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Anthony Blunt and the Cambridge Spies
Originally written for ^ | 1988 | Tracy R. Twyman

Posted on 10/03/2013 1:57:09 PM PDT by robowombat

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A new twist on the Blunt story.
1 posted on 10/03/2013 1:57:09 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat

Readers should know that the original text of this post was typed by a Braille typewriter on a roll of Reynolds brand foil wrap.


2 posted on 10/03/2013 2:01:00 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: robowombat

At Oxford, Cambridge is known as “The Spy School” and also as “The Other Place”.

Heh!


3 posted on 10/03/2013 2:01:43 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: wideawake

Yes, parts of it seem to be recovered from a foilhat fashioned to defeat ELF control.


4 posted on 10/03/2013 2:05:30 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: wideawake
Readers should know that the original text of this post was typed by a Braille typewriter on a roll of Reynolds brand foil wrap.

What part of the article gave that away? Was it where he said that "Jesus had survived the crucifixion, and that his descendants were none other than France’s original royal family, the Merovingians"? Or where he talks about "the interest the Catholic Church has in keeping this secret, and the involvement the Church has had historically with both the Mafia and with government intelligence agencies, including MI5 and MI6, especially via their “military arm,” the Knights of Malta"?

5 posted on 10/03/2013 2:11:12 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: robowombat

Oh the MI6/MI5 gay communist spy ring. Roger Hollis the 5th man?


6 posted on 10/03/2013 2:13:40 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: robowombat

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy meets DaVinci code. I prefer Tinker Tailor, but DaVinci code is a helluva read as well.


7 posted on 10/03/2013 2:19:29 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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Two conclusions can be reached regarding the Cambridge spies...1) while McCarthy may have been wrong to claim that everyone at the State Dept was a spy it’s pretty clear that many of them were...2) Patton was right to demand that after the Nazis were beaten we,the West,should keep right on marching to Moscow.
8 posted on 10/03/2013 2:33:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
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To: robowombat
Twist indeed! How about this gem, it could be taken either way given his sexual orientation!

He had a history of belonging to secret societies, such as the Cambridge Apostles, and might have been a member of some rouge group within MI5 or the KGB that had an interest in this particular issue.

9 posted on 10/03/2013 2:37:44 PM PDT by SES1066 (To expect courteous government is insanity!)
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To: wideawake

Yeah, this seems pretty silly.

Once Blunt was revealed to be a spy, he couldn’t enter a gay bar without being attacked. Which just shows you how “gay rights” have degenerated over the years. Today, he’d be a rebel hero.


10 posted on 10/03/2013 2:39:44 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Red Steel
Roger Hollis remains a problematic figure. Considering how snobbish British Intelligence was his drably middle class background and drab job history make him an unlikely head of MI 5. He also worked a good while in Shanghai for a tobacco company. Either he was an undercover British asset there or he was a possible communist recruit while in Shanghai. The Comintern recruited many agents there including probably Evans Carlson.
11 posted on 10/03/2013 2:41:10 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: Red Steel

I always thought Blunt was the 5th man. Hope all 5 (whoever they are) are rotting in hell.


12 posted on 10/03/2013 2:54:12 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Da Coyote

And Oxford is universally known as “The home of lost causes”


13 posted on 10/03/2013 3:03:51 PM PDT by Timocrat (Ingnorantia non excusat)
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Was that something to do with it being a hotbed of Jacobite sympathisers during the 18th century?


14 posted on 10/03/2013 3:55:43 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: miss marmelstein
Maclean, Philby, Burgess, Blunt makes four, Hollis is the best candidate for number five. Too Secret Too Long written by Chapman Pincher is a good account.

To robowombat: In the final days of the second world war Blunt was sent by the Windsors on a mission to Europe but its purpose has never been revealed.
15 posted on 10/03/2013 4:08:35 PM PDT by Mr Radical
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To: Gay State Conservative

3) Stop filling the Executive Branch and SCOTUS with Ivy Leaguers.


16 posted on 10/03/2013 4:24:28 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Mr Radical

Seems like I can’t countany more...


17 posted on 10/03/2013 4:29:28 PM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: robowombat
The mysterious sources of wealth referred to have some fairly conventional explanations.

Sauniere was sued and disciplined by the Catholic Church for selling the dedication of masses to grief-stricken survivors using small ads in various publications in France, and Nicolas Fouquet's mysterious letter to his brother has been credibly explained as referring to ways to make and detect forgeries -- a matter of interest to both artists and officials and sovereigns who deal with with financial instruments.

As it was, Sauniere, a provincial priest, spun wild tales and gave cryptic explanations as to the source of his wealth in order to avoid admitting the truth: he was a crook who violated his sacred oath as a priest. And Nicolas Fouquet took bribes and stole massive sums from the French king, who eventually removed him from power and tried and imprisoned him.

18 posted on 10/03/2013 5:11:00 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: robowombat

Burgess was a raging homosexual with a clique of similar types in the media and British parliament example, look up Tom Driberg.


19 posted on 10/03/2013 5:53:47 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
"...but DaVinci code is a helluva read as well."

Unless one has a rudimentary knowledge of art history. Then the entire premise of the book falls apart.

20 posted on 10/03/2013 6:03:30 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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