A FORMER OFFICER IN BRITISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TODAY CONFESSED HE WAS PART OF A BRITISH SPY RING WHICH PASSED INFORMATION TO THE SOVIET UNION DURING WORLD WAR TWO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000403760010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 1, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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MILITARY INTELLIGENCE TODAY CONFESSED HE WAS PART OF A ER 'a T .1 Sin'
SPY RING WHICH PASSED .'NFO.RMATION TO THE SOVIET 1JNIOH D=JRI G
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LEG LONGS NOW A RETIRED FILM COMPANY EXECUTIVE # TOLD THE
SUNDAY TIMES NEWSPAPER HE WAS PART OF THE NETWORK RUN BY
RWTHONY PiLUNT3 A FORMER ART ADVISER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH WHO
STRIPPED HIM OF HIS KNIGHTHOOD WHEN HE WAS EXPOSED TWO YEARS
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MR LONG SAID HE CONFESSED TO BRITISH INTELLIGENCE IN i964
AT THE SAME TIME AS BLUNTS AND LIKE HIMI WAS NEVER PROSECUTED
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R LONG`s STATEMENT IS LIKELY TO OUTRAGE BRITONS AND CAUSE
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THE ONLY SPY GIVEN IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION SINCE WORLD WAR
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FOR. THE FIRST TIME OF THE EXTENT OF WARTIME SOVIET ESPIONAGE IN
BRITAIN CARRIED OUT BY THE SPY RING FORMED BY BLUNTS BUY
BURrGESSS DONALD MACLEAN AND KIM PHILBY.?
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MR LONG SAID TODAY SOME MEMBERS OF COMMUNIST CELLS AT
CRHBRIDGE UNIVERSITY) WHERE ALL FIVE SPIES WERE RECRUITED IN
THE 1930' Ss COULD BE IN HIGH POSITIONS Or RESPONSIBILITY NOW.
HE REFUSED TO NAME THEM.
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UNDISCOVERED SPIES STILL WORKING WITHIN BRITAIN'S SECURITY
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MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DEALING WITH GERMAN TROOP OPERATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLDS RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM AGENTS IN
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ST THE TIME BRITAIN WAS PASSING SELECTED INFORMATION -10 THE
RUSSIANS GLEANED FROM INTERCEPTED GERMAN RADIO TRAFFIC.
BUT DLUN T 15 SPY RING WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE RUSSIANS MUCH
FULLER INFORMATION AND SOME IDEA OF HOW FRANK THE RIESTERN
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MR LONG SAYS HE 15 MILLING TO TESTIFY TO A SECURITY
COMMISSION WHICH$ AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S REQUESTS IS
INVESTIGATING BRITISH INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS AFTER REPEATED
PRESS ALLEGATIONS ABOUT UNDISCOVERED SPIES.
''I FEEL DEEP REMORSE FOR WHAT I HAVE DONEs " SAID MR LONG.
'U GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE WHOLE THING. I HAVE BITTERLY REGRETTED
IT ALL MY LIFE.'''
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