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12 July 2020

Kim Philby - the first man to say of him, "Looks like a damned Bolshevik to me."

This video concerns this book:


 A short anecdote about Kim Philby and the first person who "smelled a rat" when he caught sight of him for the first time. It is taken from the book "C", by Anthony Cave Brown, biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the wartime head of the Secret Intelligence Service and, as such, Philby's boss. The man with the "nose" was, however, someone else, as will be seen.

 You can watch the video at this link.

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