Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.

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Helenus Milmo, a barrister and wartime MI5 officer, was tasked with trying to wring the truth from Kim Philby. Some seven decades later, a transcript of the four-hour interrogation casts new light on ...

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The documents reveal fascinating new details about the infamous MI6 double agent Kim Philby and his betrayals. Recommended MI5 ‘missed chance to expose Soviet spy Kim Philby decade sooner’ A ...

Cambridge spy Kim Philby had no regrets about his treachery, his interrogators said after he was unmasked. The double agent’s confession has been published in full for the first time in newly ...

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Kim Philby was the quintessential spy, a man who charmed and betrayed in equal measure. To his colleagues in MI6, he was the consummate professional, rising swiftly through the ranks of Britain’s ...

The Cambridge spy Kim Philby declared he would have done it all again after he finally confessed that he had been for years a Russian agent, according to newly-declassified intelligence files.