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John Cairncross (Lesmahagow, 25 luglio 1913 – Herefordshire, 8 ottobre 1995) è stato un agente segreto britannico al servizio dell'Unione Sovietica fin dagli anni trenta. Biografia
John Cairncross (25 July 1913 – 8 October 1995) was a British civil servant who became an intelligence officer and spy during the Second World War. As a Soviet double agent, he passed to the Soviet Union the raw Tunny decryptions that influenced the Battle of Kursk. He was alleged to be the fifth member of the Cambridge Five.
6 mag 2024 · Role In: World War II. John Cairncross (born July 25, 1913, Lesmahagow, Scotland—died October 8, 1995, Herefordshire, England) was a British literary scholar and civil servant who was identified in the 1990s as the “fifth man” in the notorious Cambridge spy ring that included Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony ...
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John Cairncross was a British spy who passed top secret information to the KGB during the Second World War. He was part of the \"Ring of Five\" and a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner from the Soviet Union.
John Cairncross. John Cairncross was known as a British literary scholar until he was later identified as a Soviet atomic spy. While a civil servant in the Foreign Office, he was recruited in 1937 by James Klugmann to become a Soviet spy.
14 mag 2018 · Un articolo che ricostruisce gli anni romani di una delle spie di Cambridge che passò all'Unione Sovietica durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. Scopri come Cairncross si trasformò in giornalista, letterato e musicologo, e come visse tra segreto e arte nella città eterna.
28 lug 2019 · A biography of John Cairncross, a member of the Cambridge Ring of Five who spied for the Soviet Union during World War II and the Cold War. The book uses newly released material and covers his life, espionage and legacy.
