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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 36

130 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Intelligence Operations · Topic: Cambridge Five Spy Ring · 130 pages OCR'd
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ner 8 ny ME PENNE epae eneenMROnET STN Tey mR MTR FY we "we! . /Wv 4s the failure of the a * aa ry OR 20° years one Incredibly vicious man used blackmail” ~ and corruption on a colossal... scafe to worm out Britaln’s most { precious secrets for the rulers of Russia. bt hee ee That Is the truth about Guy Burgess, the missing diplomat, that even today } the men whose duty is to protect us ! from foreign spies dare not admit. ;., Only last week a committee appointed , by the Prime Minister presented a report * on the state of our security services that -dodged this shameful truth, > 4 ‘The report spoke of the danger of employ- . ing in confidential posts men with “serious failings” such as “ drunkenness, addiction to drugs, homosexuality, or any loose living.” But it failed to disclose how one man who was guilty of all these failings—Guy Burgess -z¥rought more damage to Britain than any {tor in our history. rea And it failed to warn the nation that men ke Burgess are only able to tion because THEY HAVE IN SIGH PLACES { “WHO PRACTISE THE SAME TERRIBLE VICES. - zGovernment on these two “grave counts that has at last prompted me to tell all I ; know about Burgess and so Splace the public in posses- iwion of facts that ought pail to have been con- arte eee ee vt Beeurtte eine ees the yest ¥ Tam not going to express any | actoun part opinion sbout the and | Sroueng and moral guilt of homosexuals. I em only concerned to tell you here sbout how one of them ., And there ts no one apart from me who has the knowledge “tf. do sa. - wo HIS CLOSEST FRIEK _ SPEAKS AT LAST. er . @ This is the first of @ profoundly disturbing series of articles. They reveal appalling Burgess, the missing diplomat, that the authorities HAVE NOT DARED { [Fes sodiather to one of my ‘ehKdren. He wrote to me fre- ‘ quently when we were separated. ‘He has even sent me messages, of friendship from Moscow. ' He deceived me about onl; facts about Guy TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW,. ekg @These disclosures come from the one man ina position to know the complete story. He was Burgess’s closest friend for more than 20 years and now occupies a high academic post. ue @Only he can reveal the full depth of cor- ruption that lay behind Cuy Burgess’s treachery. Now he speaks about the Sriend who was the great- est traitor of all. g M1 and Hyde cares) 8 Trasterpiece of duplit ‘And. there can be no bet He blabbea>* __ No-Whitehall’s concern was over one appalling crime that. mitted in his cups. © * . LE BLASBED THE NAMES OF TWO TOP BRITISH “SECRET SERVICE MEN IN Stns storm broke ‘over “Bure gess. when be returned to. London, His chiefs had «* received bitter protests | from our Secret Service? agents that Burgess had exposed them and gone & + ‘ Jong way towards ruining their confidential work. - . 4 Yet he was charged—be-<¥ Ueve it or not-—with mera -y “indiscretion.” ets ‘What was his Purpose a i making contact—as = now disclose he did—wit our lesding secret agents..¢ in Gibraltar and Tangier? |< ‘There can be no doubt -. ‘in feck simply carrying Sout his treacherous work “+ i ian rt EM te was atiempting -t. * gather information about our | Becret Service network x ‘Western Europe -for - It was on this humdrum level {eat the Forelgn ¢ Office handled ‘Tangier —_ + Nevertheless it ‘should have ‘meant the end of Bucgess-as a” diplomat, Even the tolerant. the Foreign incidents of is truly amazing | PEO WOO ced that a Dabber sdouble Hfe, Tike Guy Burgess was hardly the * y | be || i knew Guy Burgess already & nauseat sth Popstble say thaffight to ask inquiry.” 32 Oo? man to bold & post in type of man Pay Government : Gepartmente . n,. oan “Tt $s too Tong, complicated argumentative.” I sai it it down, write as little ble about the charge {j Tor a board pt ee
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