[spoilers] Sir Harry Pearce - Return of the Jedi (#3)

[loladom]

I took it to mean the decision was taken by Harry, as you say, because it was too dangerous for Elena and Sacha. (Not to mention Harry) It clearly wasn't the CIA's decision. Perhaps taking Sacha was too difficult. If Ilya still thought Sacha was his, as a high ranking KGB officer, he would've scoured the earth for his only son and Harry did say Ilya thought the world of ELena. Would he have let them go?

I took it to mean Harry burned Elena at great personal cost. He may have persuaded Elena it was too dangerous and she may therefore not resent him for it. Didn't Ruth say as much in ep1?
I think more about that will emerge and I don't think it will cast Harry in a good light, but his decision, like always, will have been about a great good dilemma.