and ian fleming spent a lot of time with fees of five, and one of the ones the was a very charismatic spite, his name was wilford. he was called biffy. he was a fluent russian speaker and in the 1930's he was the head of the paris station. he was known for chasing pretty women and driving fast cars and for his tremendous charm. wilfred what this sending ian fleming in a lot of adventures about his secret adventures and then at one point he told ian fleming it seems the stories he had been telling him showed up in the next movie of james bond. so james bond is certainly the one who has now made its -- spa unit and an activity in this country. so, here are two gentlemen here, a scholar and a spy. so, sir john or professor jeffery who would like to start? >> do i need to speak into a microphone? should all the hues of this? all right. it's a fantastic and a wonderful privilege and pleasure to be in this famous bookstore. because everywhere i went they said what are you doing in the united states and i would say politics and prose and they would see politics and prose? everybody goes ther

as one of the members, i don't think the was strictly a member but a friend of many members was ian fleming. and he spent a lot of time with these spies and one of the wants was harry charismatic and his name was wilfred. he had a fluent russian speaker and in the 1930's head of the paris station and was known for chasing pretty women and driving fast cars and for his tremendous charm and savoir-faire, wilfred would sit and tell ian fleming a lot of the venture's of his, his secret adventures come by then at one point* he told the in funding that it seems the stories he had been telling him showed up in the next movie of james bond. [laughter] james bond is certainly the one who made spying a known activity in this country. so here are two gentlemen here, a scholar and a spy. sir john o.r. professor jeffrey. who would like to start? >> it is a fantastic and wonderful privilege to be in this famous bookstore because everywhere i went down and they said what you're doing in the united states and i say i am going to this the bookstore you would not have heard of it. politics and prose. politic