Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Achiwana mabasa enguva yorugare asingafadzi, Hastings akasiya Hondo muna 1948. 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 pebasa reSuez
uye mano 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.