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Burgess, MacLean and Philby [electronic resource] / Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Summary:

Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean were British diplomats who disappeared in 1951. They later resurfaced in Moscow in 1956. There was speculation that Harold "Kim" Philby, head of the Soviet Section of the British Secret Intelligence Service, was the "third man" who alerted them before they could be arrested for espionage.

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Record details

  • Physical Description: [3219] pages : digital, PDF files
  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation, [1999?]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"7/9/99"--Alphabetical listing.
GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Redacted.
Title from title screen (viewed on July 21, 2008).
System Details Note:
Mode of access: Internet from Federal Bureau of Investigation web site. Address as of 7/21/08: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/philby.htm; current access available via PURL.
Subject:
Burgess, Guy, 1911-1963.
Maclean, Donald, 1913-1983.
Philby, Kim, 1912-1988.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation > Archives.

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Summary: Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean were British diplomats who disappeared in 1951. They later resurfaced in Moscow in 1956. There was speculation that Harold "Kim" Philby, head of the Soviet Section of the British Secret Intelligence Service, was the "third man" who alerted them before they could be arrested for espionage.