The Third ManKim Philby O.B.E., scion of the British Establishment, Cambridge University, would very likely now be the head of the British Secret Service had he not been discovered and forced to flee to Russia in 1963. This book examines Philby through the lens of his personal relationships. He had certain unlikely assets as a spy. He stammered badly, which won him instant sympathy and enabled him. in tight situations, to gather his thoughts before speaking. He drank to the brink of alcoholism but never became indiscreet, a facility that spared him suspicion for a long time. Reasoned his associates: "Surely so reckless a drinker could not be hiding a great secret." Serving a far-off master, he seemed the sanest, least ambitious man in the highly competitive corridors of Britain's espionage establishment. |
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Preface and Acknowledgements | 1 |
From The Phony War Into Secret | 61 |
The Secret Intelligence Service | 71 |
Copyright | |
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