Case file · 1951 · Espionage & Secrets
The Cambridge Five
The Spies Inside
Five Cambridge men pass Britain's secrets to Moscow for decades.
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This 7 min episode was written from the public record. These are the sources behind it.
- UK Parliament, Hansard: Former Foreign Office Officials (Disappearance) (Hansard, 7 November 1955) (Macmillan's statement on Philby)
- UK Parliament, Hansard: Security (Hansard, 15 November 1979) (Thatcher's written answer naming Blunt)
- The National Archives (UK): Confessions from the Cambridge Five (declassified MI5 files)
- The National Archives (UK): Anthony Blunt's confession (1964 confession)
- FBI Vault: Cambridge Five Spy Ring (declassified FBI file)
- Wikipedia: Cambridge Five (overview)
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