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Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era.
Guy Burgess (born 1911, Devonport, Devon, Eng.—died Aug. 30, 1963, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in the Cold War period.
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Feb 23, 2015 · A television interview with Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five spy ring, has been discovered after it lay in archives forgotten about for more than half a century.
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Stanley Weiss met Guy Burgess, a member of the Cambridge Five, on a ship in 1950 and became his friend. Learn how Burgess's double life as a Soviet agent affected Weiss and his career.
Jun 2, 2016 · Listen to historian Andrew Lownie talk about the life and betrayal of Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge spies who passed secrets to the Soviets. Learn about his childhood, education, career, sexuality and death in this audio podcast.
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Guy Burgess was one of the four British spies who passed secrets to the Soviets during World War Two and the Cold War. He defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 and died there in 1963.
Sep 29, 2015 · John Gray's biography of Guy Burgess, one of the Cambridge Five who betrayed Britain to the Soviet Union, explores his motives, personality and fate. Burgess was a charming, flamboyant and complex double agent who clung to his Old Etonian identity and never felt at home in Russia.
