Kim Philby

The Venona Project, Part Two

30th October 2024 well_chuffed 2402 Comments

The Venona Project was launched by the US Army Signal Intelligence Service in February 1943. The Russians had sent thousands and thousands of coded and enciphered messages over commercial telegraph services. The US Army decided [more…]

The Spy Who Went Into The Deep Freeze

19th May 2021 Going Postal 2055 Comments

Kim Philby. For those of a certain age, the name conjures up an indicator as to the decline in British post-war influence abroad. His charmed connections within society enabling him to bypass interrogation over material [more…]

The Venona Project, Part Two

The Spy Who Went Into The Deep Freeze

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The Diary of a REMF – Part Five

He’s Baaack

The Parting Glass

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