John le Carre - In my day, MI6 - which I called the Circus in the books - stank of wartime nostalgia...

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In my day, MI6 - which I called the Circus in the books - stank of wartime nostalgia. People were defined by secret cachet: one man did something absolutely extraordinary in Norway; another was the darling of the French Resistance. We didn't even show passes to go in and out of the building.

John le Carre

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Zu meiner Zeit stank der MI6 - den ich in den Büchern den Zirkus nannte - nach Kriegsnostalgie. Die Leute wurden von geheimem Gütesiegel definiert: Ein Mann tat etwas absolut Außergewöhnliches in Norwegen; ein anderer war der Liebling des französischen Widerstands. Wir haben nicht einmal Pässe gezeigt, um das Gebäude zu betreten und wieder zu verlassen.

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