This day in history Nov 15, 2009
In 1979, the British government publicly identified Sir Anthony Blunt as the fourth man of a Soviet spy ring. In 1984, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as Baby Fae who had received a baboon s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant. (Boston Globe)
Spy at the BBC Aug 18, 2009
In 1938 as a radio producer on The Week in Westminster, Burgess wrote a letter to his friend and fellow spy Anthony Blunt (whom he'd recruited at Cambridge), advising him what to do in case his radio talk was too short - "sit facing the clock and gag a bit at the end.". Documents reveal expenses claims disputed by BBC administrators. (BBC News -- UK)
Spying for Soviets was big mistake, says 'fourth man' Anthony Blunt Jul 25, 2009
Anthony Blunt contemplated suicide ... ANTHONY BLUNT, the former Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures who was unmasked as a wartime Soviet spy, admitted that his activities were the biggest mistake of his life and led him to contemplate suicide, his memoir made public by the British Library reveals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Former Spy's Memoir Reveals Regret Jul 24, 2009
Briton Anthony Blunt Spied for Soviets before Becoming Art Advisor to Queen ... A quarter of a century after his death, Anthony Blunt's own account of his extraordinary life is made public today in a 30,000 word manuscript lodged in the British Library in London ... Documents from British spy Anthony Blunt were made public today by the British Library. (CBS News)
ACP's snakes and ladders Jul 24, 2009
The memoirs of the surveyor of the Queen's pictures and so-called "fourth man" in the Cambridge Five spy ring, Sir Anthony Blunt, have been made public after gathering dust. in the British Library for 25 years. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Spy 'regretted working for Soviets' Jul 24, 2009
Anthony Blunt, one of Britain's most famous Cold War spies, who recruited among academics at the university admitted that spying for Russia was "the biggest mistake of my life," in memiurs released 25 years after his death. LONDON (AFP) - Anthony Blunt, one of Britain's most notorious Cold War spies, admitted that spying for Russia was "the biggest mistake of my life," in memoirs released on Thursday, 26 years after his death. (Yahoo! Asia News)
In memoir, spy reveals little more than regret Jul 23, 2009
This image released yesterday shows documents from Anthony Blunt, an art adviser to Queen Elizabeth II who spied for the Soviet Union ... Anthony Blunt - English gentleman, art adviser to Queen Elizabeth II, and Soviet spy - felt the decision to give British secrets to the Kremlin was the biggest mistake of my life. (Boston Globe)
Blunt's Soviet spying 'a mistake' Jul 23, 2009
The memoirs of former spy Anthony Blunt reveal how he regarded passing British secrets to Communist Russia as the "biggest mistake of my life". He supplied hundreds of secret documents to the Soviets while a wartime agent for MI5. (BBC News -- Europe)
Wedding shake-up hits headlines Jul 23, 2009
The news that the memoirs of the former spy, Anthony Blunt, have been published - 26 years after his death - catches the imagination of several papers. "The spy who spoke from the grave" is the headline in the Times. (BBC News -- UK)
Brown Says Goodwin's Pension `Unacceptable,' Britain Seeking Legal Curbs Feb 28, 2009
Anthony Blunt lost his after he was unmasked as a former spy. What the government could do is to offer to pay him the maximum amount under the pension protection scheme, , a Liberal Democrat lawmaker who speaks on finance, said on Sky News today. (Bloomberg -- UK)
