Onward, Stalinist soldiers
The article discusses the defection of KGB major Anatoliy Golitsyn in 1961 and his revelations about Soviet espionage in the West. It highlights the Cambridge Five, a group of British communist sympathizers who infiltrated British intelligence during the 1930s. Antonia Senior's book, 'Stalin’s Apostles,' explores their lives and the impact of their treachery on various victims.
- ▪Anatoliy Golitsyn defected to the West in 1961, revealing extensive Soviet espionage efforts.
- ▪The Cambridge Five were British communists who infiltrated British intelligence and provided information to the Soviets.
- ▪Antonia Senior's book details the lives of the Cambridge Five and the consequences of their actions.
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Just before Christmas in 1961, a KGB major named Anatoliy Golitsyn defected to the West after turning up unannounced at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki. He came bearing secrets, revealing to his slightly bewildered hosts that Western intelligence agencies had been penetrated for decades by rather excellent Soviet spies. At the center of this effort was a network of British communist sympathizers who’d attended Cambridge University during the 1930s and had subsequently attained prominence within the organs of British statecraft. All these years later, it is still hard to know the full extent of their treachery. What is certain is that throughout the corridors of power in London and Washington, the eyes and ears of comrade Stalin were everywhere.
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