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John Cairncross (* 25. Juli 1913 in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Schottland; † 8. Oktober 1995 in Herefordshire, England) war ein britischer Geheimagent während des Zweiten Weltkriegs, der zusammen mit vier anderen, die unter dem Namen Cambridge Five bekannt wurden, für die Sowjetunion spionierte.
John Cairncross (25 July 1913 – 8 October 1995) was a British civil servant who became an intelligence officer and spy during the Second World War. As a Soviet double agent, he passed to the Soviet Union the raw Tunny decryptions that influenced the Battle of Kursk. He was alleged to be the fifth member of the Cambridge Five.
6. Mai 2024 · Role In: World War II. John Cairncross (born July 25, 1913, Lesmahagow, Scotland—died October 8, 1995, Herefordshire, England) was a British literary scholar and civil servant who was identified in the 1990s as the “fifth man” in the notorious Cambridge spy ring that included Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony ...
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The Last Cambridge Spy: John Cairncross. By Chris Smith. Throughout the 1930s, Soviet ‘illegals’ – resident agents operating in Britain – carefully selected, recruited and nurtured emerging talent at Britain’s ancient universities of Cambridge and, to a lesser extent, Oxford.
13. Mai 2019 · John Cairncross was among the most damaging spies of the twentieth century. A member of the infamous Cambridge Ring of Five, he leaked highly sensitive documents from Bletchley Park, MI6 and...
20. Sept. 2017 · Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt und John Cairncross gehörten zur Elite des Vereinigten Königreichs, ihr Verrat ist ein immer noch schwelendes Trauma der britischen...
10. Okt. 1995 · John Cairncross, the "Fifth Man" in a ring of British spies that gave Western secrets to the Soviet Union, died on Sunday at his home in the west of England. He was 82.
