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Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a spy for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War. Of the five, Philby is ...
Mar 24, 2022 · The double-agent’s granddaughter, Charlotte Philby, on the correspondence of a man who betrayed his country but cared deeply about the family he left behind. Kim Philby with his granddaughter...
Jun 12, 2018 · As well as being my grandfather – whom I remember from childhood trips to Russia as a funny old man with a beaming smile, who dressed almost exclusively in white vests and braces – Kim Philby, to this day, remains one of the most significant double agents in modern history.
May 9, 2024 · Kim Philby (born January 1, 1912, Ambala, India—died May 11, 1988, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a British intelligence officer until 1951 and the most successful Soviet double agent of the Cold War period.
Nov 18, 2013 · Fifty years ago one of Britain's most infamous spies, Kim Philby, defected to the Soviet Union. The unresolved questions surrounding his defection reveal blind spots in the British ruling class...
Apr 4, 2016 · Mr. Philby, who defected to Moscow in 1963 and died there in 1988 at 76, delivered his hourlong lecture in English in East Berlin to members of the Stasi, the feared East German intelligence ...
Jul 27, 2014 · Kim Philby rose through the ranks of British intelligence. There was even talk of him becoming head of MI6. He was loved and admired by his colleagues, and he was a Soviet agent.
Apr 3, 2016 · A previously unseen video of infamous double agent Kim Philby describing his career as a Soviet spy is uncovered by the BBC.
Oct 7, 2021 · In 1945, with Nazism defeated, Kim Philby chose to remain an undercover supporter of Moscow not merely working for MI6, Britain’s foreign intelligence service, but heading the department responsible for catching moles – such as himself!
Jul 20, 2014 · Malcolm Gladwell on trust and paranoia among spies. Ben Macintyre’s “A Spy Among Friends” shows how Kim Philby’s high-level treason devastated Western intelligence.
