The Cambridge spy Kim Philby declared he would have done it all again after he finally confessed that he had been for years a Russian agent, according to newly-declassified intelligence files.

Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.

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However, the release of MI5’s files this week, detailing the confessions of Kim Philby and his fellow members of the Cambridge Five, forces us to confront an unsettling reality: espionage is a world ...

Two of the Cambridge spies, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, fled to Russia in 1951. A third, Kim Philby, continued to work for foreign intelligence agency MI6 despite falling under suspicion.

The documents reveal fascinating new details about the infamous MI6 double agent Kim Philby and his betrayals. Recommended MI5 ‘missed chance to expose Soviet spy Kim Philby decade sooner’ A ...

So it is fitting, amid the revelations about traitors Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, that we should find the most sphinx-like figure of all, the late Queen herself. The National Archives in Kew ...

A third, Kim Philby, continued to work for foreign intelligence agency MI6 despite falling under suspicion. As evidence of his duplicity mounted, he was confronted in Beirut in January 1963 by his ...