Cambridge Five

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Kim Philby (cryptonym: Stanley)

The Cambridge Five was a group of Soviet spys who where in the UK. There job was simple, to collect information and pass it on to the Soviet Union during the second world war, although the information passing did continue until the early 1950s. The ring has been proven to have included Kim Philby (cryptonym: Stanley), Donald Duart Maclean (cryptonym: Homer), Guy Burgess (cryptonym: Hicks), and Anthony Blunt (cryptonym: Johnson). Initially the Cambridge five went by a much simpler name, the Cambridge Spy ring. This was primarily because they had all become committed communist spys whilst they where attending Cambridge Universaty in the 1930s. There is some conjecture as to when they were actually recruited to Soviet intelligence, but Anthony Blunt claimed that it did not happen at Cambridge. Rather, they were recruited after they graduated. Both Burgess, and Blunt were Apostles - a secret, elite debating society based around Trinity and King's Colleges. Another Apostle known to have passed information to the Soviets, John Cairncross, is suspected by many of being the so-called Fifth Man, who has never been formally identified.

See Also

• Anthony Blunt - Member

External Links

• A biography about the Cambridge Five from the Biography Channel.
• Who were the Cambridge Five? - Blurtit.