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And they said, oh, boy, that's quite a sweetener. So Philby hears about this. And instead of like, you know, freaking out, he was like, no, no, no, I've got this. He said, you know what? This this if it's that inside, we need to get an interview with this guy. Somebody needs to go interrogate Volkov. And how about I do that? And they're like, no, exactly. And he said, you know, I should do this.

And they said, oh, boy, that's quite a sweetener. So Philby hears about this. And instead of like, you know, freaking out, he was like, no, no, no, I've got this. He said, you know what? This this if it's that inside, we need to get an interview with this guy. Somebody needs to go interrogate Volkov. And how about I do that? And they're like, no, exactly. And he said, you know, I should do this.

And they said, oh, boy, that's quite a sweetener. So Philby hears about this. And instead of like, you know, freaking out, he was like, no, no, no, I've got this. He said, you know what? This this if it's that inside, we need to get an interview with this guy. Somebody needs to go interrogate Volkov. And how about I do that? And they're like, no, exactly. And he said, you know, I should do this.

And they, you know, they trusted him so much at this point. They're like, yeah, sure. Like who better to send? Right. He goes to Istanbul to meet with Volkov, but he never showed up because the Russians took care of that. Right.

And they, you know, they trusted him so much at this point. They're like, yeah, sure. Like who better to send? Right. He goes to Istanbul to meet with Volkov, but he never showed up because the Russians took care of that. Right.

And they, you know, they trusted him so much at this point. They're like, yeah, sure. Like who better to send? Right. He goes to Istanbul to meet with Volkov, but he never showed up because the Russians took care of that. Right.

i mean he was always one step ahead of things uh so much so that you know the the soviets eventually thought that he might be like a triple agent or double crossing them or something um because you know they were like how's this guy moved up so quickly and all of a sudden he's running the department mi6 that's to like it's pretty genius comrade but it's all very suspicious to them and they were a pretty paranoid bunch uh at that point they probably still are

i mean he was always one step ahead of things uh so much so that you know the the soviets eventually thought that he might be like a triple agent or double crossing them or something um because you know they were like how's this guy moved up so quickly and all of a sudden he's running the department mi6 that's to like it's pretty genius comrade but it's all very suspicious to them and they were a pretty paranoid bunch uh at that point they probably still are

i mean he was always one step ahead of things uh so much so that you know the the soviets eventually thought that he might be like a triple agent or double crossing them or something um because you know they were like how's this guy moved up so quickly and all of a sudden he's running the department mi6 that's to like it's pretty genius comrade but it's all very suspicious to them and they were a pretty paranoid bunch uh at that point they probably still are

And they always wondered what the deal was. But like his information always checked out. It was always golden. So they they really had no choice but to go along with things. He would eventually go to America. He was assigned MI6 chief in D.C.

And they always wondered what the deal was. But like his information always checked out. It was always golden. So they they really had no choice but to go along with things. He would eventually go to America. He was assigned MI6 chief in D.C.

And they always wondered what the deal was. But like his information always checked out. It was always golden. So they they really had no choice but to go along with things. He would eventually go to America. He was assigned MI6 chief in D.C.

So if he was like a charming guy in England with that accent and his drinking ability, he was like just multiply that times 100 in the United States as far as the charm factor goes.

So if he was like a charming guy in England with that accent and his drinking ability, he was like just multiply that times 100 in the United States as far as the charm factor goes.

So if he was like a charming guy in England with that accent and his drinking ability, he was like just multiply that times 100 in the United States as far as the charm factor goes.

Yeah, for sure. One of the guys he really buddied up with, his name was James Angleton. He was a counterintelligence chief of the CIA for two decades. So good guy to know. They had already met, apparently, from when they were younger in England. So they were hooked up again and became really, really close. And so he thinks they're like really good friends.

Yeah, for sure. One of the guys he really buddied up with, his name was James Angleton. He was a counterintelligence chief of the CIA for two decades. So good guy to know. They had already met, apparently, from when they were younger in England. So they were hooked up again and became really, really close. And so he thinks they're like really good friends.

Yeah, for sure. One of the guys he really buddied up with, his name was James Angleton. He was a counterintelligence chief of the CIA for two decades. So good guy to know. They had already met, apparently, from when they were younger in England. So they were hooked up again and became really, really close. And so he thinks they're like really good friends.

So he's just spilling everything to Philby because they're buddies. One example is he told Philby about a military operation called Operation Valuable. where the Brits and the Americans were going to overthrow the dictator of Albania to keep them from joining the Soviet bloc. And they were training exiles to sort of mount this fight, you know, against their dictator.

So he's just spilling everything to Philby because they're buddies. One example is he told Philby about a military operation called Operation Valuable. where the Brits and the Americans were going to overthrow the dictator of Albania to keep them from joining the Soviet bloc. And they were training exiles to sort of mount this fight, you know, against their dictator.