanting conscience”—Sunday Times Insight 8.10.67

  p. 212 “country from Communism”—Hoare op. cit. pp. 57–8

  p. 213 “and even contempt”—interview Colin Campbell 8.9.15

  p. 213 “capital in 1940”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 213 “and political problems”—Hoare op. cit. p. 58

  p. 214 “relations with him”—Modin op. cit. pp. 163–4

  p. 214 “even read it”—ibid.

  p. 214 Tel Aviv and Jerusalem—Holzman op. cit. p. 277

  p. 214 “chances of peace”—FRUS 1949 vol. 6, quoted Holzman op. cit. p. 278

  p. 215 2.7 million lives—ibid. p. 288

  p. 215 “position in the Middle East”—quoted Newton op. cit. p. 226

  p. 215 “insensitive handling”—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 202

  p. 215 “swan among geese”—Modin op. cit. p. 164

  p. 215 a “skulking informer”—ibid.

  p. 216 “expected of him”—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 202

  p. 216 in the hairdresser—Modin op. cit. p. 164

  p. 217 end of his life—conversation Derek Johns 11.5.16

  p. 217 “and very nosy”—quoted Andrew op. cit. p. 377

  p. 217 “of Soviet institutions”—KGB file 43173, quoted Weinstein and Vassiliev op. cit. pp. 291–2

  p. 217 “of any importance”—Haynes and Klehr op. cit. p. 49

  p. 218 “Siberia time”—Lamphere and Schachtman, op. cit. p. 19

  p. 218 “to three weeks”—ibid. p. 82

  p. 219 “appalling blunder”—Modin op. cit. p. 192

  p. 219 “skilful horse traders”—Lamphere and Schachtman, op. cit. p. 127

  p. 219 “persona non grata”—TNA KV 4/470

  p. 219 “classic flanking maneuver”—Lamphere and Schachtman op. cit. p. 129

  p. 220 “in quick succession”—Fahmy, Around the World with Isis p. 27

  p. 220 “the same people”—ibid. p. 27

  p. 220 “sleep than most”—TNA KV 2/4141

  p. 220 “almost daily basis”—Fahmy op. cit. p. 27

  p. 220 with her servants—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 221 ended in 1948—E. Philby, Kim Philby p. 158

  p. 221 “a bad cold”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 221 “betray his country”—Balfour op. cit. p. 114

  p. 221 “of secret documents”—Sansom, I Spied Spies p. 234

  p. 222 “Head of Chancery”—ibid.

  p. 222 “the place up”—ibid. p. 236

  p. 222 a security risk—Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 203

  p. 222 “officer like Maclean”—Cecil op. cit. p. 100

  p. 223 “of other work”—TNA FCO 158/237

  p. 223 “was a dear”—N. Maclean op. cit.

  p. 223 “very difficult”—interview Viscountess Macmillan 18.11.15

  p. 223 “cold American bitch”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 223 “permanent affection”—letter to Alan Maclean 10.7.76, A. Maclean papers, Cambridge

  p. 223 “an excellent talker”—Mayall, Fireflies in Amber p. 81

  p. 223 “was absolutely infantile”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 223 “no practical solutions”—ibid.

  p. 224 “in the moonlight”—Mayall op. cit. p. 77

  p. 224 version of arak—Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 205

  p. 225 “ugly excited murmur”—Mayall op. cit. p. 79

  p. 225 “like very much”—ibid. p. 81

  p. 226 “maudlin and contrite”—Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 205

  p. 226 “a rough ride”—ibid.

  p. 226 “lives of his staff”—interview Colin Campbell 8.9.15

  p. 226 “with proven fact”—information Nina Campbell 21.7.16

  p. 226 “an adequate report”—Reilly papers, Bodleian

  p. 226 “left-wing opinions”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 227 “the British bulldogs”—Lamphere and Schachtman op. cit. p. 129

  p. 227 the “real story”—TNA FCO 158/1

  p. 227 “nervous breakdowns”—TNA FCO 158/1

  p. 227 “permanent nervous wreck”—TNA KV 6/141

  p. 227 “entry-and-exit lists”—Lamphere and Schachtman op. cit. p. 129

  p. 228 “at the facts”—TNA KV 4/470

  p. 228 “information from us”—TNA FCO 158/1

  p. 228 “Alexander Halpern’s secretary”—TNA KV 4/471

  p. 229 “ever been recruited”—TNA KV 6/141

  p. 229 “views at the time”—ibid.

  p. 229 “be a traitor”—Bower interview with Carey Foster, quoted Bower op. cit. p. 91

  p. 229 “waste-paper baskets”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 167

  Chapter 13: Collapse

  p. 231 “pressing attention”—Cecil, quoted Andrew and Dilks op. cit. p. 188

  p. 232 “and shabby clothes”—Lamphere and Schachtman op. cit. p. 130

  p. 232 “wanted to do”—quoted Andrew op. cit. p. 378

  p. 233 “as enquiries proceed”—TNA KV 6/141

  p. 233 his Soviet “colleagues”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 145

  p. 233 “the British Embassy”—ibid. p. 147

  p. 233 “of a problem”—ibid. p. 165

  p. 234 “isotopes of Enormoz”—quoted N. West op. cit. p. 147

  p. 234 “even cosy man”—A. Maclean op. cit. p. 100

  p. 234 “a subject’s story”—Lamphere op. cit. p. 135

  p. 234 “the atomic bomb”—TNA KV 2/2146, quoted Andrew op. cit. p. 388

  p. 235 “Dear Old Klaus”—A. Maclean op. cit. p. 101

  p. 235 of “disclosing myself”—Moorehead op. cit. p. 119

  p. 235 “are doing wrongly”—ibid. p. 120

  p. 236 US State Department—Lamphere and Schachtman op. cit. p. 136

  p. 236 “history of nations”—quoted Newton op. cit. p. 235

  p. 236 “their historic homeland”—Borovik op. cit. p. 272

  p. 237 “A big zero”—ibid. p
. 273

  p. 237 “go by him”—FBI interviews, quoted Newton op. cit. pp. 237–8

  p. 237 “was completely loaded”—ibid.

  p. 237 “put in writing”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 238 “amongst the friends”—Andrew op. cit. p. 267

  p. 238 “draw it to your attention”—TNA FCO 158/2

  p. 238 “Krivetsky’s [sic] interrogation report”—ibid.

  p. 239 “itself out endlessly”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 167

  p. 240 “Western imperialism”—Modin op. cit. p. 164

  p. 240 “prepared to go”—ibid.

  p. 240 “behaviour filtered through”—ibid.

  p. 240 “looked at” the letter—ibid.

  p. 241 read as well—Andrew and Mitrokhin op. cit. p. 202

  p. 241 “decadent and effete”—quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 170

  p. 241 “the Arabs here”—TNA FCO 158/157

  p. 242 a “leading Communist”—TNA KV 6/140

  p. 242 “put him off altogether”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 242 “definitely anti-Communist”—ibid.

  p. 242 “not unbalanced, temperament”—ibid.

  p. 242 “drinking difficulty”—ibid.

  p. 243 “antique tropical suit”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.

  p. 243 “end-of-Empire gathering”—Toynbee diary 14.4.50

  p. 243 “late for everything”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 243 “two-day trough together”—Toynbee diary 22.4.50

  p. 244 “or democratic ideas”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 244 “almost equally”—Toynbee diary 26.5.50

  p. 244 “it came from”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.

  p. 244 “I get drunk”—ibid.

  p. 245 “be shut up”—Toynbee diary, quoted Holzman op. cit. pp. 300–1

  p. 246 “had gone before”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.

  p. 246 “would pass out”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 246 “and his wife”—FBI WFO 65–5648

  p. 246 “astonished suffragi”—Hoare op. cit. p. 62

  p. 246 “miasma of destruction”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.

  p. 246 into the bathtub—FBI WFO 65–5648

  p. 247 “down the lavatory”—Hoare op. cit. p. 62

  p. 247 “mirror remains intact”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.

  p. 247 “we might fall”—Toynbee diary 9.5.50

  p. 247 had been “gnawing”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 247 “into their car”—Hoare op. cit. p. 62

  p. 247 “serpent in Eden”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.

  p. 247 “show for it”—quoted Mount op. cit. p. 48

  p. 247 “Donald went amok”—TNA KV 6/143

  p. 247 “the Marling sisters”—Toynbee diary 10.5.50

  p. 248 “state of mind”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 248 “and somewhat offensive”—Newton op. cit. p. 240

  p. 249 “a third country”—ibid.

  p. 249 “a vicious circle”—ibid.

  p. 250 “have been suffering”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 250 “silent than usual”—Hoare op. cit. p. 63

  Chapter 14: Reconciliation

  p. 251 “break at home”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 252 “known to me”—ibid.

  p. 252 “a rapid cure”—ibid.

  p. 252 “out for Cairo”—ibid.

  p. 253 “overwhelmed with sadness”—quoted Hoare op. cit. pp. 64–5

  p. 253 “missed a beat”—ibid.

  p. 253 “in the war”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 253 “psychiatric emergencies”—Fisher op. cit. p. 97

  p. 254 “doesn’t look good”—ibid.

  p. 254 “most favourable treatment”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 254 “slow and retarded”—ibid.

  p. 254 –5“difficulties with his wife”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 255 “ideal married life”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 255 “of American wives”—TNA KV 2/4141

  p. 255 “any point in it”—Hoare op. cit. p. 65

  p. 255 “drug as ‘pentothal’ ”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 256 “a family background”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 256 “charm and intelligence”—Fisher op. cit. p. 98

  p. 256 “is really desirable”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 256 “be a quack”—Andrew op. cit. p. 421

  p. 256 “Nothing Recorded Against”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 110

  p. 256 “help very much”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 257 “a journalist friend”—Daily Express 17.5.50

  p. 257 “of his condition”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 257 of his “trouble”—ibid.

  p. 257 “shouldn’t be concealed”—Toynbee diary 10.5.50

  p. 258 “of your staff”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 258 “with Philip Toynbee”—Partridge, Everything to Lose p. 121

  p. 258 “some new thing”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 258 “again in Cairo”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 259 “between my eyes”—Sansom op. cit. p. 237

  p. 259 “never coming back”—Hoare op. cit. p. 68

  p. 260 “begin to operate”—Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 109

  p. 260 “fighting her hard”—TNA FCO 158/4

  p. 260 “from nervous exhaustion”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 260 “no means normal”—ibid.

  p. 260 “to people generally”—TNA KV 2/4141

  p. 261 “and intellectual challenge”—Luke op. cit. p. ix

  p. 261 “staff in Cairo”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 112

  p. 262 “The Russians!”—ibid. p. 113

  p. 262 “of the DTs”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 262 “his clinical condition”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 113

  p. 262 “Communism was right”—Robin Campbell, quoted Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 217

  p. 264 “Communists in Italy”—R. West op. cit. p. 207

  p. 264 “No Trace Against”—Andrew op. cit. p. 391

  p. 264 to an “explosion”—TNA KV 6/144

  p. 264 “happened to be drinking”—Rees op. cit. p. 180

  p. 264 their local favourites—Lownie op. cit. p. 190

  p. 265 “can’t mean goats?”—ibid. p. 196

  p. 265 “trail of havoc”—Rees op. cit. p. 195

  p. 265 “points outside Washington”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 166

  p. 266 “knock them out”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 266 “Are they after me?”—quoted Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 217

  p. 267 “through front doors”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 267 “as his bedroom”—Connolly op. cit. p. 29

  p. 267 “return to him”—Hoare op. cit. p. 69

  p. 268 “foundation for happiness”—ibid. p. 70

  p. 268 “that at all”—ibid. p. 71

  p. 268 “publicity is primary”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 111

  p. 268 “and quiet industry”—Connolly op. cit. p. 29

  p. 269 “work something out”—Hoare op. cit. p. 71

  p. 269 “poor lamb!”—ibid.

  p. 270 “in general to women”—ibid.

  p. 270 “homosexual spree”—Cecil, “Legends Spies Tell”

  p. 270 “men than women”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 270 “mentioned homosexual tendencies”—TNA FCO 158/177

  pp. 270–1 “repulsed his advances”—Fisher op. cit. p. 101

  p. 271 “inclined to . . . perversion”—TNA KV 2/4150

  p. 271 bed with Maclean—Partridge, op. cit. p. 182

  p. 271 “positively no”—TNA KV 2/4141

  p. 271 “blazoning” his conquests—A. Blunt op. cit.

  p. 271 “by November 1”—TNA FCO 158/237

  p. 271 “away from realities”—ibid.
>
  p. 272 “of any officer”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 272 “Toynbee in Cairo”—TNA KV 6/142

  p. 272 “argument” about it—TNA FCO 158/237

  p. 272 “and South America”—quoted Connell, The Office p. 327

  p. 273 “sense of humour”—Modin op. cit. p. 182

  p. 273 “out of his life”—TNA FCO 158/186

  p. 273 early months of 1951—TNA FCO 158/189

  pp. 273–4 “much more anonymous”—letter to Alan Maclean 29.11.50, A. Maclean papers op. cit.

  Chapter 15: Curzon

  p. 275 “long as possible”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 168

  p. 275 “leave him alone”—Modin op. cit. p. 181

  p. 276 “the Distribution Room”—TNA FCO 158/1

  p. 276 “as enquiries proceed”—TNA FCO 158/2

  p. 276 pre-war “Communist connections”—TNA FCO 158/1

  p. 276 “an expensive house”—TNA KV 6/140

  p. 277 “the letter G”—TNA KV 6/141

  p. 278 “occupied another storey”—Anstee, Never Learn to Type p. 78

  p. 278 “sleepy, almost drugged”—Cairncross op. cit. pp. 129–30

  p. 278 “the Mogul Empire”—Anstee op. cit. p. 78

  p. 278 “I must go”—ibid. p. 72

  p. 278 “and become unreliable”—ibid. p. 69

  p. 279 “control of everything”—ibid. p. 77

  p. 279 “state of mind”—ibid.

  p. 279 “pale pink liberal”—ibid.

  p. 279 “very popular”—interview Daphne Coburn, November 2015

  p. 280 “[the atom bomb’s] use”—Hastings, The Korean War p. 214

  p. 280 “to the bone”—TNA FCO 158/24

  p. 281 “with military equipment”—Bullock op. cit. p. 1037

  p. 281 “troops in Korea”—Hastings op. cit. p. 219

  p. 281 “made argument impossible”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 281 their own “prestige”—Connolly op. cit. p. 30

  p. 282 “about his Minute”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 282 “a pointless war”—Modin op. cit. p. 184

  p. 282 “later to [Gorsky]”—TNA KV 6/142

  p. 283 vetted before “indoctrination”—TNA KV 6/140

  p. 283 “on the whole”—ibid.

  p. 284 “[her] married life”—Hoare op. cit. p. 72

  p. 285 “been for years!”—TNA KV 2/4140

  p. 285 “in his cups”—ibid.

  p. 286 “you at breakfast”—Rees op. cit. p. 190

  p. 286 “and stumbled away”—Rees, Sunday Times 16.1.72

  p. 287 “to conceal them”—ibid.

  p. 287 “a violent form”—TNA KV 2/4143

  p. 287 “Go on, report me”—Connolly op. cit. p. 31

 

‹ Prev