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Philby Escape and Immunity for Cambridge Spies — Part Four

Antonia Senior, author of Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge 5 and the Making of the Soviet Empire, recounts how official exoneration allowed Kim Philby to work as a journalist in Beirut before escaping to Moscow when fresh evidence compromised him. Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross secured immunity through secret confessions, exposing the full extent of the Cambridge spy ring. (12)