▁friend , ▁and ▁Elli ott ▁felt ▁his ▁bet ray al ▁bitter ly . ▁He ▁volunte ered ▁to ▁confront ▁Phil by , ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁full ▁written ▁conf ession ▁of ▁his ▁esp ion age . ▁Though ▁Phil by ▁did ▁conf ess ▁in ▁person ▁to ▁Elli ott , ▁he ▁delayed ▁signing ▁a ▁written ▁conf ession ▁and , ▁instead , ▁immediately ▁fled ▁to ▁Moscow , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁granted ▁Soviet ▁citizens hip . ▁Public ▁criticism ▁of ▁M I 6 , ▁which ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁guard ▁against ▁his ▁escape , ▁was ▁significant . ▁However , ▁Elli ott ▁felt ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁prevent ed ▁Phil by ' s ▁flight . ▁ ▁S ugg estions ▁of ▁coll usion ▁in ▁escape ▁of ▁Phil by ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁author ▁Ben ▁Mac int y re , ▁who ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁Phil by , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁Phil by ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁fle e ▁to ▁Moscow ▁to ▁avoid ▁an ▁embar rass ing ▁trial ; ▁and ▁he ▁records ▁susp ic ions ▁that ▁a ▁typical ▁British ▁Est ab lish ment ▁old ▁boy ▁network ▁had ▁interven ed ▁for ▁the ▁mut ual ▁convenience ▁of ▁M I 6 ▁and ▁Phil by . ▁Phil by ▁himself ▁also ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁case , ▁according ▁to ▁Mac int y re . ▁ ▁Death ▁ ▁Elli ott ▁died ▁in ▁London ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁aged ▁ 7 7 . ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 1 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 9 4