Philby
Americannoun
noun
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Harold Adrian Russell, known as Kim. 1912–88, English double agent; defected to the Soviet Union (1963)
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his father, H ( arry ) Saint John ( Bridger ). 1885–1960, British explorer, civil servant, and Arabist
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According to the transcript of the pair's conversation, Philby confessed that he found life at MI6 like a "controlled schizophrenia".
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
Philby would go on to tell his then friend that "if he had his whole life to lead again, he would probably have behaved in the same way".
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
Did Elliott betray his country in the name of friendship and love and let Philby go?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Anna Maxwell Martin and Guy Pearce are excellent as Thomas and Philby, and Damian Lewis is outstanding as Elliott, the colorless spy’s spy whose skills and motives are in question until the end.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
Philby had not yet been revealed as a Soviet spy, but two of his colleagues, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, had just defected to the Soviet Union.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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