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History's Secret Heroes: Series 1: Jack King and the Fifth Column

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Eric Roberts and the Fifth Column

Lord Rothschild needed someone to infiltrate the spy ring he believed was operating at Siemens. In order to maintain his cover, Eric Roberts was given a new identity as Jack King. MI5 monitored an employee in the Siemens factory with German heritage and links to the British Union of Fascist. After a year of spying on Dorothy Veggener, Eric Roberts' and old Rothschild came to a conclusion. There was no Siemenspiring.

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