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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 13
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‘wir T waa one & group .
,Cgmmunists who were rs ' .
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Tig. Pentonville and ter on L bet ‘ “Tak he Gont
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as Commen iss x j
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Ee Particular there were five’
se aidan Livinoy.* a special sublacts om which they:
: reported to Mascow in the pear.
SANDY. “stalin ‘onet
d@vuly. the conventional Con
Risk doctrinatre who believe
wee alk Western intellectuals wed
s pt and completely tnivaat:<
worthy, sepecially in matiers at.
esplonage. ”
This clash of onintons joaide
the Kremlin itself, sald. Mr.
Pentonville. crested. many dif.
cullies.at diferent times for the
man in charge of the British
eid of the. Red jatell {TERR
_, Ealerprises Sey
DANGEROUS: |
t wes this man whe shersd {
as fgommenh WHR Mr. Penton
Ville in Britain is 1940, 7
” His name,” said ir. Fenjou
ville. © was Ludwig Breyad. &
“In that asme group wae the | Oe
. agent who originally
&: ; contacted not aniy Burgess and |
¥ Maclean but # number of ether
“British paotle whom I soe’
and wou |
over 35 aera agenia tor .
‘The first: idea of “aphltrat. °
sing Yanks of British «
; {indesectns § anid fading recruits -
#
ot London and raisa-in Paris
\ When Maclean we went: te work vat
ht inis singe. said Me. Penton. ¢
. Hie, Burgess and apy a Were
“yreyer asked to supply any. tn-
Tormation. of & mi tary Haire, :
i but thele: help: waa sought to
keep the Kremlin informed on
“the political and economical «
ben of & ihe Britian ¢ Governe ¢ :
ed
809.0 Jean 8 ie
kag en Raclean gnc, oy
arp ed heir nacedaary. Inlegl-
nce Hopetacts for them, bo!
a
“se a aie
inten
plod: istovesrinsidet the British.
Ie eramens ty ales ae terms.
: The alte td intentions of.
: Duteke Riles hese ot pene:
OUTAES sof e
ston towards ‘ue Ubraing 9°.
oe 3. 2" Baelfiat- tendencies * di,
‘age tbe jPosialist” ang Liberal
Vea eplenal ‘divitions bebe: Bs
| members of ae an
mongealth ny
Thes
i
apeend: hore "ati
Atberioanigm among membeys |
of the British Club Services ant -
ita British public opinion.
y Bald Mr. Pentonville: an
; these MMeag were dynamite at |.
* the dine, of course, abd Maclean
‘and Surgesy. and the other .
r tiembers of prominent British .
= famdlies who were recruited. by.
Fretnd did a great deal by their .
Syideten-German Jewish:
_ SDI, Who, waa bors in, 1904-in Salone or iB conte, he fee
>Re ehenberg., (He wag: at. ane ; tain was preparing fo make &-
= i time edilor of the German-lan-
ge Wage Comeunkey weekby fe
€. ole Folina by Brague. 373
“Freund was a priluaht—and |
Vaated as fe MWR Ag BG
j Ardent young MNBL: he
ad stirs: seadied, coninertial
¢iawgin Berlin and’ in i8%¢ and ©
a8 SOROS st -Lomdien
He spoke simon
. lish.
fver Deine: ‘briefed on’
on. by ao agent.at cay v
TR
. Briain Wo the early "urth
Ostenssly to atiend tectures
ford ¢: sud -.: ridge
i | Wniversttiens ati Mas DIR.
%
i ‘e
bee
eund wert bade «). 52
ed:
“ts
q.caecret deal with ine Nazis and -
ig ie Abad aeriquaiy. intend to Bght -
€- Binet tt a this belief ta
4 Moscow. thet largely influenced
ial the Kremlin to sitn ihe fatal
» Tage pik Ribbentron in August, |
a Burgess ond Maclean and the
y, ther members of Freund's net}
wokk. sald my, iefermant. weaver
+ yacbived: any: “peal. training
SNES wor, were ne
acted: to Communist Pa
igiine.” and). this: “‘becs
serustomed.
pment:
BENE
et
»} Rremin be) “Beek RS
Pieter a ah St
Fe RRR ce a race een
y Moscow.
tine SSietat ost
pula “nee by she, tro diplomats”
“greativ increased
‘Bess, gud pow for the drat ime
: Moxtew ablotted to then Snaws-
1 cial payments,
Freund wes ordered by the
tum? in
1 Bristle gione with Keri rei.
a former director of the
‘ Comintern's Sritish section in
Both men were released from
‘Internment after Rusgia’y entry
i in‘a fhe WET, Bas ib Wax eRsy .
: for Burress mainta’
‘ tactwilh them, a eR,
. UA one period during the
_ BEY, SL omy informant. he
; Was 8 frequent visiter to “he.
* h@adquarters af the ¢
Sigvax, Government at $2, Pri
yee Gate London, §.v.4,
= the same time he Rept ns
te Poles. Yugoslaws,
hen * Rumanians ie Wart a
ita oR with the
ndon.
F Said “Mr Pentonville: rane
: _ Rgew at that tine that. Bh
spying on behalf of re
“Rrem! G On Such Men-al Miko
Majzevk, of Poland, Benes, of
| Grachostevakia, King Pater af.)
“Fugosiavig, and Dr. Tiles. of
Femante, ani and finer Hustrious
tages ni Lendan. 4
teh wondered,
British poccurity ;
urgess’ ta cont! aus
work for the Saviets su o eal.
“BOG most af us thought that he
dest be @ jfoghte agent WORE.
ane also “for ihe: ‘Bp Aniel-
Higenee. es ¢ vs
Fi Even ao. t peemed” te ROY
= Df the respansible people of the ;
. Central Rurapean aed Bester’
Vernmente that Burges pas
e; nek, Security risk Tor ete
8 eave. ihe Impression of.
fe az @ homosexual: a dep raged:
anf utterly unreliable man,”
t Pentonville then adted
“345
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their useful- }
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