Historical person
John Cairncross
1913–1995
John Cairncross was a Scottish civil servant and intelligence worker who secretly acted for the Soviet Union. His wartime career included access to highly sensitive material, and he passed intelligence to Soviet handlers while moving through government and intelligence posts. He was later identified as the fifth member of the Cambridge spy ring.
John Cairncross was a British civil servant and intelligence worker who secretly supplied information to the Soviet Union as a member of the Cambridge Five. John Cairncross was born in Lesmahagow, Scotland and died in England.
Antonia Senior’s Stalin’s Apostles is Antonia Senior’s history of the Cambridge Five—Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross—and the intelligence they supplied to the Soviet Union.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring John Cairncross (1 book)
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