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. they questioned Combined perations they would have found score of fons the extra Getail of intelligence whieh saved ‘Itish lives, ace Mr. Malcolm he account of In the German . have been The Bismarck was intercepted thanks to a tip from the head t the Norwegian Becret Service tockholm; her signals wera ‘de phered by our experta { am glad to see that le Carré attaches little rtance Philby’s politieal “convictions, Politically, be did not outgrow the anger and disgust which be had Watched in 1934 2 be found in the Character and cawper of his Arabist father. je enjoyed the act, much 1 Shier Baan ? all colleagues, Secretaries tt Morrison and Anthony Eden—came to allow such Nonsense is a ques. tion which ht usefully be farold Wilson's official histories influence of S| there are at least three eminent historians, were Secret Service, by whom the Job could be done with authority and with security. a —_—— suppose as Boclatists have enjoyed working for Tory news- Daper propeiart fOF 2 ould have been welcomed back in when the cold war began. ENEMY Once he had been taken on, there was nothing in his bet paouruniike that of Burgess an lean—to raise doubts about his reliability. . Yesterday's ally turns mMOTOW's, are embarrassing. $0 odd that Phitby should by charged in 1944 with penetrati this book gives, priltianuy, ok essence of the Philby story. tts enduring effect must be 0 con- vince politicians and Press that Intelligence “15 “a departmental activity—like running an armed service—of which or the core need be Top Secret, After all, we have a Navy with a budget which is publicly discussed; “it hi submarine losel; ‘ded closely guarded secre! There is Intelligence organised in the same way, 80 that we shed once for all the aiscredited titles of income! though it inaccurate though it is in detail, Mi6—and make a fresh start.