Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret. How secret russian spy kim philby helped set up israel. The secret life of master spy kim philby, by genrikh borovik epub the philby files. Harold adrian russell kim philby 1 january 1912 11 may 1988 was a british intelligence officer and a double agent for the soviet union. Harry st john philby collection name of creator st antonys college. Harry st john bridger philby, cie 3 april 1885 30 september 1960, also known as jack philby or sheikh abdullah arabic. Newton has very obvious biases his meanspirited portrayal of philby, for example but he conducted many interviews. The father of the soviet spy kim philby was arrested and interned during the second world war after the saudi king tipped off british officials that he was leaving the country, home office files. Files were released through crest and obtained as tif files by the black vault and converted to pdf by that 1 archive. We use this information to make the website work as well as. The secret life of master spy kim philby, by genrikh borovik pdf the philby files.
In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the cambridge five, a spy ring which passed information to the soviet union during world war ii and in the early stages of the cold war. Boston globe macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelistsa spy among. Pdf the spy and the traitor download full pdf book. Keystonegetty in a secret memorandum dated may 5, 1946, philby made a highly unusual and rare personal intervention. The secret life of master spy kim philby, by genrikh borovik pdf. This is a valuable book and essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. Master storyteller ben macintyres most ambitious work to date offers a powerful new angle on the. Pdf ben macintyre s espionage files download full pdf.
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Borovik is not the first to flip through kgb case file 5581, the number of philbys personnel dossier. Rothschild, the right, the farright and the fifth man letter from fred holroyd to the guardian philby naming names wallace clippings planted on chapman pincher the british right israels edwin. In the annals of espionage, one name towers above all others. Soviet journalist borovik, with the assistance of the. Intelligence officers bookshelf central intelligence agency. The secret life of master spy kim philby, by genrikh borovik. John philby, an adventurer who spent most of his life in arabia. Documents that kim philby passed to ussr on display for first time. Secret wartime documents passed by a british double agent to his soviet handlers have been made public for the first time at a moscow. Harold adrian russell kim philby 1 january 1912 11 may 1988 was a british intelligence. Pdf a spy among friends kim philby and the great betrayal.
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