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    Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring...
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    the sudden flight of Donald Maclean (1913–1983, codename Homer) and Guy Burgess (1911–1963, codename Hicks) to the Soviet Union. Suspicion immediately...
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    was working in the Foreign Office, as well as Guy Burgess, despite his personal reservations about Burgess' erratic personality. In London, Philby began...
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  • events during World War II) and the defections of Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess to the Soviet Union. Most decipherable messages were transmitted and...
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  • frequently to continental Europe in connection with his studies. Like Guy Burgess, Blunt was known to be homosexual, the practice of which was a criminal...
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  • Another Country is loosely based on the life of the spy and double agent Guy Burgess, Guy Bennett in the film. It explores his homosexuality and exposure to...
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    In 2003 he portrayed George V in the BBC One film The Lost Prince and Guy Burgess in the BBC Two miniseries Cambridge Spies. He had a memorable role as...
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    top secret and were not made public until 1998, although Soviet spy Guy Burgess had revealed some details to them at the time. The initial primary goal...
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    "Stalin's Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess: biography in intelligence history" and discussed his own 2015 book on Burgess. Lownie founded his eponymous...
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    Pinter's The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, An Englishman Abroad (as Guy Burgess) and Pack of Lies. He also appeared on the stage, notably in the plays...
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