Kim Philby 1955

Kim Philby is interviewed about his association with Guy Burgess.

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[nevanovna]

Someone should study his body language

[seahawk124]

1:00 - 1:10, so that doesn't include the USSR then Philby?

The guy is full of sh!t!

Good riddance of him.

[ironpirites]

Philby betrayed many agents that MI6 were attempting to infiltrate into Albania. All of these people would have been executed. There was a lot of blood on his hands.

[ironpirites]

He wrote a book giving an "account" of his life in the Soviet intelligence services called My Silent War. The foreword to the book is written by Graham Greene who is very understanding of Philby's motivations. It is a very good book. It and Spycatcher by Peter Wright are two of the best books on espionage that one could read, I believe. Philby's motivation for spying was ideological. He didn't think the British upper class were much different from the Nazis, a fairly common view in the 1930's.

[seahawk124]

@noahshortismyname

I was too brash in my last comment. What really worries me is how blood is on his hands? How many agents were killed due to his actions? Unfortunately, spies were often caught and killed in the line of duty, and only the lucky ones were repatriated back alive. But this guy, and the other four, actions ended the careers of many agents, including John le Carré, and must of been responsible for execution of agents. How does one sleep at night knowing that?

[noahshortismyname]

@seahawk124 it sucks balls when he is ur 4th cousin! lol

[jonathanpcampbell]

He has communist hair.

[Willywaw]

Ok; he was a cheat and a liar, and you can hate him for that, but he was obviously convinced about his own right, and he took action for it, so that makes him interesting. Like it or not.

[ya3x5oz]

kim philby mother is from saudi arabia

[comtemuffat]

@nevanovna They say Colin Firth did preparing his role in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

[MrHistoryman45]

@numberstation Correct. The Cambridge Spy Ring passed on the German plans for Operation Zitadel (Kursk) to the Soviet Union. It played a key role in defeating the offensive - Nazi Germany's last in the East.

[zoeypf]

in Blink - a book by Malcolm Gladwell - pages 211 and 212 examine his facial expressions in a dreadfully true and an inmistakable way. read that book. he draws attention to how he grins in 0.36 and 0.41an raises an eyebrow in 1.18 which relates to unhappiness.