12 November 2026
STALIN'S AGENTS Recruiting Cambridge Spies for Stalin — Part OneANTONIA SENIOR (HOUR 1) 1 111226
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Recruiting Cambridge Spies for Stalin — Part One
Antonia Senior details how Soviet handler Arnold Deutsch recruited Kim Philby in 1934, and how Philby then brought Donald Maclean into Soviet espionage. Disillusioned by the Great Depression and fascism, these privileged Cambridge ideologues believed violent revolution and spying were necessary to advance Marxist history. (9)