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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gavin Cordon

Cambridge spy Blunt feared violence from his KGB controller

Anthony Blunt feared that his KGB handler would turn violent when he refused to join his fellow spies fleeing to Russia (PA) -

Notorious double agent Anthony Blunt feared that his KGB handler would turn violent when he refused to join his fellow spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean and flee to Russia, according to newly declassified official files.

Amid fears of arrest and that their spy ring was about to be broken up, Blunt’s handler told him to pack his bags and leave the next morning for Paris and from there make his way to Moscow.

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