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Summoned back to london from washington, he faces interrogation, as suspicion grows that he is a soviet agent, working within mi6. Philbys two closest friends in the intelligence world, nicholas elliott of mi6 and james jesus angleton, the cia intelligence chief, thought they knew philby. Nov 18, 2017 in programme one of this twopart special, bestselling author ben macintyre explores the truth behind the most famous double agent in modern history harold kim philby. Philby was one of the 20th centurys most legendary spies. Kim philby and the great betrayal by ben macintyre crown macintyres thesis is that philby was shielded by the dumbly selfprotective ethos of the british upper. Nov 18, 2017 in the second episode of this twopart special, the net begins to close on philby.
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Kim philby and the great betrayal, by ben macintyre is a gripping account of that period, beginning in the 1930s, when brightand privilegedyoung people on both sides of the atlantic looked with empathy at the postdepression plight of the working classes and thought to find in communism an answer to injustice, poverty. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the cambridge five, a spy ring which passed information to the soviet union during world war ii and in the early stages of the cold war. Telecharger kim philby his most intimate betrayal film. Kim philby and the great betrayal online books in format pdf. Crown, 2014 article pdf available december 2015 with 1,349 reads.
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