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The Cambridge Five was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the Cold War and was active from the 1930s until at least the early 1950s. None of the known members were ever prosecuted for spying.
Aug 24, 2021 · The Cambridge 5 were Soviet spies working undetected inside British Intelligence for years. The secrets they leaked to the USSR changed postwar Europe forever.
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May 16, 2019 · The Cambridge Five are perhaps the most infamous spy ring of the 20th century. They worked their way into the upper ranks of British Intelligence in order to spy for the Soviets, betraying...
Nov 18, 2019 · The Cambridge Five were the most notorious of all the spies who worked for the Soviet Union. This British quintet were exceptional for a number of reasons: while they worked independently, they knew the identities of one another; they spied at a critical time (during the Second World War and the early Cold War); the content of their espionage ...
Dec 26, 2020 · But the fact that one of MI6's top officers and other elite establishment figures were Russian spies was a huge embarrassment and damaged US trust in British intelligence for years.
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Jan 10, 2017 · The Student and the Spy: How One Man’s Life Was Changed by the Cambridge Five . An unlikely friendship with Guy Burgess, the infamous British double-agent, brought unexpected joy to Stanley...
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Jan 13, 2023 · The Cambridge spies were constantly at risk of being discovered. As World War II ended, a would-be Russian defector named Konstantin Volkov walked into the British Embassy in Turkey and requested political asylum in exchange for revealing the names of several top Soviet agents working in Britain.
