17MI6 Headquarters
London, England
April 1918
Bruce Lockhart lit his cigar as soon as a break occurred in the conversation with his old friend, Sir Mansfield Cumming. The other guest whom Cumming had invited, Major Terence King, was late. The evening was young, and Lockhart was in no hurry. When he stood to stretch his legs, Cumming saw that he still appeared to be in excellent shape. Lockhart had been a popular rugby player during his school days and was still known to participate when invited. However, it was not for his rugby skills that Cumming had summoned him for this meeting.
Lockhart, a diplomat, had been the acting consul-general in Moscow before the revolution and had recently been asked by the British government to return to Russia in an effort to encourage the new Bolshevik
