Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Plot for Global Revolution
“The recklessness of Sidney Reilly, coupled with the treachery of René Marchand, had led to the exposure and expulsion of almost all his agents.Both Reilly and George Hill were back in England. So, too, was Ernest Boyce, having suffered the indignity of being incarcerated in the fortress of Peter and Paul in Petrograd. The only good news was that his role as Cumming’s chief spymaster inside Russia had not been unmasked.John Scale, head of the Stockholm bureau, was also in England. His return, at... least, was a voluntary one. There were many pressing issues that needed to be resolved before attempting to smuggle spies back into Russia.Cumming might have been forgiven for despairing at the situation in which he now found himself. Yet he was able to find lines of comfort in the disastrous situation that had unfolded inside Russia. The past two years had shown him and his men a dangerous new world. Agents like Hill, Reilly and Rayner had proved that professional spies, with resources and backup, could operate with impunity inside an enemy country.The killing of Rasputin was one of the successes.MoreLess
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