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In 1937, Maclean was put " on ice " by his Russian contact.

At meeting after meeting nobody turned up.

Then Kitty Harris arrived in place of his usual controller and gave the recognition phrase.

" You hadn't expected to see a lady, had you?

" she said.

" No, but it's a pleasant surprise ," he replied.

Harris was told he was the most important spy.

Cherish him as the apple of your eye, she was told.

Maclean would visit Harris ' Bayswater flat, after work, with documents to photograph.

He would arrive with flowers and chocolates with those papers, and by May 1938 they had a dinner to celebrate their birthdays.

Maclean came with a bunch of roses, a bottle of wine and a locket on a thin gold chain.

They ate a take-away and listened to Glenn Miller on the radio.

That was the first night they made love, and loyal to her mission she reported this to her controller, Grigoriy Grafpen.