How Many More Skeletons
Includes an interview with Leo Long, one of the men whom Anthony Blunt recruited into his Cambridge spy ring. (1981)
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The 'Ring of Five' was first exposed by Anatoliy Golitsyn during his defection from the KGB in 1961. Golitsyn identified Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and Kim Philby. Although Anthony Blunt confessed to being a spy in 1964, implicating 12 former associates (including Leo Long) in the process, his involvement in the spy ring wasn't made public until 1979.
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At this point, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, prompted by allegations from a journalist, confirmed that this had been known to MI5 for some time.
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- Mon 2 Nov 1981 20:10
Cambridge Spies Collection
Clips from this programme are available online as part of the Cambridge Spies Collection
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