In the wake of Kim Philby's escape to Moscow, his closestfriend in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (also known asMI6.), Nicholas Elliott, is under investigation by Mrs. LilyThomas from the Security Service (MI5): Did he facilitatePhilby's escape because he's also a traitor working for theRussians, or is it just that his judgement was clouded at acritical moment by their twenty-three year friendship? Ormaybe, just maybe, he in fact had the last laugh havingmanipulated Philby to run to the bosom of the KGB for foreignintelligence purposes.
