Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hastings akasiya basa rechiuto muna 1948 nokuti akanga asingafariri mabasa omunguva yorugare. Akaramba kupiwa basa neGillette uye akarambwa basa neBBC. Pakupedzisira akakokwa neshamwari yake kuti abatane neMI6, iyo yakamutumira muna 1950 kuFinland, akazvivanza somubatsiri wemukuru mukuru wemauto. Makore mana gare gare akatamira kuParis, uko akacherechedza rangano pamusoro pe
Basa reSuez nemanomano akafanotangira kudzoka kwaCharles de Gaulle musimba. Kubva muna 1958 kusvika muna 1960, akashanda muhofisi yezvematongerwo enyika yemauto eMiddle East muCyprus. Somugumisiro webasa rake rokurwisana neKGB, Hastings akanga ari mumwe wevanhu vashomanana vokuEngland vomukirasi yake uye vezera rake vanonakidzwa nevodka yakachena, pamwe chete neshamwari dzavose navose. Iye, kufanana nomudzimai wake Elizabeth Anne, akanga asinganyanyi kuzvikudza.