Fifth Cambridge spy revealed

Title

Fifth Cambridge spy revealed

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:10

Description

Labour MP Ted Leadbitter - responsible for exposing Anthony Blunt, the fourth member of the Cambridge Five group of spies who passed information to the Soviet Union in the Second World War - calls for the exposure of the fifth member, John Cairncross, who has been confirmed by defector Oleg Gordievsky. Comments on why spies have been given protection. Male interviewer not identified. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Ted Leadbitter

Keywords

USSR; Espionage; Anthony Blunt; Spies; Second World War (1939-1945); Cambridge Five; Billboard (radio programme); John Cairncross; Oleg Gordievsky

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