[PDF file]: […] trade by the covert heroes of the Cold War, the people who had stolen the U.S. atomic secrets, who had worked with the Rosenbergs, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean. To the callow cadets they seemed majestic figures, beyond the reach of mere mortals . . . .’ 26 Washington Station is also peppered […]
[PDF file]: […] West (Abingdon: Routledge, 2005). Liddell, Head of Counter Espionage in MI5, was responsible for the internment of Maule Ramsay in 1940. Liddell was a friend of Guy Burgess and an associate of Philby, Blunt and other Soviet agents. One wonders if any of these pursued enquiries about Hess via Liddell in May 1941. 61 […]
[PDF file]: […] failure.’ (p. 173) As well as the history of histories, there is an interwoven narrative about the various services’ activities; so there is much about WW2 and Burgess and Maclean et al. Every now and then an interesting little snippet pops up. There’s this for example. SIS abandoned Passport Control Office as its cover […]
