p. 288 “high alcoholic content”—ibid.
p. 288 “he was talking”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 288 “bitterly rejected Communism”—Toynbee, “Maclean and I” op. cit.
p. 288 “change of heart”—Toynbee, “Alger Hiss and his Friends,” Observer 18.3.51
p. 289 “the English Hiss”—Connolly op. cit. p. 33
p. 289 “have much admiration”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 290 “it happens”—ibid.
p. 290 evening as a “disaster”—ibid.
p. 291 “a responsible position”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 291 “a moment’s hesitation”—ibid.
p. 291 fn. “falling to pieces”—Gore-Booth op. cit. p. 375
p. 292 “to premature conclusions”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 292 “anti-administration politicians”—ibid.
p. 293 “and a teetotaller”—K. Philby op. cit. pp. 170–1
p. 293 “were old ones”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 293 “initials on telegrams”—ibid.
p. 294 “blown sky-high”—ibid.
p. 294 “Soviet intelligence system”—TNA KV 6/144
p. 294 “ifs and buts”—ibid.
p. 295 “depressingly conformist”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 171
p. 295 “Partner for Peace”—Lownie op. cit. p. 219
p. 295 “Don’t you go, too”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 171
p. 296 “direct security significance”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 297 “numerous counter suggestions”—ibid.
p. 297 on Erna Rosenbaum’s—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 297 “would be otherwise”—ibid.
p. 297 “in the picture”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 298 “lower-middle-class family”—ibid.
p. 298 “while awaiting confinement”—quoted N. West op. cit. p. 132
p. 299 “and studying philology”—BBC Radio 4 18.3.98
p. 299 “can’t believe it”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 117
p. 299 “pale green car”—TNA KV 2/4140
Chapter 16: Endgame
p. 300 “love to Mother!”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 300 “drinking quite heavily”—ibid.
p. 301 philosopher Freddie Ayer—TNA FCO 158/189
p. 301 “be of value”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 301 “sort of person”—TNA KV 2/4141
p. 302 “was a Communist”—Hoare op. cit. p. 73
p. 302 “to be ‘cut adrift’ ”—ibid.
p. 302 “was forgotten”—ibid. p. 74
p. 302 “his shoulders hunched”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 139
p. 303 “now, perhaps hours”—Modin op. cit. p. 200
p. 303 “they question him”—ibid.
p. 303 “through with it”—ibid. p. 201
p. 304 “not fit in”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 304 “has been interrogated”—ibid.
p. 304 and three women—Macintyre op. cit. p. 148
p. 304 “policeman as possible”—Harry Hunter, quoted Andrew op. cit. p. 335
p. 305 from street corners—Macintyre op. cit. p. 148
p. 305 “good little functionaries”—Modin op. cit. p. 207
p. 305 “trusting foreign criminal”—R. West op. cit. p. 238
p. 305 “a fixed distance”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 139
p. 305 “fairly easily identified”—Reilly papers, Bodleian
p. 306 “topline agent”—TNA FCO 158/7
p. 306 “about his relatives”—TNA KV 2/4151
p. 306 “forward and rejected”—Petrov and Petrov, Empire of Fear p. 272
p. 306 “right fibre content”—Gordievsky op. cit. p. 140
p. 306 fn. “with your hands!”—Gordievsky, Next Stop Execution p. 140
p. 307 “about Donald’s escape”—A. Blunt op. cit.
p. 307 “like a tramp”—Lownie op. cit. p. 228
p. 307 “with great vigour”—ibid.
p. 307 “policeman-like manner”—Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 224
p. 307 “denying everything”—Modin op. cit. p. 202
p. 308 “agree to defect”—ibid.
p. 308 “with assiduous bohemianism”—Motion, The Lamberts p. 235
p. 309 “a word was spoken”—Connolly op. cit. p. 34
p. 310 “to the scrap-heap”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 172
p. 310 “anti-British feeling”—quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 124
p. 310 “only by a lie”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 310 “very hot” that summer—Bower op. cit. p. 110
p. 311 “brighter than he was”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 311 “beginning of the war”—TNA KV 4/473
p. 311 “down for a night”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 312 “fold very rapidly”—Modin op. cit. p. 203
p. 312 “independently identify Maclean”—TNA KV 6/142
p. 312 lack of “action”—ibid.
p. 313 “on our hands”—Andrew op. cit. p. 424
p. 313 “along the coast”—Modin op. cit. p. 205
p. 314 “and civil servants”—ibid.
p. 314 “when they are together”—Andrew op. cit. p. 425
p. 315 “was very real”—TNA KV 6/143
p. 315 “breach of faith”—ibid.
p. 316 “without arousing suspicion”—ibid.
p. 316 “requiring special keys”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 139
p. 316 Friday the 25th—TNA KV 6/143
p. 316 “of running away”—TNA KV 2/4150
p. 317 from “going off”—TNA KV 2/4141
p. 317 “a languid glance”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 140
p. 317 “with kid gloves”—Page, Leitch and Knightley op. cit. p. 214
p. 318 was “completely himself”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 318 “with Maclean again”—ibid.
p. 318 “mellow and confidential”—Connolly op. cit. p. 35
p. 318 some “garbled explanation”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 142
p. 318 “steady on his feet”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 319 in the Americas—Anstee op. cit. p. 81
p. 319 “raising an alarm”—Makins op. cit.
p. 319 “6:10 p.m. train”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 320 around 6:00—Lownie op. cit. pp. 237–8
p. 320 “old green Penguins”—A. Maclean op. cit. p. 108
p. 320 at around 8:00—TNA KV 6/143
p. 320 “casually and amicably”—Hoare op. cit. p. 7
p. 321 “a special ham”—Driberg, Guy Burgess p. 96
p. 321 “mainly about books”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 321 “night accessories”—ibid.
p. 321 “conduct pretty outrageous”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 321 went to bed—Hoare op. cit. p. 7
p. 321 “her young women”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 321 had been laid—N. Maclean op. cit.
p. 322 berths to Bern—Driberg op. cit. p. 97
p. 322 “not at Tatsfield”—TNA KV 2/4143
p. 322 “as soon as possible”—N. Maclean op. cit.
p. 322 could “kick herself”—ibid.
p. 323 “a day off”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 323 Monday off as well—private information
p. 323 “great search started”—TNA KV 2/4143
Chapter 17: Establishment
p. 324 “a political escape”—Mather, ed. The Great Spy Scandal pp. 11–15
p. 325 “So it’s out”—ibid.
p. 325 “their idealistic purposes”—Daily Express 7.6.51
p. 325 “out of his world”—Boyle op. cit. p. 382
p. 326 “from June 1”—FO press release 7.6.51
p. 326 “in the Seine”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 1
p. 326 “done a Pontecorvo”—Anstee op. cit. p. 82
p. 326 “betray his country”—ibid.
p. 327 “friends’ rep
resentative”—TNA KV 6/144
p. 327 “interests of secrecy”—ibid.
p. 328 “express an opinion”—Lownie op. cit. p. 251
p. 328 typed them up—Newton op. cit. p. 325
p. 328 “manhunt in history”—ibid. p. 326
p. 328 “he knew everything!”—quoted Purdy and Sutherland, Burgess and Maclean p. 100
p. 329 “the radio report”—TNA FCO 371/90931
p. 329 “was no pretence”—K. Philby op. cit. p. 172
p. 329 “taking French leave”—TNA KV 2/4146
p. 329 “for a few days”—ibid.
p. 329 “rather uncomfortable meeting”—Lamphere and Schachtman op. cit. p. 231
p. 330 “ ‘tipped off Maclean’ ”—Newton op. cit. p. 333
p. 330 “looked from London”—quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 147
p. 330 “considered security hazards”—TNA PREM 8/1524
p. 330 fn. in Taiwan alone—Ranelagh, The Agency p. 235
p. 331 “of Wilde and Byron”—TNA FCO 158/254
p. 331 “changed the subject”—TNA KV 6/144
p. 332 “seven hot suspects”—ibid.
p. 332 “enjoying myself immensely”—ibid.
p. 333 “LOVING ME. DONALD”—Mather op. cit. p. 83
p. 334 “TELEGRAMS FROM PARIS”—Daily Telegraph 8.6.51
p. 335 “Hush-Hush Data”—New York Daily News 7.6.51
p. 335 “expert in faces”—Daily Mail 8.8.51
p. 335 “protruding front teeth”—FBI, quoted Cecil, A Divided Life p. 151
p. 335 “had little luggage”—TNA FCO 158/211
p. 335 “which was Maclean”—H. Spender, London Review of Books 3.5.81
p. 335 SIS “personalities”—Aldrich, The Hidden Hand p. 422
p. 336 “have stolen it”—FBI Vaults
p. 336 Foreign Office crest—Purdy and Sutherland op. cit. p. 175
p. 337 “organising his defection”—TNA FCO 158/7
p. 337 never been translated—Andrew and Gordievsky op. cit. p. 323
p. 337 “or between themselves”—The Times 8.6.51
p. 338 “by all means”—Cave Brown op. cit. p. 430
p. 338 “opposite of euphoria”—Driberg op. cit. p. 98
p. 338 “by KGB agents”—Modin op. cit. p. 209
p. 339 “traffic from Prague”—TNA KV 4/473
Chapter 18: Into the Wilderness
p. 340 “the Foreign Office”—TNA KV 2/4140
p. 342 “the children. Melinda”—Hoare op. cit. pp. 16–17
p. 342 fn. “the Missing Diplomat”—N. Maclean, op. cit.
p. 343 “for her son”—A. Blunt op. cit.
p. 343 “a lovely time”—A. Maclean op. cit. pp. 102–3
p. 343 so at the time—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 156
p. 345 “dearest snoop, Donald”—TNA KV 2/4145
p. 346 “to his country”—Hoare op. cit. p. 27
p. 346 “ashamed for me”—TNA FCO 158/4
p. 346 working as a double agent—interview Viscountess Macmillan 18.11.15
p. 347 “gather strength again”—Hoare op. cit. p. 80
p. 348 “than I ever have”—ibid.
p. 348 “to be recommenced”—ibid.
p. 348 “back to live”—Mather op. cit. pp. 99–100
p. 349 “become a revolutionary”—Connolly op. cit. pp. 15–16
p. 349 “articles fairly lightly”—TNA KV 2/3426
p. 349 “press so far”—Leigh Fermor letters, Dashing for the Post p. 66
p. 349 “place to hide”—quoted Hoare op. cit. p. 87
p. 349 “stop all wars”—TNA KV 2/4150
p. 350 “a new life”—ibid.
p. 350 she would not—TNA FCO 158/191
p. 350 “over the precipice”—quoted Hoare op. cit. p. 89
p. 350 “for going away”—quoted ibid. p. 90
p. 351 “colony, largely American”—TNA FCO 158/7
p. 351 “we are going”—ibid.
p. 351 a “children’s nurse”—TNA FCO 158/90
p. 352 “military-type aircraft”—ibid.
p. 353 “embraced his wife”—Modin op. cit. p. 246
p. 353 next two years—FBI 1250859–1
p. 353 “come off at last!”—Petrov and Petrov op. cit. p. 271
p. 353 “bring out Mrs Maclean”—ibid. p. 273
p. 353 “FROM ALL MELINDA”—Mather op. cit. p. 119
p. 354 “much as possible”—Spectator 14.10.55
p. 354 “but-not-forever”—TNA FCO 158/191
p. 354 “into the wilderness”—TNA KV 2/4150
Chapter 19: Comrade Frazer
p. 356 “sally into Russia”—Hughes, Foreign Devil p. 107
p. 356 “Soviet variety show”—ibid.
p. 357 “policy of silence”—ibid.
p. 357 “a wooden smile”—ibid. p. 121
p. 358 “West from there”—Driberg op. cit. pp. 121–4
p. 359 “comprehending the story”—Sunday Times 13.2.56
p. 359 “or lost property”—Macintyre op. cit. p. 199
p. 359 “a friendly visit”—ibid.
p. 359 “overlooking the Kremlin”—Penrose and Freeman op. cit. pp. 351–2, from Nigel Burgess on being shown Moscow by Maclean following his uncle’s funeral
p. 360 “the nineteenth century”—Driberg op. cit. p. 100
p. 360 “under house arrest”—Miller, All Them Cornfields p. 53
p. 360 “to the Soviet Union”—Lownie op. cit. p. 284
p. 361 “have been shot”—Roy Medvedev, The Times 31.5.83
p. 361 “confession” of double-dealing—Miller op. cit. p. 53
p. 361 a “sacred text”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 165
p. 361 “more virile successor”—ibid.
p. 362 pointing a camera—Campbell, Villi the Clown p. 232
p. 362 the letter “Frazer”—Piotr Cherkasov, “Homer’s Second Life,” Izvestia 25.5.03
p. 362 “we were there”—Cecil, A Divided Life p. 164
p. 362 “of [their] persecutions”—TNA KV 2/4154
p. 363 “of Soviet Russia”—FBI interview with Melinda Maclean, FBI 1250859–1
p. 363 “official ideology any more”—Bushell, Marriage of Inconvenience p. 17
p. 363 “style, brand new”—Modin op. cit. p. 246
p. 363 “flavour of SW1”—E. Philby op. cit. p. 81
p. 363 “the available furniture”—interview Bob Evans 18.12.15
p. 364 “Brained, Murdoched, Sillitoed”—Toynbee papers, Bodleian
p. 364 “Old Fellow”—TNA KV 2/4154
p. 364 “choose are unlimited”—ibid.
p. 365 “bomb and disarm”—TNA FCO 158/11
p. 365 “time to time”—Observer 15.10.67
p. 365 “to Hungary now”—TNA FCO 158/11
p. 365 “impossible to answer”—Observer 15.10.67
p. 366 “all at hand”—Toynbee papers, Bodleian
p. 366 “disgusted about Hungary”—ibid.
p. 367 an “emotional block”—Bushell op. cit. p. 18
p. 367 “to recall it”—ibid.
p. 367 “two missing men”—Spectator 23.9.55
p. 367 “cloak for treachery”—Spectator 30.9.55
p. 367 “or a regiment”—Hansard 7.11.55
p. 368 “conspicuously empty”—TNA FCO 158/11
p. 368 trip to London—Daily Express 11.10.60
p. 368 “analyst in the Institute”—to Dennis Ogden 16.3.76, A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 369 “find in newspapers”—Medvedev, The Times 31.5.83
p. 369 “in the elections”—Medvedev, Washington Post 19.6.83
p. 369 support for the Soviet action—Frankland, Child of my Time p. 174
p. 369 “and other writers”—ibid.
p. 369 “the Russian peop
le”—TNA KV 2/4161
p. 370 “contemporary British foreign policy”—D. Maclean op. cit. p. 9
p. 370 “particularly the British”—ibid. p. 220
p. 370 “problems of British foreign policy”—ibid. p. 253
p. 371 “the Soviet people”—to Dennis Ogden, 1980, A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 371 “thinking and style”—Daily Mail 4.5.70
p. 371 “impeccably documented”—Sunday Times 3.5.70
p. 371 “had got there”—interview Bob Evans 18.12.15
p. 372 “a stuffed shirt”—TNA KV 2/4130
p. 372 “or capitalist terms”—Gordievsky op. cit. p. 61
p. 372 “on your behalf”—TNA KV 2/4158
p. 373 “Debenham’s with Freebody’s”—Toynbee papers, Bodleian
p. 373 “fox, this time”—to Alan Maclean 13.7.63, A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 373 “upper-middle-class apparatchik”—Cave Brown op. cit. p. 537
p. 373 “of Western capitalism”—E. Philby op. cit. p. 82
p. 374 “Dr Jekyll’s medicine”—Riordan, Comrade Jim p. 171
p. 374 “not altogether harmonious”—TNA KV 2/4161
p. 374 “the Revolution comes”—E. Philby op. cit. p. 83
p. 374 “haze of alcohol”—Cave Brown op. cit. p. 545
p. 374 “him any more”—E. Philby op. cit. p. 119
p. 374 “[Melinda’s] life happier”—ibid. p. 169
p. 375 “another human being”—Macintyre op. cit. p. 279
p. 375 “prophet of perestroika”—Blake, No Other Choice p. 268
p. 376 “the truth imaginatively”—Bushell op. cit. p. 18
p. 376 “their normal course”—Blake op. cit. p. 271
p. 377 Margaret Thatcher—interview John Morrison 9.11.15
p. 377 “about [their] childhoods”—A. Maclean op. cit. p. 108
p. 377 “and his successors”—ibid.
p. 378 “political man of the world”—Observer 13.3.83
p. 378 “would gradually disappear”—interview Philip Short 4.1.16
p. 378 “most in the world”—Observer 13.3.83
p. 378 “a distinguished member”—Blake op. cit. p. 272
p. 378 “good and just man”—ibid.
p. 378 “progress and humanism”—Washington Post 12.3.83
p. 379 “and its endurance”—1 Corinthians 13:5
p. 379 “of our civilisation”—to Dennis Ogden 16.3.76, A. Maclean papers op. cit.
p. 379 “how profoundly misguided”—Culme–Seymour to Alan Maclean 13.3.83, ibid.
Illustration Credits
Section One
Donald Maclean’s parents: Victor Console / Associated Newspapers / REX / Shutterstock. Lady Bonham Carter: TopFoto.co.uk. School photograph: Courtesy of Gresham’s School. James Klugmann library card: Marx Memorial Library. Donald Maclean: Keystone / Staff. Anthony Blunt: Ramsey and Muspratt. Guy Burgess: Keystone / Staff. Kim Philby: Photo © Tallandier / Bridgeman Images. Melinda Marling: TopFoto.co.uk. Sir Roger Makins: Bettmann / Contributor. Yalta conference: INTERFOTO / Alamy Stock Photo. British Embassy, Washington: Popperfoto / Contributor. Walter Krivitsky: AP / Rex / Shutterstock. Robert Lamphere: Bettmann / Contributor. Arlington Hall: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.
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