George Blake
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George Blake was a spy who worked for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service and became a double agent for the Soviet Union. Captured during the Korean War, he was imprisoned by North Korean forces and
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Blake with his mother upon his return to the UK in 1953
Blake after returning from Korea in 1953
HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs in west London, from which Blake escaped in 1966
Operation Gold
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Operation Gold was a joint operation conducted by the American Central Intelligence Agency and the British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service in the 1950s to tap into landline communication of the Soviet
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…his task was to recruit Soviet officers as double agents. Blake informed his KGB contacts of the details of British and American operations, including Operation Gold in which a tunnel into East Berlin was used to tap telephone lines used by the Soviet military, and the similar Operation Silver by the British in…
Soviet officer inside the tunnel
Wiretap/recording equipment which included American and British products
The tapped telephone wires are presented to the press.
By 24 April 1956, the remains of the tunnel were being toured extensively by the Soviet and East German authorities.