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#348 | The Cambridge Five Part III | Beer & Betrayal

English Learning for Curious Minds

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The Rise and Fall of the Cambridge Five

Anthony Blunt and Kankros both did significantly less spying after the Second World War than Philby, Burgess and Maclean. This seems to have been partly ideological, with Blunt in particular losing faith in socialism,. Whereas the other three all continued rising through the ranks in the diplomatic and intelligence worlds. Even without proof, the net was closing on the two men. But they were believed despite evidence or suspicions against them.

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