Start Date
5-3-2024 9:20 AM
End Date
5-3-2024 10:30 AM
Disciplines
History
Subjects
Spies -- Soviet Union, Espionage -- Russia, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Central Intelligence Agency
Abstract
Beginning with the communist recruitment of Kim Philby in 1934, this paper traces the decades-long espionage journey of the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring. Exploring the reach they had from the halls of the British government to Washington D.C, this paper highlights the building blocks of the Five’s legacy and their implications. This paper details the levels of and effects of British governmental incompetence in cementing the Five as international spy celebrities and enabling their Soviet espionage endeavors. Overall, it seeks to explore how the British were the agents of their own humiliation regarding espionage, and unnecessarily increased tension with their American allies, ultimately elevating Soviet espionage by baring the incompetence of their own.
Keywords: Cambridge University, Spies, Espionage, Soviet Russia, Cambridge Five, Teodor Maly, FBI, CIA
Part of the Panel: Hidden Histories during WWII
Moderator: Professor Richard Beyler
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The Cambridge Five Spy Ring: The Notorious Bane of the British Government
Beginning with the communist recruitment of Kim Philby in 1934, this paper traces the decades-long espionage journey of the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring. Exploring the reach they had from the halls of the British government to Washington D.C, this paper highlights the building blocks of the Five’s legacy and their implications. This paper details the levels of and effects of British governmental incompetence in cementing the Five as international spy celebrities and enabling their Soviet espionage endeavors. Overall, it seeks to explore how the British were the agents of their own humiliation regarding espionage, and unnecessarily increased tension with their American allies, ultimately elevating Soviet espionage by baring the incompetence of their own.
Keywords: Cambridge University, Spies, Espionage, Soviet Russia, Cambridge Five, Teodor Maly, FBI, CIA
Part of the Panel: Hidden Histories during WWII
Moderator: Professor Richard Beyler