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Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a spy for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War. Of the five, Philby is ...
Dec 30, 2020 · Kim Philby: new revelations about spy emerge in secret files. UK government launched campaign to block memoirs being published fearing damaging disclosures. Owen Bowcott and Caroline Davies....
Apr 2, 2024 · Kim Philby, British intelligence officer until 1951 and the most successful Soviet double agent of the Cold War period. He was apparently responsible for the deaths of many Western agents whose activities he betrayed to the Soviets during the 1940s and early ’50s.
Nov 18, 2013 · Fifty years ago one of Britain's most infamous spies, Kim Philby, defected to the Soviet Union. The unresolved questions surrounding his defection reveal blind spots in the British ruling class...
Dec 31, 2022 · A new TV series highlights the part played by the UK intelligence service’s Nicholas Elliott in unmasking the 1960s Cambridge spy ring – events he recalled years later over lunch at his club.
Mar 24, 2022 · The spy who loved us: what Kim Philby’s personal letters revealed about his mind. The double-agent’s granddaughter, Charlotte Philby, on the correspondence of a man who betrayed his country...
Apr 4, 2016 · First published on Mon 4 Apr 2016 04.49 EDT. Kim Philby, Britain’s most notorious cold war traitor, told an audience of East German spies after his defection that he was able to avoid being ...
