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PTE 2 PRA OD Ot OM USSIATL to come, must have seemed wi! "'y spy in Britain. He had penetrated inappropriate at that moy : coming from the wife of a s@sor officer in the Russian Intelligence Service. I had made a gaffe and Kim froze in a way which was quite out of charaoter. We returned to the flat by a roundabout route; and I was certain - that wewere followed by another car, e Russians were -worried that tha British or the CIA might tail us §Hme. To cheer Kim up I told him I had bought two bottles | of whisky in Copenhagen. Sergei wanted to know exactly where 1 had bought the bottles. Could they have Establishment, with the help of Harry Houghton and Ethel Gee, British employees at this secret naval centre. Jn January 1961 he was arresied with his accomplices and sentenced to 25 years” imprison- ment. But on 22 April 1964 he was exchanged for Greville Wynne. Kim greatly admired Lonsdale, who had posed in Britain as a boisterous, fun-loving, free-spending Canadian. 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Our Tent was cheap, under 35 roubles, or £20, a month, and our only real . luxury was the maid. Unlike me, Kim did not feel that a car or a dacha in the country was necessary. One of the first questions I asked Kim on my return to Russia was, “How are the Macleans?’ The were our only close friends and had brought them and their children many presents. ‘Oh,’ said Kim, rather abruptly, “Melinda is in Leningrad seeing an old friend.’ ‘ ' " I then ‘said I would like to ring ‘Donald. Kim's face clouded. ‘ No, please. We're not speaking to each other any more. We had a filthy row at the dacha some days ago.’ Later, when I asked Kim again about the cause of the breach be- tween them, he answered, *‘ Donald said I was still a double agent.’ “ About ‘a’. week later Melinda re- ** turned from Leningrad and Kim urged me to telephone her. I was _ eager to do so because I wanted to tell her about the gifts I had brought ‘them. We arranged to meet for lunch at the Aragvi on Gorky Street, one of the best restaurants in Moscow. On our way Kim and I in a moment of distraction got off at the wrong Metro station, Kim set off at the double through the snow, with me panting asthmatically after him. ““Hurry up,” he cried aver his shoulder, * we'll be late. We mustn't keep her waiting.’ : But Melinda was waiting. She seemed more than usually tense and on edge, and I remembered that she had been most reluctant to come to junch at all, It had required a good deal .of coaxing on.the telephone, with Kim at my elbow prompting me to persevere. She was rather secre. tive about the mysterious friénd with whom she had been staying in Leni grad, and I began to suspect that thi may have been a fabrication to cover some upset in her private life. { assumed that her relationship with | _, Donald had reached a more, than... 1: alw: Kir end talk: ‘TI app reau cate: Jam: are pass fron basic the obtr to a knov . 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