Philby in a sentence

Boyle, 435 When Nicholas Elliott met Philby in late 1962, the first time since Golitsyn's defection, he found Philby too drunk to stand and with a bandaged head; he had fallen repeatedly and cracked his skull on a bathroom radiator, requiring stitches.

Boyle, 441 When the news broke, MI6 came under criticism for failing to anticipate and block Philby's defection, though Elliott was to claim he could not have prevented Philby's flight.

Fictional characters based on Philby * The 1971 BBC television drama Traitor starred John Le Mesurier as Adrian Harris, a character loosely based on Kim Philby.

Philby had been briefed on the situation shortly before reaching Washington in 1949; it was clear to Philby that the agent was Maclean, who worked in the British Embassy at the time and whose wife, Melinda, lived in New York.

Philby himself thought this might have been the case, according to Macintyre. citation Moscow Upon his arrival in Moscow, Philby discovered that he was not a colonel in the KGB, as he had been led to believe.

Seale and McConnville, 210 Burgess' presence was problematic for Philby, yet it was potentially dangerous for Philby to leave him unsupervised.

The film recounts Philby's love affair and marriage to Eleanor Brewer during his time in Beirut and his eventual defection to the Soviet Union in late January 1963, though the characters based on Philby and Brewer have different names.

Pearce says he found stepping into Philby’s shoes intimidating and exciting at the same time.

Philby, whose book portrays a woman drawn into the world of espionage who must leave her husband and children, says she was drawn to spy fiction because after research into her grandfather.

Yes, I believe Kim Philby blew his cover (along with everyone else).

As a result of this accident, Philby, who was well-liked by the Nationalist forces whose victories he trumpeted, was awarded the Red Cross of Military Merit by Franco on 2 March 1938.

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby's Great Betrayal.

Boyle, 362 Philby had undertaken to devise an escape plan which would warn Maclean, currently in England, of the intense suspicion he was under and arrange for him to flee.

Boyle, 437 Prompted by Elliott's accusations, Philby confirmed the charges of espionage and described his intelligence activities on behalf of the Soviets.

But the resident (Russian term for spymaster) in France, probably Pierre at this time, suggested to Moscow that he suspected Philby's motives.

By September 1941, Philby was working for Section V of MI6, responsible for offensive counter-intelligence.

Following the departure of his father and stepbrothers for Saudi Arabia, Philby continued to live alone in Ajaltoun, but took a flat in Beirut after beginning an affair with Eleanor, the Seattle-born wife of New York Times correspondent Sam Pope Brewer.

From 1952, Philby struggled to find work as a journalist, eventually – in August 1954 – accepting a position with a diplomatic newsletter called the Fleet Street Letter.

Golitsyn proceeded to confirm White's suspicions about Philby's role.

However, a more serious threat to Philby's position had come to light.