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The John Batchelor Show

STALIN'S AGENTS Recruiting Cambridge Spies for Stalin — Part OneANTONIA SENIOR (HOUR 1) 1 111226

The John Batchelor Show · Nov 12, 2026 · 13:40

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1881 CAMBRIDGE PEMBROKE
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)

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