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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 39

124 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 123 pages OCR'd
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or an err ct eee) a Mand aR ee el Bch ace OR ATE HES a peti es oh ro ee, tis . . v, ' * . 4 s me oY | © onocen : Levine said the British found a retired army officer nam Seaptate . : John King working in the code room, and that surveillance proved him to be a Communist agent, Following Levine's testimony in the summer of 1956, the British Government confirmed that King had been discovered and sentenced ' Ap BPW doe oe to ten years in prison in September 1939. But finding the other man was more difficult, Lord Lothian called Levine back to Washington and asked him to arrange for General Kriviteky to go to London to assist, Krivitsky went, but was unable to identify the man from meager tiong he had, Later Krivitsky returned to America and on Feb. 10, 1941, was found shot to death in a Washington hotel. When the Burgess-MacLean case broke in 195!, Levine said he took a great interest in it because MacLean fitted the description Krivitsky had given. "first, that he was a Scotaman, ard Donald MacLean belongs to a Scottish family. Second, that he played around in the artistic world. (MacLean) met his wife, Melinda, on the left bank and in a cafe," Levine narrator gti ABIES Te ne hd ENC i ee: Cy Re he AI A Rh eg ERE ge MARNE Fs" ‘ seid. Levine said another significant fact was that "MacLean had decided late in 1933 to go to Russia, and then, as I learned subsequently, gave up his Cecision, and two years later appeared in the Foreign Service, Naturally it "made me think that a lot of manipulation went on during these two yeare to ~ convince him that his duty as a revolutionist was not to go to Russia, where re plenty of Communists, but to serve the revolution in London ina » id * * there strategic spot." ee oa ne ene ee aL ae al ' Jn nin aes Renee tA ap ae i “ \ 6 _& i Wa
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