GAUNT POLYGLOT CABDRIVER - GEOFFREY ARTHUR PRIME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96B01172R000300030003-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2007/12/14: CIA-RDP96BOl 172R000300030003-3
LONDON, July 20-On the surface, Mr. Priday was not surprised that
Geoffrey Arthur Prime, the 44-year---:" :his,former.employee, hadworked for
cId Briton charged with espionage, Is British .,intelligence. `.'Taxi- drivers.
a stark contrast to the other spies in come in all kinds,'' he said. "Geoff led
this country since World War I l. . us to believe that the strain and stress
University,as did Sir An= `' sort of money he was-making there
in the' : _ .Philby,: Donald Maclean-;'- r his wife wanted an easier life so he sett:,:
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best-known spiesr'