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Melita Stedman Norwood (née Sirnis Latvian:; 25 March 1912 – 2 June 2005) was a British civil servant, Communist Party of Great Britain member and KGB spy. Born to a British mother and Latvian father, Norwood is most famous for supplying the Soviet Union with state secrets concerning the development of atomic weapons from her job at the ...
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- Melita Stedman Sirnis, 25 March 1912, Bournemouth, England
- "Letty"
- 2 June 2005 (aged 93), Wolverhampton, England
Apr 23, 2019 · In fact, Melita Norwood was the Soviet Union’s longest-serving British spy. From World War II through the Cold War, she stole nuclear secrets from the office where she worked as a secretary and...
- Becky Little
Aug 5, 2022 · Melita Norwood, beloved secretary, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who, for forty years, delivered nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Melita Norwood: The Soviet Union’s longest-serving British spy - Biographies by Biographics
Jun 28, 2005 · Melita Norwood. Seemingly innocuous south London clerk who spied for the Soviet Union for more than 40 years. John Cunningham. Mon 27 Jun 2005 20.03 EDT.
Melita Norwood, known as “Agent Hola,” was highly praised in the Soviet Union, even more than the more famous Kim Philby. She was characterized as a “disciplined and devoted agent, who does...
Melita Stedman Norwood (née Sirnis Latvian: [ zirnis]; 25 March 1912 – 2 June 2005) was a British civil servant, Communist Party of Great Britain member and KGB spy.
Jan 18, 2023 · Tube Alloys. Melita stole very meaty secrets, meaty enough to nudge Russia ahead in the nuclear arms race. For decades, Melita got away with it. She was identified as a security risk in 1965,...
