Modern History Project

"A little learning is a
dangerous thing"

The Cambridge Spies


United Kingdom, Political Org    (1933 to 1964)
• A group of Cambridge students recruited by the Soviets before WW2 to act as spies within the British establishment
• BBC history of the Cambridge spies (See: Phillip Knightley article)
• 1994-10 : Article on Rothschild and the Cambridge Spies (See: The Independent)
Relationships
1930 1940 1950 1960
RothschildNMVMember
 
BurgessGFMember
 
MacleanDDMember
 
BluntAFMember
 
PhilbyHARMember
 
Life ofCambSpies
 
Related Entities -- click to view
Rothschild, N. M. Victor   (Member of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Rothschild was allegedly the "fifth man" of the Soviet spy ring, and shared a house with Blunt and Burgess (See: Henry Makow article)
Burgess, Guy   (Member of, 1934 to 1951) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1951 : Defected to the USSR
Maclean, Donald D.   (Member of, 1934 to 1951) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1951 : Defected to the USSR
Blunt, Anthony F.   (Member of, 1933 to 1964) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1964 : Blunt confesses in exchange for immunity
Philby, Harold A.R. (Kim)   (Member of, 1933 to 1963) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 1963 : Defected to the USSR