The Fifth Man: The Soviet Super Spy

273 Pages·1994·42.144 MB·English

by  Roland Perry

tsBN 0-283-06216-9
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SIDGWICK & JACKSON
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TO JACK AND ZSUZSI GROSSMAN
FOR NOURISHMENT OF THE MIND AND BODY
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
l'ROt.OGUE: THE HUNT FOR THE FIFTH MAN xu
I,ART ONE: AGENTS OF THE CAUSE
t923-1938
1. THE SALIENT SPIES
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2. SON OF A TROTSKYITE I5
3. SON OF A BANKER 27
4. CAMBRIDGE CAULDRON 35
5. THE CONVERSION 49
l'ART TWO: THE SWITCHES OF WAR
1939-1945
6. BLACKMAIL FOR LIFE 65
7. THE POSITIONING 76
8. THE PLACEMENTS 89
9. AT THE PIVOT I04
I 0. SILENCE OF THE LUBYANKA 108
I I. THI] ATOMIC ALTERNATIYE 112
MISSION: DIISTROY AND COVER-UP I19
( ()N lIN lS ('() N't'li N't's tx
l3 tN'l'llR'l'llI M[,Xl(iAN WARRI()R 12., 30, WARS SIt,E,NT AND SHORT 288
I4. 1944 THE TURNING 130 3I. BLUNTED 296
32. NEW CHALLENGES, OLD ROLES 302
PART THREE: MY ALLY, MY ENEMY 33. THE CENTRE'S MIXED FORTUNES 307
1945-1951 34. THE PM'S EYES AND EARS 3T2
35. GHOSTS AND WRITERS 3I8
I5, THE REASSESSMENT I45
36. IMPRESSIONS OF A KNEE.JERK BANKER 324
16. CHANCE OF FOCUS I5I
37. AN EPOCH OF DISILLUSIONMENT 330
17. MR MODIN GOES TO LONDON 160
18. MASTER OF THE BACK.CHANNEL 175
PART SIX: EXPOSURE
19. A BOMB FOR THE FIVE T8I
1976-1990
20. END OF A NETWORK I89
38. BEFORE THE STORM 339
l'Alt'l' lj()UR: THE SHIFTING ALLIANCE 39. VICTOR'S LIST 350
1952-1963 40. AND THEN THERE WERE TWO 359
41. A TRUE BRITISH MOLE 369
I l l,I(;A(lY ()l- A DICTATOR 20,
42. TH E D EVI L IN TAS MANIA 3 73
22,'I'IIIJ VISITOR I.'ROM NORWAY 2I4
43, V ICTOR THE VULNERABLE 382
23. THE SEVERAL F'ACES OF VICTOR 2I8
44. CAUGHT WTTHOUT EQUTTY 389
24, THE COOD ACTING RESIDENT 227
45. PLAINTIFF FOR THE DEFENCE 397
25. MOVES AND COUNTER-MOVES 237
46. THE GHOST OF THE FIFTH MAN 408
26. MAKINC FRIENDS 247
47. NO RESPITE 4T4
27, ALIBI FOR A SPY 253
48. THE END OF AN ERA 421
49. LAST VIGIL FOR THE FIFTH MAN 429
PART FIVE: THE LAST OF THE RING
1963-1975
NOTES, SOURCES, BACKGROUND 43J
28. A PREDATORY ENVIRONMENT 267 BIBLIOGRAPHY 467
29. WILSON AND OTHER WITCHES 277 TNDEX 469
ACKNOWLED GEMENTS
Srxnt of the key information in this book came from interviewees -
rclentists, politicians, diplomats, businessmen and intelligence agents -
who did not wish to be acknowledged, for understandable reasons. Several
were too close to the key characters; others were bound by secrecy codes,
rrttl the law in their countries. I spoke with and interviewed six members
ol'the Rothschild family, all of whom were courteous, despite the subject
rn$tt(.r at times being awkward to discuss. Special thanks are due to the
lrury Honourable Miriam Rotlschild, and Lady Tess Rothschild, who
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tontacted me when she learned was writing a book concerning her
hurband.
I anr grateful particularly to my contacts in British Intelligence, three of
whrrm have been helpful since our first meetings in London in 1974 before
nry initial trip to Russia and the Ukraine. As the book explains, they were
rerl'ronsible for leading me to a key revelation in 1978, which finally fitted
thc lrifth Man jigsaw in the 1990s
'l'hanks also to my CIA contacts, who originated through former US
nEvy lawyer and iudge, James Cardinal. His advice led me to discussions
wlth .lames Angleton in 1975 in Washington. Matters covered regarding
llrltish Intelligence again directed me to further relevant information nearly
two rlecades later.
At knowledgement must also go to the seven main KGB respondents in
l1l().t, including Yuri Modin, Michael Bagdonov and Madimir Stanchenko.
l)ru1rite the cover-up of the Fifth Man's identity, other respondents in
l{rnsru also indirectly put me on the right trail. They included Lev Yelin,
Arrutoli Scmonov, Lev Bezymensky and ex-KGB men Vitaly Chernyavsky
Errrl Yuri Lubimov. Representatives of ASIO (including the former
l)lrettor-(lcncral, the late Sir Charles Spry), ASIS and the French DGSE
woc, irs ('vcr, aceommodating if occasionally reluctant interviewees.
l)ottrrnt'ntary filrn-maker, Jack Grossman, who fought with both the