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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Donald_Maclean_(spy)Donald Maclean (spy) - Wikipedia

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   A biography of Donald Maclean, a British diplomat and Soviet double agent who participated in the Cambridge Five spy ring. Learn about his childhood, education, career, defection and death in Moscow.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Donald-MacleanDonald Maclean | British Diplomat and Spy for Soviet Union

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   Donald Maclean was a British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in the Cold War period. At the University of Cambridge in the 1930s, Maclean was part of a group of relatively privileged young men, among them Guy Burgess, who all shared a fashionable disdain for.

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4. www.newstatesman.com › long-reads › 2018The silver spoon spy: how Cambridge double-agent Donald ...

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   Apr 29, 2018 · A biography of Donald Maclean, one of the Cambridge Five who defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 with vital information on British and American secrets. Learn how he rose to the top of the Foreign Office, hid his double life and self-destructed in Cairo.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cambridge_FiveCambridge Five - Wikipedia

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   Donald Maclean was one of the five British spies who passed secrets to the Soviet Union from the 1930s to the 1950s. He defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 with Guy Burgess, after being warned by Kim Philby, who was also a member of the Cambridge Five.

7. spyscape.com › article › donald-maclean-theDonald Maclean: The Cambridge Five Spy Who Sold Out the ...

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   Learn how Donald Maclean, a British diplomat and communist, betrayed thousands of classified documents to the KGB, including details of the atomic bomb project. Discover how he was recruited, how he operated, and how he was exposed and defected to Moscow.

8. www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figuresBBC - History - Historic Figures: The Cambridge Spies

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   Donald Maclean 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 with Guy Burgess, after being exposed by Kim Philby.

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   Who was Donald Maclean?

   • Donald Maclean (1913-1983) was the son of a knighted cabinet minister. Every middle-class privilege – and curse – was his.

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   Who was donaldovich Maclean?

   • In its obituary of "Donald Donaldovich Maclean", Izvestia described him as "a man of high moral qualities and a convinced communist" who "devoted all his conscious life to the high ideals of social progress and humanism" and "who performed outstanding services to the Soviet state". [citation needed]

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   Was Donald Maclean a communist?

   • Donald Maclean was born in 1913. His father, Sir Donald Maclean, was a Liberal Party MP and Opposition Leader from 1918 to 1920 so Maclean had a privileged upbringing and was educated at Cambridge University where he became a committed communist. There are differing reports about how Maclean was approached to spy for Moscow.

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   When did Donald Maclean leave the Soviet Union?

   • It was the first time I heard of Donald Maclean. I very much doubt if the joke would detonate now. Donald Maclean along with Guy Burgess, two senior British diplomats, defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 although their presence there was not admitted until 1956.

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10. alphahistory.com › coldwar › donald-macleanDonald Maclean - Alpha History

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    Donald Maclean (1913-83) was a British diplomat, Soviet agent and defector. Born in London, Maclean was the son of a British Member of Parliament and Leader of the Opposition. The young Maclean was therefore raised in a political environment and given a liberal education.