In 1988 Russia buried a hero. He was a legend of the KGB. But he was no Russian … ‘The Soviet Union has buried the spy Kim Philby with full military honours.’ The Real Spies Among Friends, BBC news, ITV 2023
Kim Philby belonged to the most notorious spy ring in British history. Young men born to privilege who reached the heart of the British establishment. Then betrayed its greatest secrets. The Cambridge spies deceived their friends. And made a mockery of British intelligence. ibid.
Donald Maclean becomes the second Soviet spy, codenamed Orphan. ibid.
The timebomb – Guy Burgess – is now a Russian spy codename Girl. And the next Soviet recruit would be his recommendation – Anthony Blunt, codenamed Tony. ibid.
Maclean is so successful the Russians give him a new codename – Homer. ibid.
‘The defection causes a firestorm in Britain.’ ibid.
On 30th August 1963 Guy Burgess dies of acute liver failure. He was 52. ibid.
Philby is reunited with Donald Maclean. Then betrays his fellow traitor by sleeping with his wife. ibid.
Four years later Blunt dies of a cancer. Three weeks earlier in Moscow Donald Maclean had succumbed to cancer. And in 1988 after decades of heavy drinking, Kim Philby dies in Moscow. ibid.
Watching the summit of mount Moscow: strip clubs on the left, brothels on the right. Filthy rotten dump. Play for Today: Traitor by Dennis Potter, Clive, BBC 1971
You all have the same sort of employers after all. ibid. Harris to journalists
There was a time when poets exploded like bombs. ibid.
I held on. I maintained my belief, my faith, my belief in man. I held on, and I still here hold on through all the anguish and deceit and lies and corruption, through all the disappointments, and doubts, and fears, through all the necessary lies … ibid.
I’d lay odds the caption will be The Traitor. ibid. journalist to Harris
I love England. Of course I do. Well there’s no need to look so affronted! ibid. Harris to journalists
Wolfsschanze, the Wolf’s lair, Hitler’s former headquarters in East Prussia now preserved in Poland. It was here 35 years ago on July 20th 1944 the attempt by Claus von Stauffenberg took place to put an end to the Nazi tyranny. If Stauffenberg’s bomb had achieved its aim, who knows how many lives would have been saved … Men who had become traitors to Hitler. Inside Story: Traitors to Hitler, BBC 1979
Hitler ordered that the conspirators be brought before a special session of the People’s Court. ibid.
Roland Freisler: Thwarted in his ambition to become Minister of Justice, from 1937 to 1944 he sentenced over 5,000 people to death as the red-robed president of the People’s Court. ibid.
So I conclude it as [Major General Henning von] Tresckow’s idea but carried out by Stauffenberg. ibid. court interrogation
A special July 20th Commission … were horrified at the extent of the conspiracy. ibid.
Witzleben had been retired in 1942 but he remained an active conspirator. ibid.
To kill Hitler or arrest him – it was an acute moral dilemma for many of the conspirators including the man who would have become the new Chancellor of Germany if the coup had succeeded, Carl Goerdeler. ibid.
Full Report: Investigation into the illegal immigration activity and extramarital affairs of Lord Lambert, Nigel. Treason I, Sir Martin, Netflix 2022
President of the Supreme Court illegally obtains a visa for 26-year-old lover. ibid.
My enemies are your enemies now. Can you handle that? ibid. Sir Martin to Adam
Adam: You poisoned Angelis?
Kara: With your shiny new security clearance, you’re gonna help me get what I need. ibid.
No, thanks. I’m coming after you. Treason II, Adam to Kara
The CIA has been watching Adam’s rise. It’s meteoric. A string of Intel wins our best agents are missing. And now he’s the youngest-ever head of MI6. We think Adam’s been compromised. ibid. Dede to Maddy
Treason carries a life sentence. ibid. Adam’s mate
What are you doing in London, Kara? These men were on your team in Baku, where you first met Adam Lawrence. You were lovers. Do you still have feelings for him? Stay away from him, Kara. If you do anything the British can lay at your door, we’ll make sure you disappear with a trace. It’s not as if anyone will miss you. Treason III, Russian spy
We’ve received intelligence about a blackmail plot against a British minister. ibid. Adam
I’m here to bring her in and find out why. ibid. Dede to Maddy
The CIA took your daughter. ibid. Kara to Adam
You are a fucking monster. ibid. Maddy to Dede
They used a codename: Dorian. But I knew it could only be you. ibid. Sir Michael to Adam
I’ll make sure the whole world knows you’re a Russian asset. ibid.
Dede, he saw me. He fucking saw me! He knows I was there working with you. Treason IV, Maddy to Dede
He’s a traitor. And we’re going to find them both and bring them in. ibid. Dede to Maddy
I handed over a film of kompromat on Audrey Gatz. ibid. Adam to Maddy
She [Kara] saved all of our lives. Angelis’s files contained evidence of a Russian plot to run Kirby. There’s an MI6 double agent at the heart of it, codename Dorian. Angelis thinks it’s me. ibid.
Will you meet me? I know who blackmailed you. Traitor V, Maddy to Gratz
If you had won, Angelis would have used it as leverage. He has hundreds of files like this, hundreds, on everyone. And they also contain evidence of a Russian plot to install Kirby in Number 10. ibid.
The CIA took him out, and Angelis ordered the hit. ibid.
Patrick is Dorian, and you let the real enemy get away. ibid. Maddy to Angelis
A Soviet military intelligence officer volunteers to spy for America. But America isn’t the only country stealing secrets. Traitors aka Traitor/Patriot s1e1: The Russian General Who Switched Sides, History 2024
In the world of espionage, the line between good and evil isn’t always clear. And the cost of betrayal can be deadly. ibid.
‘General [Dimitri] Polyakov, the highest asset the United States ran during the Cold War.’ ibid. comment
Polyakov claims he wants to switch sides and start working with the Americans. ibid.
Habitually late, a heavy drinker, and careless, [Aldrich] Ames made several serious mistakes. ibid.
As a master-spy Polyakov excels in his tradecraft, but at great personal risk. ibid.
Paul Dillon died in 1980, the same year Polyakov was ‘retired’ to Moscow. Ames spied for the Soviets from 1985 until his arrest in 1994. He is currently servie a Life sentence in a Federal correctional institution in Terre Haute, Indiana. Rosario received 5 years, 3 months in prison … FBI’s Robert Hansen continued to spy for the KGB from 1985 until his arrest in 2001 … General Dmitri Polyakov was executed on March 15th 1988. ibid. captions
Moscow, March 5th 1981: ‘He [Vladimir Vetrov] provided more detailed intelligence about Soviet technological science more than any other agent.’ Traitors aka Traitor/Patriot s1e2: France’s Man in Moscow, comment
The KGB assigns Vladmir Vetrov to his first foreign post in Paris. ibid.
Vetrov’s life in Moscow is falling apart. ibid.
Vladimir Vetrox has been responsible for compromising the identities of over 400 KGB agents and 59 foreign intelligence agents. ibid. caption
George Blake, a trusted agent of Britain’s Intelligence Service, spies for the Soviets for a decade before getting caught. Traitors aka Traitor/Patriot s1e3: The Gentlemen Spy: George Blake
An ideological spy, Blake is willing to risk it all for the communist cause. ibid.
‘Merciless American bombing: When I saw these enormous flying American fortresses flying low over what seemed to me defenseless Korean villages, I felt a feeling of shame. I felt very acutely that I was on the wrong side and I should do something about it.’ ibid. Blake
‘Blake gets a 42-year sentence … [which] stuns the whole country.’ ibid.’
‘He’s lying low within a mile of the prison, Wormwood Scrubs, in a small nondescript house.’ ibid.
‘China is very willing to send out hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world to get information and intelligence and technology.’ Traitors aka Traitor/Patriot s1e4: China Steals the Future, comment
‘They’ve transitioned to a much more aggressive espionage campaign against the United States.’ ibid.
‘They turn to economic espionage.’ ibid.
East Germany, 1978: The Romeo Project counts on victims falling in love. Traitors aka Traitor/Patriot s1e5: The Romeo Project
1950, East Berlin: During the Cold War one of the world’s most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies is the Stasi. To succeed, the Stasi spies on its own population as well the enemies on the other side of the Berlin Wall. ibid.