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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 ...
May 9, 2024 · Kim Philby (born January 1, 1912, Ambala, India—died May 11, 1988, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British intelligence officer until 1951 and the most successful Soviet double agent of the Cold War period.
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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...
- Amy Irvine
- He first embraced communism while studying at Cambridge. Born in Ambala, India in 1912, Harold ‘Kim’ Philby was the son of a British diplomat. Nicknamed “Kim” after a spy character in a Rudyard Kipling story, Philby attended Westminster School, then Trinity College, Cambridge.
- He worked for MI6 during the Second World War. After successfully posing as a patriot, in 1940 Philby was recruited into MI6 by his friend Guy Burgess, a British secret agent who was himself a Soviet double agent.
- He was appointed First Secretary to the British Embassy in Washington in 1949. Although this was his official job title, in reality, Philby served as chief British intelligence representative in Washington – the top liaison officer between the British and American intelligence agencies.
- He warned two Soviet double agents that they were under suspicion. These double agents, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, were Philby’s friends and were fellow Cambridge spies.
Jun 12, 2018 · 1971 Marries Ruffina Ivanova in Moscow. 1988 Dies 11 May at the age of 76. Given a hero’s burial in Moscow’s Kuntsevo Cemetery. Charlotte Philby returns to Moscow in search of her grandfather, the spy Kim Philby.
Mar 24, 2022 · The double-agent’s granddaughter, Charlotte Philby, on the correspondence of a man who betrayed his country but cared deeply about the family he left behind. Kim Philby with his granddaughter...
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Jul 12, 2017 · The British MI6 Agent Turned Russian Spy | Kim Philby | Timeline. Documentary exploring the murky circumstances behind the escape of one of Britain’s most notorious spies.In 1963, at the height...
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