United Kingdom National Archive References, Kew.
Admiralty Records
ADM/196/62 Officers’ service records [WWI].
ADM/196/147 Officers’ service records.
ADM/223/213/214 30 Assault Unit, operations & history of the unit.
ADM/223/464/463 Naval Intelligence Department history & Operation Tracer.
ADM/223/480/481 Naval Intelligence Department & SOE.
ADM/223/490 Naval Intelligence Department Portugal, Spain & Operation Golden Eye.
ADM/223/478 Naval Intelligence Department Reports & NID deception.
ADM/223/500 Naval Intelligence Department & 30AU.
ADM/223/794 Naval Intelligence Department operational intelligence.
SOE
HS/6/970 SOE Agents in Spain.
HS/6/987 SOE relations with Portugal.
HS/6/976 Shipping in Spain.
Security Services
KV/2/845/846 Tricycle (Dusko Popov) in Portugal.
KV/2/1685 SIS/MI6 German Files Rudolf Hess.
KV/4/185-186 Policy Files (Liddell diary).
HW/4 Government Code & Cipher School Far East HMS Anderson.
Foreign Office
FO/371/26565-26566 Flight of Rudolf Hess.
FO/371/55930 Albrecht Haushofer & Rudolf Hess.
The following abbreviations have been used:
Central Intelligence Agency Library/OSS CIAL
Cambridge Churchill Archives Center CCAC
Imperial War Museum IWM
National Archives (USA) US/NA
The National Archives KEW (UK) TNA
All references to Ian Fleming’s Bond books are taken from the Penguin Modern Classics editions, unless otherwise stated.
Introduction
1 Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, p. 95. “The blubbery arms…”
2 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, p. 181. “This is 007…”
3 Duff Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming, p. 329. “Once again…”
4 BBC Radio Interview, Ian Fleming and Raymond Chandler, 1958.
Chapter 1: Lunch at the Carlton Grill
1 Patrick Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 95. “Repulse was due…”
2 Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 20, M En Pantoufles, p. 190. “These thoughts ran…”
3 Donald McLachlan, Room 39, p. 13. “All that was…”
4 Ibid., p. 14. “Godfrey decided…”
5 Beesly, p. 4. “Like his brothers…”
6 Ibid., p. 39. “When he returned…”
7 Ibid., p. 38–39. “On the way…”
8 David Ramsay, Blinker Hall, p. 18. “Physically, Hall…”
9 McLachlan, p. 17–18. “However, none of this…”
10 John Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming, p. 103–104. “When Admiral Godfrey…”
11 Hart-Davis, p. 354. “His loyalty was…”
12 Pearson, p. 28. “It was three…”
13 Original blurb on the cover of Casino Royale 1953 starting: “Ian Fleming is 44,…”
14 Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, Chapter 21, Obit., p. 200.
15 Hart-Davis, p. 51. “The odd thing…”
16 Andrew Lycett, Ian Fleming, p. 22. “Having qualified…”
17 Ibid., p. 27. “Ian still refused…”
18 Hart-Davis, p. 55. “Peter went to…”
19 Pearson, p. 37–38. “On the surface…”
20 Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, p. 189. “I remember…”
21 Pearson, p. 46. “During the first year…”
22 Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 5, The Girl From Headquarters, p. 30. “Bond’s car was…”
23 Pearson, p. 48. “Arnold remembers…”
24 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 20, Drax’s Gambit, p. 195–197. “Drax took the…”
25 Pearson, p. 49. “During his early…”
26 Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 17, Bloody Snow, p. 162. “The ground shook…”
27 Pearson, p. 59. “His Majesty’s…”
28 Lycett, p. 52. “Luckily for Ian…”
29 Ibid., p. 52. “The editor-in-chiefs…”
30 Ibid., p. 52. “To reach Munich…”
31 Ibid., p. 53. “On the last…”
32 Donald Healey, My World of Cars, p. 52. “On one of the…”
33 Lycett, p. 57. “Ian’s itinerary…”
34 Pearson, p. 61–62. “Night-falls…”
35 Fergus Fleming, The Man with the Golden Typewriter, p. 4. “He later joined…”
36 Lycett, p. 59. “The caviar took its…”
37 Ibid., p. 63. “Ian was deeply…”
38 Ben Macintire, For Your Eyes Only, p. 40. “Fleming’s distinctive…”
39 Pearson, p. 83. “In fact…”
40 Lycett, p. 97. “After five days…”
41 Ibid., p. 97. “Back in London…”
42 Pearson, p. 102. “Not that Fleming…”
43 Ibid., p. 105–106. “A few days after…”
Chapter 2: Naval Intelligence Division, 1912–39
1 Ramsay, p. 177. “In his unpublished…”
2 Ibid., p. 178. “Because of this…”
3 Ibid., p. 43. “Tyron selected…”
4 Ibid., p. 45. “In 1909…”
5 Barbara Tuchman, The Zimmermann Telegram, p. 9–10. “Before the sun…”
6 Franz von Papen, Memoirs, p. 30. “On my return…”
7 Paul Gammon, Inside Room 40, p. 27. “One military…”
8 Ibid., p. 36. “No time…”
9 Ibid., p. 33. “According to…”
10 Ibid., p. 38. “Even in August…”
11 Ibid., p. 39. “Churchill described…”
12 Ramsay, p. 32. “Four days later…”
13 Gammon, p. 41. “Although the naval…”
14 Ibid., p. 43. “With the return…”
15 Patrick Beesly, Very Special Intelligence, p. 1–2. “Room 40’s activities…”
16 Ramsay, p. 75–76. “Had instructed…”
17 Ibid., p. 76. “On 13 March…”
18 Ibid., p. 76–77. “Hall immediately…”
19 Ibid., p. 77. “Hall had kept…”
20 Ibid., p. 125. “At the Naval…”
21 Ibid., p. 126. “When Hall examined…”
22 Christopher Andrew, Secret Service, p. 114. “Through Hall’s…”
23 Ramsay, p. 130–132. “The episode…”
24 Andrew, p. 114–115. “Through Hall’s…”
25 Ramsay, p. 133. “On April 9…”
26 Andrew, p. 246–247. “After investigating…”
27 Ibid., p. 247. “Hall probably…”
28 Ramsay, p. 136. “Evidence suggests…”
29 Philip Vickers, Finding Thoroton, p. 64. “His first move…”
30 Ibid., p. 61. “Also in 1915…”
31 Andrew, p. 116. “Within Spain itself…”
32 Vickers, p. 84. “From this it…”
33 Andrew, p. 116. “Mason sometimes…”
34 Vickers, p. 99. “In his book…” & p. 106. “On several occasions…”
35 Ibid., p. 104–105. “Thoroton’s commentary…” Report No. 7 24/10/16.
36 Andrew, p. 117. “Hall’s Spanish…”
37 TNA/HW 3/6 & Ramsay, p. 162. “W.F. Clarke…”
38 TNA/HW 3/6, 3/177.
39 Andrew, p. 93–94. “The very success…”
40 Penelope Fitzgerald, The Knox Brothers, p. 126. “Under his…”
41 Ibid., p. 127. “You needed I.D.25…”
42 Ramsay, p. 190. “Hall wrote…”
43 US/NA.
44 Andrew, p. 109. “Hall almost…”
45 Ramsay, p. 193. “On the following…”
46 Andrew, p. 110–111. “For over…”
47 Ibid., p. 112. “The Zimmermann…”
48 Ibid., p. 113. “Hall was…”
49 Lycett, p. 112. “According to Minshall’s…”
50 Ramsay, p. 222. “Wellington famously…”
51 Ibid., p. 283. “In one other…”
52 Gammon, p. 244–245. “A memo preserved…”
53 Ramsay, p. 301. “The Division’s…”
54 Beesly, Very Special Intelligence, p. 9. “For most…”
55 Ibid., p. 9–10. “He had good…”
56 McLachlan, p. 55. “What specially…”
57 Ibid., p. 56. “The Munich…”
58 Beesly, p. 1–18. “Munich finally…”
Chapter 3: The Phoney War
1 McLachlan, p. 1. “To pay a call…”
2 Ibid., p. 61. “For 18 months…”
3 Ibid., p. 2. “For the man…”
4 Lycett, p. 101. “So it was…”
5 McLachlan, p. 8. “If not the…”
6 Anthony Cave Brown, “C,” p. 13. “With the death…”
7 Andrew Cook, Ace of Spies, p. 285–87. “Documents purporting…”
8 Ibid., p. 139. “Sinclair was…”
9 Keith Jeffery, MI6, p. 328. “The sixty-six…”
10 Brown, p. 13. “Sinclair’s death…”
11 Jeffery, p. 328–329. “Despite Sinclair’s efforts…”
12 TNA/KV4/185 Liddell diary 24/11/1939.
13 Walter Schellenberg, The Memoirs of Hitler’s Spymaster, p. 83. “Further information…”
14 Ibid., p. 85. “Captain Best…”
15 Ibid., p. 85–86. “The British…”
16 Brown, p. 215. “Afterwards Best claimed…”
17 Ibid., p. 218–219. “Hitler’s second…”
18 Schellenberg, p. 94. “I had taken…”
19 Ibid., p. 99–100. “On November 11…”
20 Jeffery, p. 383. “But if Stevens…”
21 Ibid., p. 385. “Beyond the wider…”
22 Brown, p. 221–222. “Churchill tried…”
23 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 123. “All three tasks…”
24 McLachlan, p. 9. “Fleming suffered not…”
25 Beesly, p. 138–139. “Even further removed…”
26 Lycett, p. 108–109. “This stimulated…”
27 Pearson, p. 116. “A lot…”
28 Ibid., p. 115. “This idea of…”
29 Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (“From a View to a Kill”), p. 32–33. “Now from the direction…”
30 Ibid., p. 37. “It was another…”
31 Beesly, p. 143. “A country which…”
32 Winston Churchill, The Second World War, Vol. 2: Their Finest Hour, p. 412. “The attitude of…”
33 TNA/ADM 223/490. “It would be…”
34 Beesly, p. 144. “The A1 Spanish…”
35 Merlin Minshall, Guilt Edged, p. 138–140. “Before trying…”
36 Ibid., p. 20. “I find it…”
37 The Times, 23 September 1987.
38 North American Singer Owners Club.
39 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 5, SPECTRE, p. 47. “And now Ernst…”
40 Minshall, p. 102–104. “The official…”
41 Ibid., p. 69–70. (The British naval attaché in Budapest told him [Minshall] that Lisa Kaltenbrunner was an Abwehr agent and he had got her into Austria prior to the Anschluss.)
42 Ibid., p. 142. “Did you say…”
43 Ibid., p. 207. “Admiral Godfrey…”
44 TNA/ADM 223/213 26/3/1942.
45 Minshall, p. 153. “Yet the cool…”
46 Hart-Davis, p. 221–224. “Peter did not…”
47 Ibid., p. 227. “Unshakable though…”
48 Ibid., p. 229. “Dear Mr. Dawson…”
49 Ibid., p. 231. “Norway was a…”
50 Ibid., p. 232. “Everything about…”
51 Ibid., p. 232–233. “After dark…”
Chapter 4: Find the Admiral
1 IWM-No. 7183 Private papers Lt-Commander A.F. Whinney, p. 18–19.
2 Ibid., p. 69.
3 Ibid., p. 60.
4 Ibid., p. 24.
5 Beesly, p. 157–158. “On another occasion…”
6 IWM-No. 7183 Whinney, p. 47.
7 Jeffery, p. 199–200. “From the mid-1920s…”
8 Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, Chapter 6, Talk of Gold, p. 61. “Colonel Smithers eyes…”
9 Daily Telegraph Naval obituaries, 10 June 2006.
10 Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, Chapter 6, Talk of Gold, p. 54. “Commander Bond…”
11 Geoffrey Cox, Countdown to War, p. 197–199. “By Saturday…”
12 Ibid., p. 186. “Never was Paris…”
13 Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, p. 161. “Every capital city…”
14 Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (“From a View to a Kill”), p. 9. “Sitting in Fouquet’s…”
15 Kingsley Amis, The James Bond Dossier, p. 76. “Where Mr. Fleming…”
16 IWM-No. 23941 Private papers Commander M. Mackenzie, p. 10.
17 IWM-No. 8489 Private papers Nurse Miss R. Andrew.
18 IWM-No. 7183 Whinney, p. 73.
19 Cox, p. 203. “The rest of the road…”
20 Pearson, p. 119. “By the time…”
21 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 157–158. “The very heavy…”
22 Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, Chapter 7, Thoughts in a DBIII, p. 69. “The car was…”
23 Ibid., Chapter 12, Long Tail on a Ghost, p. 135–136. “At eleven-forty-five…”
24 Ibid., Chapter 12, Long Tail on a Ghost, p. 140. “Bond motored…”
25 Cox, p. 202–203. “For miles we…”
26 Pearson, p. 118. “This was practically…”
27 IWM-No. 23941 Mackenzie, p. 10.
28 IWM-No. 7183 Whinney, p. 81–82.
29 Lycett, p. 116. “Having finally accomplished…”
30 IWM-No. 7183 Whinney, p. 82.
31 Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, Chapter 25, The Pipeline Closes, p. 225. “Down among the…”
32 IWM-No. 8489 Andrew, p. 3 & Sunday Times.
33 IWM-No. 7183 Whinney, p. 90–91.
34 Churchill, p. 197. “The edition of the French…”
35 Ibid., p. 195. “For the rest…”
36 Major General I.S.O. Playfair, The Mediterranean and Middle East Vol. 2, p. 136. “At times it seemed…”
Chapter 5: Operation Golden Eye
1 Neill Lochery, Lisbon, p. 43. “Initial estimates…”
2 Samuel Hoare, Ambassador on Special Mission, p. 18. “Once again my…”
3 Pearson, p. 112. “It would be…”
4 IWM-No. 23941 Mackenzie, p. 11–12. No. 7183 Whinney p. 111–113. No. 8489 Andrew, p. 5.
5 Duff Hart-Davis, Man of War, p. 70. “In the autumn…”
6 Ibid., p. 79. “He was placed…”
7 TNA/ADM 196/147.
8 Hart-Davis, p. 77–78. “I, Alan Hugh…” & The Times, 3 September 1926.
9 Ibid., p. 136. “The novel was…”
10 CCAC/Godfrey Papers GBR/0014/GDFY/1, 5.
11 Hart-Davis, p. 203. “After flying to…”
12 Ibid., p. 203. “One of the brightest…”
13 Macintire, p. 170–171. “In some ways…”
14 TNA/ADM 233/490.
15 Ibid.
16 TNA/SOE HS9/61.
17 Lycett, p. 123. “Ian himself…”
18 Pearson, p. 128. “It began in…” (The single page courier’s passport was sold at Sotheby’s in 2000 for £15,525.)
19 Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, Chapter 13, BEA Takes you There, p. 113. “Q Branch had…”
20 Maurice Harvey, Gibraltar, p. 140–141. “Gibraltar was fortunate…”
21 Ian Fleming, Dr. No, Chapter 13, Mink-Lined Prison, p. 137–138.
“Bond answered…”
22 TNA/ADM 223/490.
23 Paul Bowles, Too Far from Home, p. 314.
24 Warner Brothers, Casablanca, 1942.
25 TNA/ADM 223/490 757/48/N 17/4 & 29/4/41.
26 Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, Chapter 14, We Don’t Like Mistakes, p. 124–125. ““Okay,” Leiter pushed…”
27 Hoare, p. 82. “As a result…”
28 TNA/ADM 223/490 24/4/41.
29 TNA/ADM 223/490 17/4/41.
30 McLachlan, p. 227. “So Donovan was…”
31 Alex Danchev, Establishing the Anglo-American Alliance, p. 62. “Donovan came around…”
32 Ibid., p. 61. “A local gale…”
33 Ibid., p. 62. “Quare had made…”
34 TNA/ADM 223/490.
35 Danchev, p. 62. “I sat with…”
36 TNA/ADM 223/480 3/4/41.
37 Hart-Davis, p. 207. “Alan himself…”
38 TNA/ADM 223/490.
39 TNA/SOE HS 6/970.
40 Alan Hillgarth, The Role of the Naval Attaché, 1946.
41 Ibid., Relations with SIS and SOE.
42 Jeffery, p. 404. “There was some…”
43 Ibid., p. 404–405. “What then happened…”
44 Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, Chapter 1, Reflections in a Double Bourbon, p. 4. “Bond looked down…”
45 Jeffery, p. 405. “There was some…”
46 Ibid., p. 404–405. “But it was…”
47 Ibid., p. 406–407. “The second affair…”
48 Hart-Davis, p. 221. “He claimed he…”
49 TNA/ADM 223/490.
50 Ibid.
51 Ibid., 7 April 1941.
52 Ibid.
53 Lycett, p. 125. “Golden Eye proved…”
Chapter 6: Operation Ruthless
1 Noble Frankland & Christopher Dowling, Decisive Battles of the Twentieth Century, p. 121. “On the 15 August…”
2 Peter Fleming, Invasion 1940, p. 252. “Planning for the…”
3 Ibid., p. 298. “The foregoing chapters…”
4 Churchill, p. 472. “A far graver…”
5 TNA/ADM 223/464, p. 38.
6 Ibid., p. 39.
7 Ibid., p. 39.
8 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 5, SPECTRE, p. 47. “And now Ernst…”
9 Mark Simmons, Agent Cicero, p. 102. “It was certainly…”
10 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 5, SPECTRE, p. 44. “The man’s name…”
11 Ibid., Chapter 13, My Name is Emilio Largo, p. 143. “Same as you…”
12 Ibid., Chapter 5, SPECTRE, p. 50. “The founder…” & Chapter 7, Fasten Your Lap Strap, p. 70. “The aircraft was…”
13 Ibid., Chapter 9, Multiple Requiem, p. 85. “Giuseppe Petacchi…”
15 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 9, Multiple Requiem, p. 86. “But he was…”
16 Ibid., p. 88. “They had said…”
17 Ibid., p. 93–94. “Now No 1’s…”
18 Ibid., Chapter 8, Big Fleas Have Little Fleas, p. 77. “M looked…”
19 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 5, The Girl from Headquarters, p. 34. “She did not…”
20 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 14, Itching Fingers, p. 130. “Commander Bond…”
21 Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, Chapter 21, Obit, p. 200. “The Times…”
22 Marshall Pugh, Commander Crabb, p. 159. “It has been…”
23 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 16, Swimming the Gauntlet, p. 175. “Now he swam…”
24 Peter Wright, Spycatcher, p. 72–73. “The Soviet Leaders…”
25 Pugh, p. 160. “Commander Crabb…”
26 Ibid., p. 163. “He would…”
27 Ibid., p. 160. “When time passed…”
28 Wright, p. 74. “A thankful John Henry…”
29 Pugh, p. 165–166. “On the 14 May…”
30 Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, Chapter 2, Attentat!, p. 22.
“They were…”
31 Jonathan Haslam, Near and Distant Neighbors, p. 178. “Inevitably improvisation…”
32 Matthew Parker, Goldeneye, p. 213. “Predictably, there were…”
33 The Independent, 4 January 2006.
34 John le Carré, Call for the Dead (Lamplighter edition, 1992) & Adam Sisman, John le Carré, p. 208. “The second novel…”
35 Pearson, p. 236. “There are plenty…”
Chapter 7: The Hess Affair, May 1941
1 TNA/WO 167/806 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
2 Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming, p. 237–238. “For him by…”
3 Jeffery, p. 353. “Over the summer…”
4 Ibid., p. 353. “Jebb was…”
5 TNA/ADM 223/480 3/4/41.
6 Mark Simmons, Ian Fleming & Operation Golden Eye, p. 105. “It came…”
7 TNA/ADM 223/490 3/4/41.
8 TNA/ADM 223/464.
9 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 111–112. “Satisfied that he…”
10 Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, Chapter 1, Can I Help You? p. 10. “James Bond frowned…”
11 Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 20, M En Pantoufles, p. 190. “These thoughts ran…”
12 Brian Lett, Ian Fleming and SOE’s Operation Postmaster, p. 18–21. “Colin Gubbins was…”
13 Christopher Andrew, MI5, p. 217. “During the first…”
14 Derek Tangye, The Way to Minack, p. 163–164. “Yet I had…”
15 Anthony Masters, The Man Who was M, p. 158. “Fleming knew the…”
16 Hart-Davis, p. 219. “At the end…”
17 Peter Fleming, The Flying Visit, p. 78. “He began to…”
18 Peter Padfield, Hess, Hitler & Churchill, p. 38–39. “One of my first…”
19 Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, & Stephen Prior, Double Standards, p. 142–143. “Common sense dictates…”
20 Bodleian Papers Oxford, Lord Simon interview transcript, 9 June 1941.
21 Padfield, p. 83. “This was noticed…”
22 Andrew, MI5, p. 225. “Anna Wolkoff was…”
23 Masters, p. 158. “Ironically, Sir Barry…”
24 TNA/INF 1/192 1500 28.
25 TNA/KV/2/1685, Dec, 57A.
26 TNA/FO 371/26542 C1118/324/18.
27 Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, Diplomat in Peace and War, p. 152. “Nor did he…”
28 TNA/FO 371/26542 C6101324/18.
29 TNA/FO 371/613141 C2505/324/18F75.
30 John Colville, The Fringes of Power, p. 383.
31 Padfield, p. 156. “This is hugely…”
32 TNA/FO 25/4/41 No. 148 C4613/306/41.
33 Padfield, p. 124. “The difficulty…”
34 Ibid., p. 340 “The indications over…”
35 Masters, p. 90. “Knight and Crowley…”
36 Ibid., p. 159. “But, at first…”
37 Pearson, p. 127. “All his life…” & Masters, p. 160. “Once Hess was…”
38 Picknett, Prince, & Prior, p. 297. “The Admiralty document…”
39 Pearson, p. 128. “It is a pity…”
40 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 10, The High Table, p. 67. “Bond had just…”
41 Ibid., Chapter 11, Moment of Truth, p. 71. “Le Chiffre looked…”
42 Martin Booth, A Magick Life, p. 10. “As a child…”
43 Henry Chancellor, James Bond: The Man and his World, p. 119. “One likely…”
44 Birmingham Mail, Mike Lockley article, 28 May 2017.
45 Chancellor, p. 119. “Crowley-the Great Beast…”
46 Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, p. 59. “I am not…”
47 Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, Chapter 3, A Visiting Card, p. 23. “This extraordinary book…”
48 Artemis Cooper, Patrick Leigh Fermor, p. 223. “Paddy became…”
49 Lycett, p. 85–86. “Sex inevitably…”
50 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 17, My Dear Boy, p. 112. “Le Chiffre came…”
51 Ibid., p. 113. “My dear boy…”
52 Ian Fleming, Books & Bookmen, May 1963.
53 BBC interview, 13–14 May 1941.
54 Padfield, p. 186. “Hess went on…”
55 Picknett, Prince, & Prior, p. 229. “At the end…”
56 TNA/INF 1/912 & Picknett, Prince, & Prior, p. 232. “It is officially…”
57 Alan Bullock, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny, p. 547. “Hitherto Hitler…”
58 Pearson, p. 128. “It was a pity…”
59 Andrew, MI5, p. 258. “Through the security…”
60 Brown, p. 308. “Popov arrived…”
61 Ibid., p. 309–310. “Menzies took one…”
62 TNA/KV2/895.
63 KV2/845.
64 Dusko Popov, Spy Counter Spy, p. 115. “I couldn’t help…”
65 Padfield, p. 283. “How Philby obtained…” & Vadim to Moscow, No. 378, 18/5/41; NKVD file No 20566.
66 Ibid., p. 361. “If so, the answer…”
Chapter 8: Architect of US Intelligence
1 TNA/ADM 223/490.
2 Lochery, p. 126. “On May 20…”
3 Ibid., p. 58–59. “Lourenço’s loyality…”
4 Pearson, p. 131. “The reality seems…”
5 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 1, The Secret Agent, p. 1. “The scent and…”
6 Ibid., p. 1. “James Bond suddenly…”
7 Sunday Telegraph, 16 May 1964.
8 KV2/849.
9 Ibid.
10 Popov, p. 125. “When the Germans…”
11 Ibid., p. 125–126. “Then I went…”
12 David & Sybil Eccles, By Safe Hand, p. 303. “My darling love—Ian…”
13 Popov, p. 126. “I don’t know…”
14 Ibid., p. 127. “Fleming was…”
15 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 12, The Deadly Tube, p. 79. “Bond swallowed…”
16 Russell Miller, Codename Tricycle, p. 188–189. “Plan Midas…”
17 Popov, p. 125. “I’m told that…”
18 Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, Chapter 1, The Red Carpet, p. 1. “There are…”
19 Popov, p. 128–129. “The big flying…”
20 Peter Smithers, Adventures of a Gardener, p. 19. “With Lord Lothian…”
21 Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, p. 2. “We climbed on…”
22 Ibid., For Your Eyes Only (Quantum of Solace), p. 104. “James Bond said…”
23 Ibid., From Russia with Love, Chapter 13, BEA Takes you There, p. 117–118. “Bond smelt…”
24 CCAC, Godfrey papers.
25 Pearson, p. 133. “Fleming was…”
26 William Stevenson, A Man Called Intrepid, p. 270. “The truth was…” (This book is not regarded as the most reliable of sources. However in most quotes from it I have cross-referenced with other sources.)
27 Ibid., p. 270–271. “To Stephenson…”
28 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 20, The Nature of Evil, p. 134. “Well, in the…”
29 CCAC, Godfrey papers.
30 Stevenson, p. 235. “Suppose the Bismarck…”
31 Kim Philby, My Silent War, p. 54. “Stephenson actually…”
32 Pearson, p. 132. “Hoover, a chunky…”
33 Smithers, p. 20. “My tiny frame…”
34 Philby, p. 53–54. “Stephenson like…”
35 Pearson, p. 132. “However, Hoover…” & Lycett, p. 129. “Ian and Godfrey…”
36 McLachlan, p. 223. “This was not…”
37 CCAC, Godfrey papers.
38 Ibid.
39 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 183. “Godfrey makes…”
40 Ibid., p. 179. “Before this happened…”
41 Jeffery, p. 449. “In his memory…”
42 Eccles, p. 251. “Wednesday 2 April…”
43 Ibid., p. 283. “24 June 1941…”
44 Ivar Bryce, You Only Live Once, p. 158. “At that time…”
45 Bill Macdonald, The True Intrepid, p. 48. “Donovan asked…”
46 Lycett, p. 131. “On 18 July…”
47 Eccles, p. 303. “He came straight…”
48 TNA/ADM 223/490 17/4/41 Greenleaves report.
49 Ibid.
50 Ibid.
51 Ibid.
52 Ibid.
53 Ibid.
54 Ibid., 19/8/41.
Chapter 9: Gibraltar
1 Harvey, p. 98. “Although his north…”
2 Ladislas Farago, The Game of Foxes, p. 559. “The service action…”
3 J. Valerio Borghese, Sea Devils, p. 44–45. “The mission was…”
4 Ibid., p. 65–69. “Report of Gino Birandelli…”
5 Marc Antonio Bragadin, The Italian Navy in World War II, p. 282–285. “Even before the attempt…”
6 TNA/ADM 223/463, p. 268.
7 Ibid.
8 Nigel West, Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence, p. 213.
9 Royal Geographical Society, With Scott to the Pole, p. 62.
10 TNA/ADM 223/463 p. 269 25/1/42.
11 Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (“From a View to a Kill”), p. 31. “Bond’s breath…”
12 Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming, p. 233. “Immediately after…”
13 Peter Fleming, Invasion 1940, p. 269–270. “He accordingly…”
14 Ibid., p. 271. “There were in all…”
15 Ibid., p. 272. “The underground…”
16 Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (“From a View to a Kill”), p. 33–34. “Bond let out…”
17 Neill Rush, Operation Tracer—Stay behind cave, www.aboutourrock.com
18 TNA/ADM 223/463, p. 268.
19 Neill Rush, Operation Tracer—Stay Behind Cave, www.aboutourrock.com
20 TNA/ADM 223/463, p. 269.
21 Ibid.
22 McLachlan, p. 61. “For 18 months…”
23 Daily Telegraph obituary, 3 January 2011.
24 Ibid.
25 TNA/ADM 223/463 p. 270.
26 Bundesarchiv/OKW No. 55455/42 8/3/42.
27 TNA/ADM 223/463, p. 270.
28 Ewen Montagu, Beyond Top Secret Ultra, p. 88–89. “Another German activity…”
29 Paul Kemp, Underwater Warriors, p. 40–41. “But how should…”
30 Borghese, p. 212. “At the villa…”
31 Ibid., p. 128. “A new name…”
32 Ibid., p. 214. “Lieutenant Visintini…”
33 Ibid., p. 215. “They included…”
34 Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, Chapter 18, Beau Desert, p. 181–182. “Quarrel cooked…”
35 Ibid., Chapter 19, Valley of Shadows, p. 191–194. “It was while…”
36 Stevenson, p. 188. “The land was…”
37 Pearson, p. 128–129. “The training staff…” & Lycett, p. 149 & Rankin, p. 223 cast some doubt on the story Pearson supports at Camp X.
38 Pugh, p. 13. “His partner…”
39 Ibid., p. 19–20. “Now that Crabb…”
40 Ibid., p. 23–31. “Each day…”
41 Ibid., p. 39–42. “Commander Handcock…”
42 Ibid., p. 123–125. “There is one reason…”
43 Royal Navy Submarine Museum & Kemp, p. 46. “The net had…”
44 IWM/Sound Records interview with Frank Goldsworthy SR 11245/11.
45 Ibid.
46 Pugh, p. 77. “On a morning…”
47 Lycett, p. 150. “The sextant Conference…”
48 Pugh, p. 78. “In the summer…”
49 Amis, p. 100–101. “Every so often…”
50 Lycett, p. 241. “Once again…”
Chapter 10: Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
1 Lycett, p. 132. “In the wake…”
2 Ibid., p. 132. “Godfrey however…”
3 McLachlan, p. 4–5. “Not least of…”
4 Robert Harling, Ian Fleming: A Personal Memoir, p. 48. “Fleming arrived…”
5 Ibid., p. ix. “What I have…”
6 Ibid., p. 15–16. “An obliging RN…”
7 Lycett, p. 133. “Leonard Miall…”
8 Ibid., p. 134. “Ian’s boyish…”
9 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 19, Missing Person, p. 180. “Bond sat…”
10 Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, Chapter 3, Hot Ice, p. 20. “Bond’s face…”
11 Montagu, p. 92–93. “We learned…”
12 David Nutting, Attain by Surprise, p. 13–14. “That German Unit…”
13 Lycett, p. 136. “While Ian…”
14 Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, Chapter 17, The Undertaker’s Wind, p. 177.
“By the end…”
15 Chancellor, p. 133–134. “I think education…”
16 Beesly, Very Special Intelligence, p. 119–121. “The short cut…”
17 Ibid, p. 123. “It was a…”
18 Lycett, p. 137. “Over dinner…”
19 TNA/ADM 223/500.
20 Ian Fleming, Talk of the Devil, p. 44. “The night passed…”
21 Nicholas Rankin, Ian Fleming’s Commandos, p. 5. “Straight ahead…”
22 J.C. Beadle, The Light Blue Lanyard, p. 26. “The commando assembled…”
23 Ian Fleming, Talk of the Devil, p. 46–47. “During this period…”
24 Ibid., p. 51. “Incidentally, this…”
25 Ibid., p. 56–57. “At about 1900…”
26 TNA/ADM 223/500.
27 Ian Fleming, Talk of the Devil, p. 57. “It had been…”
Chapter 11: Change of Command
1 Ian Fleming, Talk of the Devil, p. 57. “It had been…”
2 Churchill, The Second World War, Vol. 3: The Grand Alliance, p. 509. “We must however…”
3 Lycett, p. 137. “Ian had little…”
4 TNA/ADM 223/481.
5 IWM/Gubbins Collection 12618.
6 Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, Chapter 11, Ballcock and other Trouble, p. 125. “He went and…”
7 Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 15, Heat Increases, p. 143. “Bond laughed out…”
8 Jeffery, p. 358. “Whatever the day…”
9 Lett, p. 49–50. “In fairness…”
10 Lycett, p. 141–142. “As much detailed…”
11 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 229–230. “Find that…”
12 Andrew Browne Cunningham, A Sailors Odyssey, p. 458. “As may be…”
13 Ibid., p. 463–464. “Finally we got…”
14 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 229–230. “Godfrey himself…”
15 Stevenson, p. 166–167. “The fascination…”
16 Lycett, p. 143. “Cuneo observed…”
17 Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, Chapter 14, We Don’t Like Mistakes, p. 120. “‘Sure,’ said Leiter…”
18 Ibid., Chapter 18, Night Fall on the Passion Pit, p. 151. “Ernie Cureo’s voice…”
19 Roald Dahl, Boy & Going Solo, p. 401. “I had been…”
20 Stevenson, p. 168–169. “A graphic account…”
21 Donald Sturrock, Storyteller, p. 224. “Shortly after Dahl…”
22 Stevenson, p. 169. “Dahl was…”
23 Roald Dahl, Lamb to the Slaughter, first published by Harpers in 1953. Transmitted as part of Tales of the Unexpected by ITV, 14 April 1979.
24 Sturrock, p. 433–434. “Dahl’s script…”
25 Smithers, p. 22. “Now a British…”
26 Bryce, p. 69–70. “A high-level…”
27 Beesly, Very Special Intelligence, p. 108–109. “Godfrey had no…” & McLachlan, p. 238. “Winn was sent…”
28 Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, Chapter 9, True or False? p. 83. “Pennsylvania Station…” & Dr. No, Chapter 13, Mink-Lined Prison, p. 136. “Your name please…”
29 Ibid., Chapter 8, No Sensayuma, p. 67–68. “Mr. Big reflected…”
30 Bryce, p. 70–71. “The date arrived…”
31 Ibid., p. 71–73. “In those days…”
32 Ian Fleming, Dr. No, Chapter 7, Night Passage, p. 69. “They were at…”
33 Bryce, p. 74. “Our goodbyes…”
34 Beesly, Very Special Admiral, p. 240. “It might have…”
35 John Pearson papers interview with Joan Saunders 24/3/65 & Rankin, p. 142.
36 Hart-Davis, Man of War, p. 210. “In the event…”
37 TNA/ADM 223/490. “Golden Eye experience…”
38 Ibid., 25/4/41.
39 Ibid., 20/11/41.
Chapter 12: 30AU Get their Knees Brown
1 TNA/ADM 223/463.
2 TNA/ADM 223/214.
3 Pearson, p. 146. “At this stage…”
4 Nutting, p. 25. “After this meeting…”
5 Ibid., p. 26. “During the remaining…”
6 Commando Pocket Manual, p. 120. “1 Explain…”
7 Nutting, p. 26. “Our small party…”
8 John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe, p. 252. “Operation Torch…”
9 Nutting, p. 27. “On arrival…”
10 John Pearson papers interview with Dunstan Curtis & Rankin p. 152–153. & note p. 359.
11 Nutting, p. 33. “Under the guidance…”
12 Mavis Batey, Dilly the Man who Broke Enigma, p. 189. & Nutting, p. 35.
13 Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, Chapter 12, A Piece of Cake, p. 109.
“She had a…”
14 Ibid., Chapter 2, The Slaughterer, p. 15. “It was about…”
15 Ibid., Chapter 20, Orient Express, p. 192. “Bond reached up…”
16 Chancellor, p. 96–97. “The death of…”
17 Churchill, The Second World War, Vol. 3: The Grand Alliance, p. 572. “I regard these…”
18 Brown, p. 447–449. “As Giroud came…”
19 Jeffery, p. 495–496. “Algiers was the…”
20 Brown, p. 447–449. “By mid November…”
21 Ibid., p. 449. “In what was…”
22 Ibid., p. 451. “Whatever the…”
23 Ibid., p. 451–453. “Coon also admitted…”
24 Raymond Chandler, “Trouble is my Business,” Dime Detective Magazine, August 1939.
25 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 8, Pink Lights and Champagne, p. 51. “He stripped the…”
26 Lett, p. 156, “March-Phillipps…”
27 Fergus Fleming, p. 141. Letter of G. Boothroyd, 23/5/1956.
28 Ibid., p. 141. “I really am…”
29 Ian Fleming, Dr. No, Chapter 2, Choice of Weapons, p. 17. “M took his…”
30 Montagu Papers 13/9/1964 & Ben Macintire, Operation Mincemeat, p. 31.
31 Macintire, Operation Mincemeat, p. 31. “Before placing Montagu…”
32 Ewen Montagu, The Man Who Never Was, p. 11. “It all really…”
33 TNA/ADM 223/478.
34 David Kahn, Hitler’s Spies, p. 453–454. “A Royal Navy postmaster…”
35 Ibid., p. 454. “But their suspicions…”
36 TNA/ADM 223/794.
37 Pearson, p. 125. “Occasions like these…”
38 Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming, p. 285. “Besides devising…”
39 Lycett, p. 143–144. “Running the…”
40 Stevenson, p. 187. “Camp X was near…”
41 Ibid., p. 189. “Factories grew for…”
42 Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die, Chapter 22, Terror By Sea, p. 220. “Sixty yards to go…”
43 Stevenson, p. 193. “The chances…”
44 Pearson, p. 139. “He got his…”
45 Lycett, p. 149. “Ian’s attendance…”
46 Rankin, p. 222–223. “Ian Fleming made…”
47 David Stafford, Camp X, p. 277–278. “As noted earlier…”
48 Macdonald, p. 183. “De Chastelain had…”
49 Ibid., p. 146. “Following Stephenson’s death…”
50 Ibid., p. 286. “Pat Bayly…”
51 Ibid., p. 330–331. “Bayly thought…”
52 Stevenson, p. 193–194. “He went through…”
53 Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only, p. 72. “Bond spent the…”
54 Ibid., p. 60. “M said shortly…”
55 Ibid., p. 71. “Colonel John’s closed…” & p. 65. “The headquarters…”
56 Fergus Fleming, p. 297. Letter to Michael Howard, 19/4/1962.
57 Ian Fleming, The Spy Who Loved Me, Chapter 6, Go West Young Woman, p. 69. “Route 2 from…”
58 Amis, p. 147. Reference Guide The Spy Who Loved Me.
59 Bryce, p. 109–110. “Jo has made…”
60 Stafford, p. 282. “Brooker and Skilleck…”
61 Pearson, p. 139. “He got his…”
62 Nutting, p. 47. “We got into…”
63 Ibid., p. 105. “We went to…”
64 Artemis Cooper, Cairo, p. 282. “Everything about this…”
65 Lycett, p. 150. “The Sextant Conference…”
Chapter 13: Back to France
1 Nutting, p. 37. “There used to be…”
2 Patrick Dalzel-Job, From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy, p. 115. “Our boss…”
3 Nutting, p. 181. “This decision…”
4 Ibid., p. 244. “So it was…”
5 TNA/ADM 223/213.
6 Ibid.
7 Nutting, p. 160. “At a meeting…”
8 Ibid., p. 160. “Although this formation…”
9 See Anthony Rogers’ book, Churchill’s Folly.
10 TNA/WO 32/11430.
11 Nutting, p. 59. “This ended…”
12 Jack Webster, Alistair MacLean, p. 92–93. “That however…”
13 Pearson, p. 150. “He was summoned…”
14 Lycett, p. 151–152. “The unreality…” & Pearson, p. 150.
15 Harling, p. 83–84. “I left on the…”
16 Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, Chapter 22, Love and Sauce Bearnaise, p. 194. “And you’d marry…”
17 Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, Chapter 11, The Soft Life, p. 98–99.
“That morning…”
18 Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 27, All the Time in the World, p. 258–259. “Ten minutes later…”
19 Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, Chapter 22, Sparrows Tears, p. 204. “When Kissy saw…”
20 Nutting, p. 160–161. “So we followed…”
21 Ibid., p. 165. “Back again…”
22 Harling, p. 55. “Pamela nodded…”
23 Nutting, p. 172. “This went on…”
24 Ibid., p. 180. “By now the…”
25 Dalzel-Job, p. 115. “I met Ian’s…”
26 Ibid., p. 118. “We were still…”
27 Harling, p. 73. “To our disbelief…”
28 Ibid., p. 70. “So with one…”
29 Ibid., p. 77. “Within an hour…”
30 Ibid., p. 78–89. “Mapping the…”
31 Ibid., p. 81. “Within a couple…”
32 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 11, Domino, p. 114. “Bond settled…”
33 Ian Fleming, The Spy Who Loved Me, Chapter 4. Dear Viv. p. 47. “I was lucky…”
34 Harling, p. 357. “30AU by that…”
35 Nutting, p. 204. “Capt Ward RA…”
36 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 12, The Moonraker, p. 109. “It was like…”
37 J.A.C. Hugill, The Hazard Mesh, p. 60. “One of the Admiralty…”
38 Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, Chapter 4, The Stars Foretell, p. 53–54. “The car’s outside…”
39 Dalzel-Job, p. 122. “In the late…”
40 TNA/AIR 20/2629.
41 Harling, p. 92–93. “Patton received us…”
42 Ibid., p. 93–97. “The day was…”
43 Hugill, p. 101–104. “Five minutes later…”
44 Nutting, p. 218–219. “Our first target…” & TNA/ADM 391/44 Glanville’s report 25/10/44.
45 Dalzel-Job, p. 139. “After that…”
46 Nutting, p. 222. “We returned…”
Chapter 14: The Final Push
1 TNA/HW4 HMS Anderson Records.
2 Hart-Davis, Man of War, p. 277–278. “In Colombo…”
3 Lycett, p. 154–155. “As soon as…”
4 TNA/ADM 223/480 (Contains most of Ian Fleming’s reports).
5 Lycett, p. 155. “After the festivities…”
6 Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming, p. 283. “D Division’s…”
7 Ian Fleming, Man of War, p. 278–279. “In January…” (Ian Fleming’s letter Hillgarth family collection)
8 Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun, Chapter 17, Endit, p. 190. “James Bond…”
9 Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 6, Bond of Bond St, p. 54. “Bond’s replacement…”
10 Nutting, p. 249. “The first possible…”
11 Ibid., p. 250. “Dr. Walter…”
12 Ibid., p. 244–252. “One of the most…”
13 Ibid., p. 256. “I got to know…”
14 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 11, Policewoman Brand, p. 102. “My right hand…”
15 Amis, p. 59. “For my…”
16 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 22, Pandora’s Box, p. 207–208. “Yes my dear Bond…”
17 Ibid., p. 209–210. “Drax’s spoke…”
18 Ibid., Chapter 3, Belly Strippers, Etc, p. 25. “Yes James…”
19 Nutting, p. 257. “The German…”
20 TNA/ADM 223/214.
21 Nutting, p. 259–260. “A special party…”
22 Ibid., p. 261–262. “The library contained…”
23 Harling, p. 188. “In the course…”
24 Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, p. 152–155. “I was altogether…”
25 Ian Fleming, Octopussy and the Living Daylights, p. 20–21. “Here Major…”
26 OSS/CIAL Nazi war crimes disclosure ID 168130425 CIA report.
27 Ian Fleming, Octopussy and the Living Daylights, p. 30–33. “The impact…”
28 Ibid., p. 38–39. “The Smythes met…”
29 Ibid., p. 44. “James Bond looked…”
30 Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Chapter 5, The Capu, p. 40. “The Union Corse…”
31 Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, Chapter 19, Secret Appendix, p. 219. ““GB” is the…”
32 Stevenson, p. 311. “The most exotic…”
33 Ibid., p. 321–328. “Captain Brousse…” & Macdonald, p. 176–177. “De Chastelain usually…”
34 Mark Simmons, The Battle of Matapan 1941, p. 152–153. “Hyde’s book…”
35 Harling, p. 190. “And what…”
36 Ibid., p. 190–193. “I enjoyed…”
37 Pearson, p. 162. “When Commander Ian…”
Chapter 15: Casino Royale
1 Pearson, p. 164. “But again…”
2 Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, Chapter 11, The Soft Life, p. 95. “The blubbery arms…”
3 Lycett, p. 159. “Hugo Pitman…”
4 Bryce, p. 78–81. “No sooner…”
5 Noel Coward Diaries, p. 107. Note 3. “Where Ian…”
6 Bryce, p. 83. “I agreed…”
7 Ibid., p. 87. “She was…”
8 Lycett, p. 168. “Each working…”
9 Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, Chapter 22, Love and Sauce Bearnaise, p. 187. “Sitting in his…”
10 Harling, p. 109–110. “In this manner…”
11 Pearson, p. 212. “I thought Ian…”
12 Harling, p. 128. “Her gift for…”
13 Parker, p. 15. “Ann continued her…”
14 Pearson, p. 213–214. “My first day…”
15 Parker, p. 38. “On around 17 February…” & Mark Amory, The Letters of Ann Fleming, p. 108.
16 Pearson, p. 184–185. “During the first…”
17 Parker, p. 128. “On around 17 February…”
18 Bryce, p. 96–97. “This was…”
19 Pearson, p. 223. “James Bond was born…”
20 Lycett, p. 216–217. “In a diary fragment…”
21 IWM-No. 17063 Private papers Lt Commander J.A.C. Hugill, p. 26–27.
22 Pearson, p. 230. “Ivar Bryce…”
23 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 5, The Girl from Headquarters, p. 28–29. “Royale-les-Eaux…”
24 Ibid., Chapter 10, The High Table, p. 70. “Bond lit a…”
25 Ibid., p. 67. “Bond had…” & Chapter 11, Moment of Truth, p. 71. “During this…”
26 Ibid., Chapter 2, Dossier For M, p. 13–14. “In my case…”
27 Haslam, p. 124. “Evidence of Stalin’s…”
28 Jeffery, p. 665–666. “SIS sources…”
29 Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love, Authors note & Chapter 4, The Moguls of Death, p. 28. “The headquarters…”
30 Fergus Fleming, p. 139. Letter to Ross Napier, 11/11/1961.
31 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 20, The Nature of Evil, p. 134. “Well in the last…”
32 Papen, p. 485–489. “Amid those minor…”
33 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 6, Two Men in Straw Hats, p. 37. “What a ghastly…”
34 Ibid., Chapter 22, The Hastening Saloon, p. 148. “Every day…”
35 Ian Fleming, Moonraker, Chapter 25, Zero Plus, p. 243–244. “The 1953 Mark VI…”
36 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 7, Fasten Your Lap Strap, p. 67. “But Bond refused…”
37 Bryce, p. 106–107. “Casino Royale was…”
38 Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Chapter 5, The Girl from Headquarters, p. 32. “Her Hair…”
39 Ibid., Chapter 27, The Bleeding Heart, p. 181. “This is 007…”
40 Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming, p. 329. “Once again…”
41 Cook, p. 10. “The idea of writing…”
42 Chancellor, p. 5. “Having finished…”
43 Fergus Fleming, p. 12. “This approach was…” & Lycett, p. 226. “It was not until…”
44 Parker, p. 141. “This is one…”
45 Fergus Fleming, p. 23. Letter to Jonathan Cape 29/10/1952.
46 Ibid., p. 225. Letter from Raymond Chandler, 4/6/1955.
47 Ian Fleming, Thunderball, Chapter 14, Sour Martinis, p. 153. “The drinks came…”
48 Lycett, p. 442–443. “Any additional…”
49 Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, Chapter 21, Obit, p. 203. “M.G. Writes…”