#346 | The Cambridge Five Part I | The Recruitment
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Cambridge Five - A Brief History of the Cambridge Five
Deutsch's postgraduate work at the University of London was a cover. He was secretly working as a recruiter with instructions from Moscow. His first mission was to spy on his own father, the diplomat. On there, Filby recommended Burgess and McLean, then Burgess recruited Blunt,. A little while later Burgess and Cairn Cross joined them. The pitch, or offer, was framed in a way to not be explicitly working for the Soviets, but rather against fascism and for peace.
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