Dead Doubles: the extraordinary worldwide hunt for one of the cold war's most notorious spy rings / Trevor Barnes
Publication details: London, Weidenfield & Nicolson ; 2021Description: xvi, 327 pages, illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781474609111
- 23 327.1247
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Loanable Book | Library | General Collection | 327.1247 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000437097 |
"THE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War. People the world over were shocked when its exposure revealed the shadowy world of deep cover KGB 'illegals' - spies operating under false identities stolen from the dead. The CIA's revelation to MI5 in 1960 that a KGB agent was stealing crucial secrets from the world-leading submarine research base at Portland in Dorset looked initially like a dangerous but contained lapse of security by a British man and his mistress. But the couple were tailed by MI5 'watchers' to a covert meeting with a Canadian businessman, Gordon Lonsdale. The unsuspecting Lonsdale in turn led MI5's spycatchers to an innocent-looking couple in suburban Ruislip called the Krogers. But within weeks the CIA rang the alarm - their critical source of intelligence was to defect within hours" - Book cover
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