Philby, Litzi, 17–18, 19–20, 70
Philby, Rufina, 244, 246
Philby, St John, 72, 85–6
Philip, Prince, 61
Philpotts, Christopher, 205–6, 207, 208, 211
Poland, 178, 269
Pontecorvo, Bruno, 36
Popov, Pyotr, 40, 137, 172, 187, 200, 201
Portland, 233
Portsmouth, 52, 77, 224
Powell, Charles, 270, 277
Powell, Colin, 373, 375, 376
Powell, Jonathan, 362
Powers, Gary, 136
Prague, 46, 180 251, 320
Prater, Donald, 206
Prater, the, Vienna, 15
Prenzlau, 25
Private Eye, 226
Proba, Operation, 226
Profumo, John, 239
Q (quartermaster for MI6), 126
Q8, 321
Queen Anne’s Gate, 138
Queen Elizabeth, 190
Quetta, 295
Rabbani, Burhanuddin, 294
Rahman, General Akhtar Abdur, 294
ratlines, 32, 33
Reagan, President, 131, 268, 269, 271, 272, 281, 282, 288, 306, 307
Red Army, 10, 12, 13, 21, 27, 29, 31, 32, 36, 37, 45, 52, 145
Red List, 164, 268
Red River, 374
Rennie, Sir John, 205, 211, 212
Republican Guards, 378
Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq), 353, 354, 379
Rhodes, Cecil, 98
Rhodesia, 131
Richards, Francis, 331
Riga, 53
Rimington, Stella, 265
Rob (MI6 officer), 253–4, 255
Robber Barons, 76, 78, 177, 400
Rodin, Nikola, 232
Romania, 30
Royal Engineers, 45
Royal Horse Guards, 60
Royal Navy, 51, 52
Ruislip, 236
Rumsfeld, Donald, 341, 382, 386
Russia: pre-Soviet, 54, 290; post-Soviet, 317–18, 319–20, 394–6, 398, 399; see also Soviet Union
Russian Embassy, London, 394
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service see SVR
Russian illegals, 232, 233, 237, 319, 395 see also Kroger, Helen; Kroger, Peter; Lonsdale, Gordon
Ryan, Operation, 267–8
Sabri, Naji, 381–2, 390
Saddam Hussein see Hussein, Saddam
St George’s Hotel, Beirut, 84
St James’s, 60
St Peter’s College, Oxford, 132
Salang highway, 297
SAS, 298, 338
satellite spying, 170
Saudi Arabia, 311, 330, 345
Sawers, John, 396–7, 400, 402
Sayyaf, Abdul Rasul, 311
Scarlett, John: early career, 258–9; and Gordievsky, 257, 259, 260, 261–2, 263, 267, 269; on the importance of intelligence in Cold War, 287; as station chief in Moscow, 318; expelled from Moscow, 319–20; rivalry with Dearlove, 329; becomes chair of Joint Intelligence Committee, 329–30; and 9/11 terrorist attacks, 330, 331; on torture, 342; on relationship with Americans, 342; and build-up to Iraq war, 357–8, 359, 360, 361, 362, 365, 366, 367, 370; and the failure to find WMD in Iraq, 387, 388; appointed as new Chief of MI6, 393; in role of Chief, 393–5; Sawers takes over from, 397; at memorial service for Daphne Park, 402; brief references, 3, 328
Scheuer, Mike, 313, 333, 343
Schőnbrunn barracks, Vienna, 10, 24, 47
School of Oriental and African Studies, 232
Schroen, Gary, 336
Scotland, 299
Scott, Ian, 103–4, 106, 107, 111, 114, 121, 125
Scott, Nicholas, 221
Second World War, 15, 28–9, 59–60, 61, 188, 191, 194, 223, 264, 401
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) see MI6
Secret Service Bureau, 20
Semmering Pass, 32
Seoul, 48
September 11 terrorist attacks, 2, 7, 330–5, 354
Serov, General Ivan, 159, 160, 176
Serov, Svetlana, 159–60
Shergold, Harold (Shergy): career, 141–2; and Blake, 142–3; and Penkovsky, 4, 141, 143, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 160, 163, 164, 165, 167, 173; and professionalism, 141–2, 177–8, 259, 329; and successes of Beneficiary and Freed, 181 and molehunts, 198, 199, 207, 218; and Scarlett, 258; brief references, 179, 180 402
Sierra Leone, 15
Sinclair, John, 63, 78
Sirte, 383
SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) see MI6
SMERSH, 37, 41
Smiley, David, 60–1, 62, 63, 65
Smiley, George (fictional character), 4, 5, 142, 189, 214, 215
Smith, H. F. T., 125
Smollett, Peter, 14, 15, 19, 42
Sniper, 235, 236
Sofia, 46
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 249, 251
Somerville, 133
South Africa, 94
South America, 32
Southampton, 232
Soviet Embassy: Copenhagen, 251, 252, 253, 255; London, 148, 220, 222, 225, 232, 235, 240, 260, 261, 272; Mexico City, 202; Paris, 283; Washington, 285
‘Soviet Perceptions of Nuclear Warfare’ (briefing), 282
Soviet Trade Delegation, 222, 224, 241
Soviet Union: activities in Vienna, 12–13, 35, 36, 40, 41–4; Smollet passes information to, 15; recruitment of Philby by, 18–19; contacts made by Cavendish are recalled to, 26; Western powers lack intelligence from inside, 28, 29; Western fears of invasion by, 29; Young organises retrieval of photographic reconnaissance of, 29–30; defections after the war, 32, 70; and German scientists, 34–5, 36; Park’s attitude to, 36; and émigré groups, 37, 42; defection of Deriabin, 43; communications intercepted by Vienna Tunnel, 45–6, 47; Blake betrays existence of Vienna Tunnel to, 47–9; Courtney in, 52; covert operations against, 53–63, 64–5, 67, 76–8; Philby passes secrets to, 63–6, 67–8, 73–4; Burgess and Maclean escape to, 69; and Nasser, 79; and Suez Crisis, 81; and Hungarian uprising, 82–3, 84; Philby questioned about and confesses to working for, 87–8; Philby escapes to, 88–9; Angleton’s paranoia about, 90; and Africa, 98, 99, 108, 113–14, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 132; betrayed by Penkovsky see Penkovsky, Oleg; Penkovsky provides insight into thinking of leaders of, 157–8; Blake confesses to working for, 142–3; Cuban Missile Crisis, 2, 6, 170, 171, 198, 223, 267, 375; Wynne captured and taken to, 173–4; trial of Wynne and Penkovsky in, 175–6; Beneficiary (Kaczmarzyk) works as spy against, 178–9; Freed (Kroča) works as spy against, 180 betrayed by Golitsyn see Golitsyn, Anatoly; betrayed by Nosenko see Nosenko, Yuri; CIA molehunts paralyse operations against, 209–10; subversive operations against Britain, 219–42; Philby’s life in, 242–7; betrayed by Gordievsky see Gordievsky, Oleg; Scarlett’s career in, 258–9; Operation Ryan, 268–9; fears about Western intentions, 268–9, 271, 282; Gordievsky in danger in, 248–9, 273–4; Gordievsky escapes from, 6, 274–80; Gordievsky’s information brings about changes in Western perceptions of, 270, 271, 272, 281–2; Gorbachev visits Britain, 272; MI6 is sceptical about Gorbachev and his reforms, 283–4; CIA penetrated by, 284–6; and the value of intelligence, 287–8; and Afghanistan, 291, 292, 295, 297, 299, 300, 302–3, 304, 306, 307, 308–9; end of, 288–9, 315; Blake comments on life in, 397; see also KGB; Moscow
Special Branch, 18, 230, 236, 241
Special Group, 118
Special Operations Executive, 27, 33, 59, 60, 61, 95, 401
Special Security Organisation (SSO), 368
Spedding, David, 327, 354
Spetsnaz troops, 304
Spooks, 344–5
SSO (Special Security Organisation), 368
Stalin, Joseph, 23, 28, 30, 41, 42, 49, 63, 66, 87, 186, 219, 288
Stanley, Henry, 104
Stanleyville, 97, 121, 122, 127
Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative, 269, 281, 282, 288
Stasi, 227–8
State Department (US), 57, 114, 116, 137, 155
State Scientific and Technical Commission (Soviet Union), 138, 146, 224
State Opera House, Vienna, 50
StB (Czechoslovak security service), 11, 180 181
Steers, Bob, 10, 11
Stettin, 12
Stevenson, Adlai, 375
Stinger missile, 305–6, 312
Stockholm, 186
Stokes, Michael, 141, 151, 157, 163
Stormie Seas (boat), 55, 61
Stratford-upon-Avon, 190
Straw, Jack, 331, 359, 360, 378, 383
Sudan, 333
Suez Crisis, 79–81, 83, 84, 91, 95, 392
Sukarno, President, 80
Sunday Telegraph, 221
Sussex, 299
SVR (Russian Foreign Intelligence Service), 319, 396
Switzerland, 24, 36
Syria, 389
Tajikistan, 336
Tajiks, 294, 336
Taliban, 311–12, 313, 335 337, 338, 339, 399
Tanganyika, 94, 95
Tenet, George, 332, 358, 359, 372, 373, 375, 382, 387, 393
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord: ‘Ulysses’, 402
terrorism, 7, 291, 326, 327–8, 345–52, 356, 359, 386, 394, 395, 398 see also September 11 terrorist attacks
Thames House, 346, 347
Thatcher, Margaret, 214, 256, 270, 272, 277, 281, 282, 292, 304, 305, 309
Their Trade is Treachery (booklet), 239–40, 396
Third Man, The, 20; screenplay for, 13–14, 15, 16, 20, 75, 132 30All, 33
Thysville, 108, 128
Times, The, 217
Tirana, 63
Tomlinson, Richard, 324–5
Tora Bora, 338
torture/mistreatment, 339–43, 352, 400
Travellers Club, 384
Treasury, 316
Trefgarne, Elizabeth, 225
Tremmel, Valeri, 42
Trend, Lord, 213
Trevor-Roper, Hugh, 74
Trieste, 12
Truman Doctrine, 56
Truro, 190
Trust, the, 54, 200
Tshombe, Moise, 112, 113, 129
Tudor-Hart, Edith, 18, 70, 208
Turkey, 56, 70, 145
Turner, Stansfield, 292–3
Ukraine, 41, 63
Unilever, 97
Unison, 209
United Nations, 113, 114, 118, 120, 121, 122, 127–8, 129, 309, 360, 373, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 382, 397; General Assembly, 381; Security Council, 375, 382; weapons inspectors, 357, 359, 368, 376–7, 380, 382
United States: lacks intelligence from within Soviet Union, 28; and defecting Soviet soldiers, 32; and German scientists, 34; and kidnappings in Vienna, 35; Operation Claptrap, 44; informed about Vienna Tunnel, 46; and Operation Gladio, 49; announcement of Truman Doctrine, 56; Marshall Plan, 56, 58; increase in covert action, 56–7, 57–8; and Albania, 57, 58, 62, 63, 65; Philby based in, 63–6; leaking of Philby’s name, 74; involved in removal of Mossadegh in Iran, 79; and Suez Crisis, 81–2, 84; and Hungarian uprising, 82, 83; informed about Philby’s betrayal, 88; relationship with Britain damaged by Philby’s betrayal, 91; involvement in the Congo through work of Devlin, 108, 110–11, 113, 114–15, 115–16, 117–19, 120, 121, 122–4, 126, 127, 128–9, 130, 131; Congress unearths CIA’s secret assassination programmes, 131; and Vietnam, 132, 293; Penkovsky betrays Soviets to see Penkovsky, Oleg; and Berlin, 158–9; Golitsyn in, 187–8, 190, 198, 199, 205; molehunts in, 187, 209–11; Nosenko gives information to, 200–1, 202; Nosenko in, 202–3; informed about molehunt in Britain, 204, 205; Soviet fears about, 268–9; and Gordievsky’s information, 270–1, 281–2; and Afghanistan, after Soviet invasion, 291–2, 292–3, 295, 296, 300, 303, 304–5, 307. 308, 309, 310, 312–13; attempts to pressure Soviets on all fronts, 307; and Pakistan’s nuclear programme, 310–11; targeted by bin Laden, 312; experience of CIA in Congress, 323; focus on terrorist threat, 328; Dearlove builds close relationships in, 329, 358; September 11 terrorist attack on, 330–5; and Afghanistan, after 9/11, 336, 337, 338, 339; treatment of prisoners, 339, 340, 341, 342–3; not permitted to run unilateral operations in UK, 343; fears in, 356; and Iraq, 354, 355–6, 357, 358–9, 360, 362, 371–3, 374, 375–6, 377, 378–9, 380, 381–2, 388, 389; and Libya, 383–4; and post-Soviet Russia, 396; see also CIA; Washington
UPI press agency, 82, 85
U2 spy plane, 136, 170
Uzbekistan, 336
Varentsov, Marshal Sergei, 145, 146, 147, 149, 158, 162, 176
Vassall, John, 190, 200, 228–31, 232, 238, 239
Vauxhall Cross, 321–2, 353, 354, 365, 368, 383, 387, 390, 393, 395, 402
Vienna, 8, 9–50, 70, 82, 83, 95, 157, 185, 192, 215, 266
Vienna Tunnel, 45–7
Vietnam, 132, 292, 293, 294, 309
Virginia, 203
Vladimir prison, 176
Volkova, Zina, 224, 226
V2 rockets, 34
Walker, Peter, 221
Walton, Eric, 61
Warner, Gerry, 132–3, 178–9, 207, 217–18, 231, 281, 283, 291, 296, 317, 321, 398
War Office, 70
Warsaw, 178, 179, 207, 217, 233, 234, 235
Warsaw Pact, 270
Washington: organisational chart for Albanian operation, 59; Philby in, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69; impact of Philby’s betrayal felt in, 90, 91; and Congo crisis, 114–15, 118, 120; perceptions of missile gap, 147; and Penkovsky’s information about missiles, 147, 170; Oldfield in, 159, 211; Golitsyn arrives in, 187; hunt for traitor begins in, 187; Golitsyn returns to, 198, 199; Nosenko discussed in, 201; informed about MI6 investigations, 204; Rennie in, 205; Gordievsky’s warnings have impact in, 271; and Afghanistan, after Soviet invasion, 291, 294, 296, 300, 304, 305, 312–13; Dearlove becomes head of MI6 station in, 329; visit of British offials after 9/11, 331–4; and Afghanistan, after 9/11, 337, 339; and Iraq, 355, 356, 359, 375, 376, 377, 379, 382, 385, 387; Dearlove goes to, 358–9; Allen and Dearlove discuss Libyan offer in, 383; Dearlove at farewell dinner in, 393; brief references, 6, 36, 56, 57, 396
Washington Post, 209
waterboarding, 341, 347
Watergate scandal, 211
Waterloo Bridge Road, 236
weapons of mass destruction (WMD): and Iraq, 353–4, 356–7, 359, 360–2, 363–83, 385–9, 391; and Libya, 383–4; proliferation of, 327, 329, 394
Welles, Orson, 20
West Berlin, 238
Westminster Abbey, 402–3
Westminster Hall, 225–6
Westminster School, 73
White, Dick, 69, 78, 86, 87, 89, 121, 133, 142, 143, 153, 154, 160, 167, 177, 182, 194, 195–6, 197, 200, 204, 212, 215
Whitehall, 28, 60, 80, 81, 91, 154, 213, 284, 315, 329, 368, 393, 394, 397–8
White House, 118, 157, 272, 282, 314, 354, 358, 372, 376
White Russians, 37, 145
Williams, Valerie, 155
Wilson, Charlie, 294, 304, 306, 338
Wilson, Harold, 208–9, 210, 212, 213–14, 225
Wilson, Joe, 376
Wilson, Sir Richard, 334, 360
Wisner, Frank, 57, 59, 65, 83, 90
WMD see weapons of mass destruction
Woodhouse, Admiral, 178
Wormwood Scrubs, 244
World is Not Enough, The, 322
Worsthorne, Peregrine, 221
Wright, Peter, 193–4, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 213, 216–17, 230, 235, 236, 266; Spycatcher, 216–17
Wynne, Greville, 138–40, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 160–1, 163–4, 166, 169, 172, 173–4175-6, 224, 238
Yemen, 397
Young, George Kennedy, 29–30, 31, 36, 44, 62, 76, 78–9, 79–80, 81, 83–4, 85, 90, 93, 102, 115, 192, 209, 326, 399
Yousaf, Mohammed, 307, 308, 310
Yugoslavia, 32, 199
Zia-ul-Haq, President, 294
Zog, King, 59
Zvenigorod, 276, 280
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