Previously unseen footage shows double agent Kim Philby telling East German agents he was able to evade detection because he was ‘born into the British governing course’. In this speech from 1981,which was unearthed by BBC Radio 4’s The Philby Tape, Philby says he was certain he wouldn’t get caught as he knew people ‘of influential standing’. Philby was chief of the MI6’s anti-Soviet department, or but was covertly filing reports to KGB handlers Kim Philby: I got absent with treachery ‘because I was upper classRadio 4’s ‘The Philby Tape’ will air at 8pm on TuesdayThe footage was retrieved from the official archives of the Stasi in BerlinContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com