It is the spy case that has never been solved. Hours before British diplomat and Soviet double agent Guy Burgess defected to Russia on May 25, 1951 he left behind two briefcases at a private ...

Burgess says stories of her great uncle have been passed down from generation to generation. “My dad used to say that he had a character. But for the most part, he was a fun-loving guy ...

For Philby had been accused in the House of Commons of being the “third man” in the 1951 defection to Russia of Communist Spies Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess. Guest Room for Guy. Son of St ...

It was a scandal that shook the British establishment to its roots In June 1951 the government was forced to admit that two Foreign Office diplomats had disappeared One of them Donald Maclean had ...

The members of the ring were Donald Maclean (1913 - 1983), Guy Burgess (1911 - 1963), Harold 'Kim' Philby (1912 - 1988) and Anthony Blunt (1907 - 1983). Several other people have been suggested as ...