▁year ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁demonstr ations ▁against ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Engel bert ▁D oll f uss . ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁Deutsch ▁rec ru ited ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁Soviet ▁intelligence ▁services . ▁Phil by ▁later ▁re called : ▁ ▁L iz zy ▁came ▁home ▁one ▁evening ▁and ▁told ▁me ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁arranged ▁for ▁me ▁to ▁meet ▁a ▁" man ▁of ▁decis ive ▁importance ". ▁I ▁question ed ▁her ▁about ▁it ▁but ▁she ▁would ▁give ▁me ▁no ▁details . ▁The ▁rende z vous ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Reg ents ▁Park . ▁The ▁man ▁described ▁himself ▁as ▁Otto . ▁I ▁discovered ▁much ▁later ▁from ▁a ▁photograph ▁in ▁M I 5 ▁files ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁he ▁went ▁by ▁was ▁Arnold ▁Deutsch . ▁I ▁think ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁of ▁Czech ▁origin ; ▁about ▁ 5   ft ▁ 7 in , ▁st out , ▁with ▁blue ▁eyes ▁and ▁light ▁cur ly ▁hair . ▁Though ▁a ▁convinced ▁Commun ist , ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁strong ▁human istic ▁stre ak . ▁He ▁h ated ▁London , ▁ad ored ▁Paris , ▁and ▁spoke ▁of ▁it ▁with ▁deeply ▁lov ing ▁affection . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁considerable ▁cultural ▁background ." ▁ ▁Phil by ▁recommended ▁to ▁Deutsch ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁Cambridge ▁contempor aries , ▁including ▁Donald ▁Mac lean , ▁who ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁Foreign ▁Office , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Guy ▁Burg ess , ▁despite ▁his ▁personal ▁res erv ations ▁about ▁Burg ess ' ▁err atic ▁person ality .