Guardian journalist resigns over KGB allegations

Title

Guardian journalist resigns over KGB allegations

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Paul Chapman reports on a row which has erupted over allegations that the Guardian newspaper’s literary editor was a KGB agent during the Cold War. Richard Gott has resigned over today’s claims in the Spectator which he is strenuously denying in an open letter published in this morning’s edition of his own paper. Includes interviews with Peter Preston, Guardian editor; Alasdair Palmer, Spectator affairs editor and article author.

Contributors

Peter Preston; Paul Chapman; Alasdair Palmer

Keywords

Newspapers; USSR; Espionage; Cold War; Editors; Resignation (employee); KGB; Guardian; Spectator; Richard Gott

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