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MOSCOW Venona Intercepts Force Dramatic Soviet Agent Defections — Part Three ANTONIA SENIOR (HOUR 2) 3 111326

The John Batchelor Show · Nov 13, 2026 · 11:36

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Venona Intercepts Force Dramatic Soviet Agent Defections — Part Three
Antonia Senior, author of Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge 5 and the Making of the Soviet Empire, explains how Venona code-breaking exposed a Soviet operative within the British embassy, prompting Guy Burgess to warn Donald Maclean in London. Both men defected to Moscow, leaving Kim Philby to deploy stubborn denials against MI5interrogation despite lingering official suspicion. (11)

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