Ka cika wannan jumla: Da yake ya ga cewa aikin da ake yi a lokacin salama ba shi da daɗi, Hastings ya bar aikin soja a shekara ta 1948. Ya yi watsi da tayin daga Gillette kuma an ƙi aikin da BBC. Daga baya wani abokinsa ya gayyace shi ya shiga MI6, wanda ya aike shi a 1950 zuwa Finland, wanda aka ɓoye a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin soja. Shekaru hudu bayan haka sai ya koma Paris, inda ya lura da makirci a kan
Aikin Suez da makircin da suka gabaci dawowar Charles de Gaulle mulki. Daga 1958 zuwa 1960, ya yi aiki a ofishin siyasa na sojojin Gabas ta Tsakiya a Cyprus. Sakamakon aikinsa na adawa da KGB, Hastings yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Ingilishi kaɗan na aji da shekarunsa don jin daɗin vodka mai tsabta, da kuma kamfanin kowa da kowa. Shi, kamar matarsa Elizabeth Anne, ba shi da cikakkiyar snobbish.