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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 9

51 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 51 pages OCR'd
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~ H During'the last Three years sev: | rai members of this floai ation of would-be spleg ‘tral Europe have been * ched by Soviet, been otter? : “You will work for us.on such id such « mission in Paria, Lan & or Washington. : “noe your work fs accom Rshed pr if you get into trou- te, we will transfer you ie cuegla, ‘Tou will be given a house 2 south with servants and ta plortable pension to lve: “the reat of your ite.” te owe SURPRISINGLY ~ ENOUGH, uld-be apies are not at all wor YT about the prospect of spend- the rest of their lives in Rus. oThe only drawback is that ¥ never will see thelr families . or be able te sommunicate aut toh mtany of this cynical, serupalous get that doesn’t stlery f % Ae word among them is that da perfectly, comfortable ‘ura te Page 7, Column 3, uss Recruit ' Continued from First Page ~° Russla provided you have-money and servants and ere protected by the, regime. And » particular advantage is the chance to indulge in all your Vices. + - ‘The Russians are not partion Jar how you. uve it you serve: them well, re ete ¥ USING. security’ and com- i Fable retreats as their recruit: idg Jure, the Russians tap on dbors that Westerner might Lgink would ever remain closed to them, =~ > For example, a high official of a Middle Eastern country wae approached recently. + cal People of the intellectual. standing of Br. Kinus Fuchs and- Dr. Bruno Pontecorvo have agreed te work for the Russians, Donald Duatt and Guy Bur g¢ss may be latecomers among the “marked” spies who Hve {a some beautiful resort on the Cri- mean Sea, tar from the tnquisi- tive eyes of the Western world, (Myucks and Pontecorvo were bosom friends and both worked on'the atomic experimenta for the British, Fuchs confessed to being 0 spy for Russia carly in? dihtoad ts wow aerving @ th ee privon, Fe ‘ontecorve disappeored ” late im the aummer of 4: while on @ vacation in Centr Europe. He reportediy wend Ruasia {MacLean ond Burgess were membera of the British diplo-'. matic services when they var ; iahed in Poris this summer. AfacLean was at the time head of the American department of | the British formon office, Bur- | gers had recently retumed / from Washington, where het had been a member of amie! basay atasf. Both were famil. MacLean and Burgess ha a worked for the Soviets for a long’ time hefore they were found out; o-Faty had been promised that when thelr role was finally an- covered they would be ‘akea wo «Ranglin, - * No British foreign office ‘gocu: aMents disappeared with hem be cause the Russians already knew, what they wanted to know. -~ H mehetean's mission had fs ‘been completed... t it wag time for him to retir a ee | THE RECRUITING methods of the Soviets are all the more suc cessful as they-come as a com: {plete anticlimax to the way both; ithe British intelligence and the: American Ottice of Strategic, Services (OSS) treated some of thelr. agents, perhaps not the post worthy, ' ‘after. the war,” Where. ates” ‘expected te, generous ‘grants: ands tind fobs 'for' the ‘rest’ of their Hvis theyswere® just toid ‘te’ get es iployment="< . 2 mae 4 bg ® = +t ete Spak
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