Kim Philby: Soviet Spy in the West

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the famous Cambridge Five and Donald Maclean in particular - a real Cold War-era spy story

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[ArkadiBolschek]

"Wait, it's all double agents?"
*Cocks gun* "Always has been."

[dogstar]

In the end it was discovered that Patrick Stewart ran them all

[juliuscaesar]

Can you please make a video on Indian Relations with the Soviet Union. I would love to see that covered in detail

[DA-dhey]

I think you should feature more on Bulgaria, specifically the zhivkov era and the assassination of Georgi Markov in London using an umbrella, a very unique and interesting story

[macariomatira]

I wish to feature about the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos

[keithrogers]

Kim Philby was a successful KGB spy, in the pivotal role of head of Soviet counter espionage in Mi6.
However, there was a 'Moriarty, ' figure in a much higher position than Philby, Burgess and Blunt, who protected these men, obstructed all enquiries into them-and gave clearance to Klaus Fuchs, Sonya Kucyniski & other spies.
This was Philbys friend and opposite number-the head of Soviet counter espionage in wartime Mi5, Roger Hollis, who was the GRU spy 'Elli'.
He was the most prominent Soviet agent, rising to become Director General of Mi5.

[Xerxezkov]

Hope you guys will cover two legendary Vietnamese spies, Phạm Xuân Ẩn and Phạm Ngọc Thảo. One stayed hidden well after the end of Vietnam War, the other the thorn in the eyes of CIA.

[AA-cjjo]

His father John was not an “explorer” he was a British agent that served the UK a lot in Arabia. He was the King Abdulaziz’s adviser and the connection between him and Britain . He was a man that changed the face of the middle east.

[lecterulyanov]

Harold not Howard Macmillan. And that was a reel of Eden

[Breal]

Man the soviet spy game was a different level when it came to having physical assets.

[rosswebster]

Also I’d like sometime see a video on The CCP invasion of Tibet, the Dalai Lama’s escape to India, and the CIA campaign supporting Tibetan anti-CCP resistance.

[georgecoll]

I cracked at the medal award 🤣🤣 great and informative channel! Stay safe, i hope all is well!

[chrisvoulgaridis]

Rory Gallagher brought me here .
Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city
I can't come in from the cold
I'm deep in action on a secret mission
Contact's broken down
Time drags by, I'm above suspicion,
There's a voice on the telephone...
(Rory Gallagher "Philby" LP "Top Priority", 1979)

[rosswebster]

Great stuff as always Cold War! Again really hoping you’ll get to interview Spy history author, Ben Macintyre one of these days.

[rusoviettovarich]

Hey what happened to the guy who claimed Thomas Dewey had 5 spies in his proposed cabinet prior to the 1948 presidential election?

[diktatorsovesti]

There is a square in Moscow named after Kim Philby

[miuk]

If you're interested in Oleg Gordievsky, this anecdote may be of interest. John le Carré described Ben Macintyre's fact based novel, The Spy and The Traitor, as "the best true spy story I have ever read". It was about Kim Philby's Russian counterpart, a KGB Colonel named Oleg Gordievsky, codename Sunbeam. In 1974 Gordievsky became a double agent working for MI6 in Copenhagen which was when Bill Fairclough aka Edward Burlington unwittingly launched his career as a secret agent for MI6. Fairclough and le Carré knew of each other: le Carré had even rejected Fairclough's suggestion in 2014 that they collaborate on a book. As le Carré said at the time, "Why should I? I've got by so far without collaboration so why bother now?" A realistic response from a famous expert in fiction in his eighties!

Gordievsky never met Fairclough, but he did know Fairclough's handler, Colonel Alan McKenzie aka Colonel Alan Pemberton. It is little wonder therefore that in Beyond Enkription, the first fact based novel in The Burlington Files espionage series, genuine double agents, disinformation and deception weave wondrously within the relentless twists and turns of evolving events. Beyond Enkription is set in 1974 in London, Nassau and Port au Prince. Edward Burlington, a far from boring accountant, unwittingly started working for Alan McKenzie in MI6 and later worked eyes wide open for the CIA. What happens is so exhilarating and bone chilling it makes one wonder why bother reading espionage fiction when facts are so much more breathtaking.

Len Deighton and Mick Herron could be forgiven for thinking they co-wrote the raw noir anti-Bond narrative, Beyond Enkription. Atmospherically it's reminiscent of Ted Lewis' Get Carter of Michael Caine fame. If anyone ever makes a film based on Beyond Enkription they'll only have themselves to blame if it doesn't go down in history as a classic espionage thriller.

[SOLOLIKETHECUP]

Richard Sorge also brought key information about Japan's intent on attacking the Soviets

[kentchamberlain]

"And have subverted the bell button"

[kenmatira]

We wish to Feature Spain under General Francisco Franco