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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 23
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t Guy sald he* knew some |
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was patriotic enoigh,
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7 Guy himself’ added” ‘tne’ jad
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| Guy'-Burgess, to ‘confirm’ ths ¥
admirable sentiments, Winston!
8. Churchill, September, 1938.”,,; 3
He, added that if he got # job’
4m the coming war, and if Guy.
| brought him the book, he would ;,
remember * their conversations,
and would find ‘him ‘something 2
worth. dalng in the war, Guy, ¢
'y years.: 100, ;5
“and afterall that has: passed §
¥ since’ 1938 in the lives of the 4
two men’ who talked in Kent on
that. day,:the reader not oldj |
enough to remember clearly the;
| Political moods and personall-4
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guest's estimation, even then,
one of the greatest Englishmen ©
of his time—sat alone, wearing:
® blue boiler-sult In the dook;"
uned study of his country house, |
with no other callers, no mes
sengers "bringing ‘ urgent dis-,
patches, no importunate secre~,
tarles with papers for him to”
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