A Foreign Office cypher clerk’s betrayal of British secrets was pinpointed by a Soviet spymaster who fled his own regime to warn the West—a breach that stayed in the shadows for years.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Himmler's adjutant murdered civilians in Poland before escaping to Britain as a defector, a history held in the Security Service's Personal Files.
By Constance Bell ·
Men like Franz Riemann were coerced into spying for Moscow before seeking sanctuary in a system that managed their escape through a rigid set of official procedures.
By Constance Bell ·
Kept in the Security Service files on Soviet agents and suspects, a Russian-born journalist’s ties to a high-level defector remained a matter of state intelligence for years.
By Constance Bell ·
An English matinée idol spent years as a subject of security enquiry after a defector claimed the Russian Intelligence Services had cultivated him during a trip to the USSR.
By Constance Bell ·