
The Crown Jewels by Nigel West
The "Crown Jewels" was the phrase used by the KGB to describe their most valuable assets: the authentic manuscript and typescript reports by the infamous Cambridge spy ring. Many of these reports are reproduced here. As well as adding unsuspected dimensions to the Cambridge ring (including Burgess's offer to murder his fellow conspirator Goronwy Rees), the files reveal a completely unknown Soviet network based in London and headed by a named "Daily Herald" journalist. They also refer to the huge scale of Soviet penetration of the British Foreign Office from 1927 to 1951; details of a previously unknown spy-ring in Oxford, organized by university undergraduates who went on to work in Whitehall; and the key role played by Anthony Blunt in supervizing post-war Soviet espionage activities in London.
NIGEL WEST is a military historian specialising in intelligence and security issues, author of some 20 titles including: A Matter of Trust: MI 5 1945--72, MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations 1909--45, GCHQ: The Secret Wireless War, Molehunt, Secret War: The Story of SOE, and The Secret War for The Falklands. OLEG TSAREV is a former lt.-colonel in the Russian foreign intelligence service of the Russian Federation and, for the KGB, operated in Britain under journalistic cover.
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ISBN 10 | 0006388949 |
Title | The Crown Jewels |
Author | Nigel West |
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Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Year published | 1999-05-17 |
Number of pages | 384 |
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