George Blake
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1922 –
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Who is George Blake?
George Blake, is a former British spy known for having been a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and fled to the USSR. He was not one of the Cambridge spies, although he is often grouped with them.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1922
Rotterdam - Also known as
- Блейк, Джордж
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Employment
- Secret Intelligence Service
- Lived in
- Rotterdam
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on July 23, 2013
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